You may not know the name
of Boyd Raeburn – but you'll certainly recognize the great players on this album, a hip set that includes Dizzy Gillespie, Hal McKusick, Lucky Thompson, Serge Chaloff, and Oscar Pettiford. Raeburn was a modernist swinger – in a mode that was a bit like some
of the work that McKusick was laying down during the mid 50s, but with traces
of the postwar work
of Stan Kenton, and maybe a hint
of the straight side
of Raymond Scott. The tracks on this set are some
of the finest s
ides he ever cut – and they sparkle with imagination and modernist zeal, yet never fail to swing hard and tight. Titles include "
March Of The Boyds", "Boyd's Nest", "Boyd Meets Stravinsky", "Dalvatore Sally", and "Interlude (Night In Tunisia)".
(Heavy maroon label pressing with Bestway/RVG etches. Cover has a cut corner held with a piece of clear tape and is bent a bit at the corners.)