Marty Gold & His Orchestra - Classic Bossa Nova (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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03. Etude in E Major
04. Meditation from Thais
05. Piano Concerto, No. 2 (Theme)
06. Poem
07. Pavane
08. Serenade
09. Symphony, No. 5 (Theme)
10. Symphony, No. 3 (Theme)
11. Kammenoi Ostrow
12. Romeo and Juliet

One of my most vivid memories of Dad in the recording studio comes from the album Classic Bossa Nova, for which he transformed a dozen classical themes into short numbers with a bossa beat. My brother, Dan, and I went to several sessions, but the one I’ll never forget featured a screaming, jazzy solo by the great trumpeter and flugelhornist Clark Terry. It was on a piece called Moon Love, a popular tune based on the second movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, previously played by Glenn Miller and Chet Baker, among others.

Listen to the recording and buckle your seat belt when you get to about 1:30 into the tune. That’s when Clark blew the roof off the studio.

I remember the look of astonishment and appreciation on Dad’s face (and that of many of the others in the room), when Clark hit that final, stratospheric note. Dad always built brief open sections into his arrangements so that the stellar New York studio musicians he hired could play improvised solos—and I’m sure that’s one of the reasons he was able to attract artists like Clark. I’m also sure that this sort of creative outburst, unscripted though it was, is exactly what Dad was hoping for. (Michael Gold)

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