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DUSTY GROOVE AMERICA
A great CD that brings
together 2 rare albums by Yugoslavian trumpter Dusko Goykovich! The
International Jazz Octet album features Goykovich leading an all-star
group that includes players that would later become partners in the
Clarke Boland Big Band -- like Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland, Karl Drewo,
and Derek Humble! Francy Boland handled the arrangements -- and in a
way, this one sounds a lot like some of the classic MPS work of the
CBBB from the 60s. There's a nice hard groove on most tracks, with
sweet soloing by Dusko on the ballads -- and titles include "To Je Sve
(That's All)", "La Campimania", "Doo Doosh", and "Mr. X". Belgrade
Blues is a rare 1966 session that features Goykovich leading a sextet
comprised of musicians who were playing in Woody Herman's mid 60s group
-- Nat Pierce, Ronnie Zito, Sal Nistico, Carl Fontana, and Mike Moore
-- and on this open-ended hardbop set, the group are given a lot more
room to solo than they might on some of Herman's albums from the time.
The solos of Nistico are especially great -- well-crafted, and sharply
edged in a way that matches Goykovich's firey trumpet work
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