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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Fever! Doc Severinsen

Cleopatra's Asp
Fever!
Doc Severinsen His Trumpet And Orchestra
Art Director: Charles E. Murphy
Recording Chief: Fred Christie
Mastering: George Piros (Stereo) & John Johnson (Monaural)
Command Records RS 893SD
Grand Awards Record Co., Inc.
1966

From the inside cover: In this collection... Doc is heard in a fresh and unusually inviting setting. His band is a medium-sized group that is partly geared toward a thoroughly contemporary sound through the presence of three guitars (Tony Mottola, Al Casamenti and Bucky Pizzarelli) and a remarkably strong and versatile rhythm section (Dick Hyman playing piano and organ, Bob Haggart on bass, either Ed Shaughnessy, Osie Johnson or Bobby Rosengarden on drums and a percussion team that includes at various times Shaughnessy, Phil Kraus and Artie Marotti). But the group also includes a four-man trombone ensemble (Bob Alexander, Wayne Andre, Harry DiVito and Paul Faulise with Lou McGarity sitting in for Andre on three pieces) which provides a rich and sturdy off-setting cushion for the fire and brilliance of Doc Severisen's trumpet.

In A Little Spanish Town
On A Clear Day
Cotton Fields
Walk Right In
The Sidewinder
Raggedy Jim
The Lady In Red
Tennessee Waltz
Fever
Ja-Da
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
Cleopatra's Asp

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