JAZZ ROLLS ROYCE, by The Lighthouse All Stars, plus ten

JAZZ ROLLS ROYCE

by The Lighthouse All Stars, plus ten

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V.S.O.P. RECORDS is pleased to announce the release of V.S.O.P.#126 CD Omega OSL 5 THE LIGHTHOUSE ALL STARS Plus Ten: JAZZ ROLLS ROYCE. This 1957 recording was commissioned for the 1957 UCLA Homecoming Show and Bob Cooper was called upon to compose and arrange the music to fit this occasion. The writing called for not just the Lighthouse All Stars, but ten additional musicians in order to fill out the sextet into a regular big band, with a view of preserving the sound of the smaller group in a larger ensemble. We have chosen to release this material in tribute to Howard Rumsey, who is being honored this year by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. This is a remastered version

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1.	Strike Up The Band 08:33	info	buy track
2.	Prelude to the Queen 04:36	info	buy track
3.	The Clown's Dance 07:38	info	buy track
4.	COOP SALUTES the "CO-OP" 05:39	info	buy track
5.	BRUINVILLE, MY BRUINVILLE 08:47	info	buy track
6.	MAMBO del QUADO 09:38	info	buy track

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This 1957 recording was commissioned for the 1957 UCLA Homecoming Show and Bob Cooper was called upon to compose and arrange the music to fit this occasion. The writing called for not just the Lighthouse All Stars, but ten additional musicians in order to fill out the sextet into a regular big band, with a view of preserving the sound of the smaller group in a larger ensemble. We have chosen to release this material in tribute to Howard Rumsey, who is being honored this year by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. This is a remastered version. In actuality, there are two recordings of Jazz Rolls Royce, a live recording that was supposed to have been used to make the album, and a re-recording made in the studio, with crowd noises edited in at the ends of various selections. This album is taken from the studio version, which was what was used on the Omega release. The program consists of the UCLA fight song "Strike Up the Band" and five other original compositions by Bob Cooper. This recording is very much about the writing. The compositions and arrangements are outstanding. Like many other Omega releases, the intention behind this release included a demonstration of the then "new" stereophonic recording techniques and effects. This is not as apparent on the LP due in part to the longish playing time of almost 45 minutes limiting goove width. Four of the six tracks on this release, by virtue of the sources used and careful mastering, display the wide separation originally intended. We hope that this is a fitting tribute to Howard Rumsey and the Lighthouse All Stars and expect that the listener will enjoy this recording perhaps as much as those who made it.

credits

released May 14, 2015

Engineering: John Hall
Producer: David Hubert
Cover Design: Leon McFadden
Cover Photo: Stan Levey
Liner Notes: Howard Rumsey, Bob Cooper

OMEGA OSL-5

Recorded October 28, 1957