Pacific Jazz · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Live And Swinging (The Gerald Wilson Orchestra Plays Standards And Blues)
| Recorded | Mar 31 & Apr 1, 1967 |
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| Label | Pacific Jazz |
| Released | 1967 |
| Personnel | 19 credited players |
| Discogs | master 577012 |
The record
Caught live in March 1967, the orchestra roars at full strength, Hadley Caliman's tenor trading lines over a brass section built for lift. Working-band chemistry shows in every chart, sharp and wide open.
Session personnel
- Anthony Ortega — alto saxophone
- Ray Bojorquez — alto saxophone
- Howard Johnson — baritone saxophone, tuba
- Buddy Woodson — bass
- Carl Lott — drums
- Jack Wilson — organ
- Phil Moore III — piano
- Hadley Caliman — tenor saxophone
- Harold Land — tenor saxophone
- Don Switzer — trombone
- Lester Robertson — trombone
- Mike Barone — trombone
- Thurman Green — trombone
- Al Porcino — trumpet
- Alex Rodriguez — trumpet
- Charles Tolliver — trumpet
- Dick Forest — trumpet
- Gary Barone — trumpet
- Larry McGuire — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1967 | Pacific Jazz — MONO |
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