Jazz Articles about The Paul Cacia Jazz Orchestra

The Paul Cacia Jazz Orchestra: Legacy -- The Last Sessions

by Jack Bowers
August 27, 2006

If name-dropping were a criterion, Paul Cacia's Legacy would surely be among the most notable albums in the annals of jazz. The booklet lists no fewer than 25 special guests, including a quartet of legendary arrangers--Sammy Nestico, Ernie Wilkins, Bill Holman and Pete Rugolo. Would that names were all that was needed to guarantee success.

Not that the music is less than passable most of the time, but one should expect more from the sort of talent assembled for “the ...