FREE TO GO... JOHNNY FRIGO - DEBUT OF A LEGENDThis is the first time for me to see this on LP, a 1994 Chesky recording of jazz violinist Johnny Frigo, with Gene Bertoncini on guitar, Michael Moore on double-bass, Bill Goodwin on drums, Bob Kindred on clarinet, tenor saxophone, and Joe Vito on piano. It's a rare one that it came only with a white cover, possibly an early release in those days. Beautiful 'swing-y' music with the patented Chesky good recording. Sounds good and feels good.
The cuts:
"Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
"I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer)
"Osaka Saki" (Johnny Frigo)
"Too Late Now/Street of Dreams" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
"Bow Jest" (Frigo)
"Nuages" (Django Reinhardt)
"Jitterbug Waltz" (Richard Maltby, Jr., Fats Waller)
"Heather on the Hill/How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
"I Love Paris" (Cole Porter)
"Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, James VanHeusen)
"Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn)
"Jeannine" (Duke Pearson)
It was supposed to be dropped into the 'o.w.n.' bin, but under the circumstances of the 'glasnost' policy, it was deemed 'free to go' to the 'first among equals'.