You and the Night and the Music B
Reverie B+
I've Got You Under My Skin C+
Autumn in New York B
April in Paris B–
How High the Moon B
Crazy Rhythm B
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good B+
Relaxed Kenton, very listenable Kenton, this. Music gets a lift from Zoot Sims's tenor: Debussy's Reverie a considerable spark from Bill Russo's arranging pen, especially in its tightly muted, distant brass background. Skin is quiet and attractive in its sax team and in Lee Konitz's solo, blasty and empty in its brass attack, particularly Conte's solo. Autumn gives Conte and the brass better matter for massive sound, and they almost make it come off. Lee is the best thing about Paris, which also gets out of volume control but doers sound. Moon and Rhythm are really superior dance arrangements, Bad an excellent vehicle for Frank Rosolino's trombone. (Capitol LP 462)
"Record Review. Portraits on Standards."
Metronome. January 1954. 24.
