Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36064: Vibes On Velvet

MG-36064: Vibes On Velvet / Terry Gibbs

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type B
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 36064A MF1 M1 B1 I
	SIDE-B	MG 36064B MF1 M1 A2 I

Comments

Inside The Groove

Relaxed but confortable tension of Terry Gibbs' “velvet” vibes.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Terry's metallic vibraphone sounds sharp and crisp with beautiful lines, while the entire mood is between Jazz and Easy-Listening. But it's still worth listening as a Jazz album, with saxophone ensemble comfortably arranged by Manny Albam.

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	12248	Autumn Nocturne (Gannon - Myrow)	2:54
A-2	12249	Lonesome Streets (Vic Abrams)	2:56
A-3	12294	Adios (Woods - Madriguera)	3:48
A-4	12292	Leaving Town (Terry Gibbs)	2:50
A-5	12252	For You, For Me, For Evermore (G. & I. Gershwin)	2:56
A-6	12291	The Moon Was Yellow (Ahlert)	2:16
SIDE-B
B-1	12290	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Kern - Harbach)	2:47
B-2	12250	Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Dubin - Warren)	2:38
B-3	12253	Mood Indigo (Ellington - Mills - Bigard)	2:44
B-4	12293	It Might As Well Be Spring (Rodgers - Hammerstein)	3:33
B-5	12251	Lullaby Of Swing (Terry Gibbs)	3:25
B-6	12295	Two Sparkling Eyes (Terry Gibbs)	3:25

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-1, A-2, A-5, B-2, B-3, B-5:
Sam Marowitz (as), Hal McKusick (as),
Ray Black (ts), Frank Socolow (ts), Al Epstein (bs),
Terry Gibbs (vib),
Terry Pollard (p), Turk Van Lake (g), Herman Wright (b), Jerry Segal (ds),
Manny Albam (arr, cond).
Recorded in New York City on October 19, 1955.

A-3, A-4, A-6, B-1, B-4, B-6:
Same personnel as A-1.
Recorded in New York City on October 31, 1955.