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MG-20221: Buddy Morrow And His Golden Trombone

[Front Cover] Label Type : black Mercury type A
Matrix Number : SIDE-A MG20221A MS1    MSI    A1    I
SIDE-B MG20221B MS1    MSI    A1    I


Comments

Unfortunately an unremovable sticker on Side-A of the label.

The disc plays a little scratchy, but the sound fidelity itself is nice.

Inside The Groove

A mellow side of the Buddy Morrow orchestra.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Buddy Morrow's orchestra is known as its distinctive, swingy, exciting and danceable sound. But Buddy also has another style in a mellow tone. This album contains such melodious and sweet tracks. Still, it's a great sound - sounds like nobody else (although he was influenced much by the Dorseys' sound).

And, again, Scott LaFaro was in the Morrow band at the time, 1956. According to the writings by Charles A. Ralston, the authors of a great site dedicated to Scott LaFaro, he concludes that it is highly probable the Scott LaFaro was in the studio during the recording of this album. You can read his discussion on his site.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10



Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1 14581 I'll Close My Eyes (B. Kaye & B. Reid) 2:15
A-2 14582 With A Song In My Heart (Rodgers - Hart) 2:15
A-3 13424 There Will Never Be Another You (Warren - Gordon) 3:15
A-4 14038 This Is Autumn (Walt Stuart) 2:40
A-5 13422 My Foolish Heart (Washington - Young) 3:02
A-6 14037 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Porter) 2:40
SIDE-B
B-1 14584 With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair (J. Lawrence & C. Edwards) 2:20
B-2 13309 Portrait Of Jennie (Robinson - Burdge) 2:57
B-3 13423 Symphony (Lawrence - Stone) 2:48
B-4 14036 Cerise (Walt Stuart) 2:57
B-5 13308 Laura (Raskin - Mercer) 2:47
B-6 14035 The Song Is You (J. Kern) 2:47

Personnel


Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-3, A-5, B-3:
Buddy Morrow (tb) and his Orchestra, probably including:
Walt Stewart (tp), Dick Johnson (as), Scott LaFaro (b).
Recorded in Mercury Sound Studio, NYC in 1956.

All the rest:
Maybe same personnel as above.
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, 1956.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Buddy Morrow (tb) :
  • Mercury MG-20062 : Shall We Dance
  • Mercury MG-20204 : A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys (reissue of MGW-12000)
  • Mercury MG-20210 : Music For Dancing Feet (reissue of MGW-12006)
  • Mercury MG-20221 : Buddy Morrow And His Golden Trombone
  • Mercury MG-20290 : A Tribute To A Sentimental Gentleman (Buddy Morrow Plays Tommy Dorsey)
  • Mercury MG-20372 / SR-60018 : Just We Two / Buddy Morrow & Eddie Layton
  • Mercury MG-20396 / SR-60009 : Night Train
  • Mercury MG-20702 / SR-60702 : Night Train Goes To Hollywood
  • Mercury MG-20764 / SR-60764 : A Collection Of 33 All-Time Dance Favorites / Eddie Layton & Buddy Morrow
  • Wing MGW-12000 : A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys
  • Wing MGW-12006 : Music For Dancing Feet
  • Wing MGW-12102 : Dance Date!
  • Wing MGW-12105 : Golden Trombone / A Tribute To A Sentimental Gentleman




Jackets

Front Back
[MG-20221 FRONT] [MG-20221 BACK]


Labels

Side A Side B
[MG-20221 A] [MG-20221 B]
MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>
Initially Published: December 26, 2002.
Last Updated: (none)