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Rosemary Clooney with Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack: Sentimental Journey: The Girl Singer and Her New Big Band
Her "new" big band is Matt Catingub's Big Kahuna and the Copa Pack Cat band backing on most cuts. Long time piano/associate John Oddo contributes nine orchestrations to this event and spends a few tracks at the piano. There are some fine icing on the cake solos including Matt Catingub's alto on "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues" and Dave Scott's trumpet on "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm". Catingub also plays piano as Clooney does "You Go to My Head" with just rhythm section. Vocal history savant Will Friedwald spends a considerable amount of space on his lengthy liner notes explaining why Clooney is really a jazz singer, for what reason escapes me. Clooney needs neither categorization nor justification. She is one of a kind and may she go on forever. Recommended without hesitation.
Track Listing
That old Black Magic; I'm Glad There Is You; I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm; You Go to My Head; And the Angels Sing; Happiness Is a Thing Called Love; I'm the Big Band Singer; You belong to Me; I'll Be Around; I've Got a Right to sing the Blues; Ya Got Class; Rockin' Chair; The Singer; They Can't Take That away from Me; Sentimental Journey; Medley: I Cried For You/Who's Sorry Now?/Goody Goody
Personnel
Rosemary Clooney
vocalsRosemary Clooney - Vocals; Matt Catingub - Leader/Alto Sax/Synthesizer/Piano, Vocal; Albert Alva, Jeff Prinz - Alto Sax; Matt Cowan - Tenor Sax; Jennifer Lovejoy - Baritone Saxophone; Dave Scott, Brian Kettelhut, Mike Olmos, Thomas Marriot- Trumpet; Doug Beavers, Greg Saul - Trombone Dan Parentti. Tom Warrington, Chuck Berghoffer - Bass; Steve Moretti, Bob Leatherbarrow. Joe La Barbera - Drums; John Oddo - Piano; Vincent Falcone - Piano/Synthesizer
Album information
Title: Sentimental Journey: The Girl Singer and Her New Big Band | Year Released: 2001 | Record Label: Concord Music Group
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