Mosaic Select: Johnny Richards
This threeCD set reissues arranger Johnny Richards’ Capitol and Roulette albums that originally were called Wide Range, Experiments in Sound, The Rites of Diablo, My Fair Lady, and Aqui Se Habla Espanol, the great majority of his recordings as a leader. In addition, Richards’ portion of the album Annotations of the Muses plus a few unreleased selections are included. Johnny Richards, who is most famous for his association with Stan Kenton, was an inventive writer who starting in 1957 and had a band of his own. The music on this threefer includes the adventurous threepart third stream piece “Annotations of the Muses,” a set of Richards’ adaptations of themes from My Fair Lady, a few AfroCuban projects, some relatively straightahead but complex jazz, and Richards’ hit “Young at Heart.” There are many short solos from the topnotch sidemen, but it’s Johnny Richards’ writing that makes this set quite definitive and memorable.
- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Product Specification :
Release Date :01/01/2005
Format :Audio CD
UPC :724357190527
Label :Mosaic Select
List Price :59.98
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