LALO SCHIFRIN - The Dissection And Reconstruction Of Music From The Past As Performed By The Inmates Of Lalo Schifrin's Demented Ensemble As A Tribute To The Memory Of The Marquis De Sade [1966] Verve / Lp / FLAC

Come again? This crackpot title -- probably the longest ever concocted for a jazz album -- actually is a front for a not-so-dangerous, hard-swinging album in which Schifrin invents or borrows 18th-century classical themes and sets them into big band or small-combo contexts. Such is Schifrin's chameleonic mastery that his own inventions are a match for the themes of the period, and he is tasteful enough not to overload the window dressing and keep the rhythm section loosely swinging nearly all the time. Once, Lalo tries something wacky; on "Beneath a Weeping Window Shade," he has singer Rose Marie Jun intoning a madrigal-like Francis Hopkinson song against some avant-garde multiphonic flute from Jerome Richardson, ministrations from a string quintet, and Schifrin's own comments on harpsichord. There is also a stimulating pastiche "Aria" that sounds like Schifrin arguing with Heitor Villa-Lobos and Henry Purcell in 9/8 time. With the cream of New York's jazz session men of the '60s on board -- including the inimitable Grady Tate on drums, Richardson on flute and tenor, Gene Bertoncini on guitar, and J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding on trombones -- and Creed Taylor's production dictating the distinctive timbres, jazz buffs will have a fine time with this collision of the centuries, which leans heavily to the jazz side. The album was reissued on CD as part of Verve's limited Elite Editions series.

Tracklist
A1. Old Laces 4:20
A2. The Wig 2:40
A3. The Blues For Johann Sebastian 3:05
A4. Renaissance 3:15
A5. Beneath A Weeping Willow Shade 2:30
B1. Versailles Promenade 3:55
B2. Troubadour 3:00
B3. Marquis De Sade 2:45
B4. Aria 2:30
B5. Bossa Antique 3:26

Arranged By, Conductor, Leader, 

Piano, Harpsichord– Lalo Schifrin

Bass – Richard Davis (2)

Cello – George Ricci (tracks: A4, A5, B4)

Drums – Grady Tate

Flute [Tenor & Alto] – Jerome Richardson

Saxophone (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, B2, B4, B5)

Flute, Flute [Alto] – Romeo Penque (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5)

French Horn – James Buffington* (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5), 

Ray Alonge (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5), 

Richard Berg (3) (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5)

Guitar – Gene Bertoncini (tracks: A4, A5, B4)

Guitar [Classic], Electric Guitar (tracks: A1, B1, B3)

Harp – Gloria Agostini (tracks: A4, A5, B4)

Trombone – J. J. Johnson* (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5),

 Kai Winding (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5), 

Thomas Mitchell (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5), 

Urbie Green (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5)

Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5),

 Ernie Royal, Snooky Young* (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5), 

Jimmy Maxwell (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5)

Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B5)

Violin – Alfred Brown (tracks: A4, A5, B4), 

Christopher Williams (10) (tracks: A4, A5, B4), 

Gene Orloff (tracks: A4, A5, B4),

 Harry Lookofsky (tracks: A4, A5, B4)

Vocals – Rose Marie Jun (tracks: A4, A5, B4)

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