MG-25062: Improvisations / Red Norvo

	Label Type :	red/gold Mercury promotional?
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG25062A
		SIDE-B	MG25062B

Comments

1nd release issued on Mercury label - will be re-issued as EmArcy MG-26002 (with different song order).

paper sleeve type jacket.

An unusual red label with gold print - maybe for promotional issue.

Inside The Groove

A heart-warming and swingy pre-bop mainstream jazz sessions, of original Keynote recording.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Red Norvo and Teddy Wilson - their name and the year 1944 will guarantee the supreme quality of the sessions on this album :) On A-1 and B-1, we can hear the marvellous trumpet of Joe Thomas again.

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

A-2, A-3, B-2, B-3:
Aaron Sachs (cl), Teddy Wilson (p), Red Norvo (vib), Remo Palmieri (g), Slam Stewart (b), Eddie Dell (ds).
Recorded in New York City, July 27, 1944.

A-1:
Joe Thomas (tp), Vic Dickenson (tb), Hank D'Amico (cl),
Teddy Wilson (p), Red Norvo (xylophone), Slam Stewart (b), Specs Powell (ds), Johnny Thompson (arr).
Recorded in New York City, October 10, 1946.

B-1:
same personnel, place and date as A-2, except Red Norvo (vib).