Off Duty!... Here, Dankworth harks back to an earlier era of jazz, innocent and intended for dancing. The tunes are in the main standards arranged here by Dankworth, David Lindup and pianist Laurie Holloway, with four originals (one from Holloway, three from Dankworth). The tunes that come off best are the leader's own slinky title track, a new take on Galt McDermott's "African Waltz" and the two Duke Ellington pieces, "Sophisticated Lady" and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," the former featuring some rather nice trumpet. But this all has the feel more of easy listening than jazz.
Hi The link is for the Shirley Bassey album. I presumed that the SB Album would have Johnny Dankworth but it is also Shirley's album. Any chance of a link to John Dankworth. Much as I like Shirley Bassey you can have too much of a good thing.
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ReplyDeleteHi Alex..the file is now as it should be ! Thanks for pointing that out...slip of the finger on keyboard !!..or i'm going do-lally !!...cheers...Luigi
ReplyDeleteThanks for fixing the link and also for being active again on both sites with something to suit every taste.
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Hi, very interesting blog. I'm sorry to bother you but I couldn't find the link to download the album if there's one.
ReplyDeleteHi Angelino...Thanks for the comment...Try clicking the smiley face and you might be lucky if the file hs not expired..if you get permission denied on an Amazon page and it say you can download a track from there just close it and try the smiley face again...good luck !!..cheers Luigi...
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