Oboe/Flute [Vinyl]

Howard Rumsey, The Lighthouse All-Stars | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (February 17, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Original Jazz
• ASIN: B000000Y8W
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #317,464 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC JAZZ, February 15, 2009

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Anthony Horowitz (MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oboe/Flute (Audio CD)

If you're interested in a quiet, cerebral approach to jazz, look no further. Cooper, Shank and company provide a cornucopia of tasty, as well as unique, jazz for an immaculately hip listening session.
Tony Horowitz

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Light Isn't On In The Lighthouse, December 1, 2000

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oboe/Flute (Audio CD)

Howard Rumsey is a bassist, but he is best known as the leader of the popular 50s jazz group, The Lighthouse All-Stars. On "Oboe/Flute," also known as "Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Volume 4," the "All-Stars" play jazz originals and standards with the unique frontline of, you guessed it, oboe and flute. This disc is split between two sessions. One-third of the CD (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11) is from 9/25/56 and features Bob Cooper on oboe, Buddy Collette on flute, Sonny Clark on piano and Stan Levey on drums. The remaining eight selections are from an earlier two-day session in February 1954 with Cooper again on oboe (and on occasion English horn), Bud Shank on flute, Claude Williamson on piano and the great Max Roach on drums. Unfortunately both sessions are rather mediocre with the frontline producing a rather wimpy, easy-listening feel. The tunes with Roach on the drum kit have considerably more rhythmic backbone than the songs featuring Levey, but Williamson is no where close to being in Sonny Clark's league on the ivories. If only Clark and Roach had played together on this date, then "Oboe/Flute" might have been able to justify its "All-Star" billing.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's wothh a Five Star, July 3, 2008

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Steve Miller "Steve Miller music taster" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oboe/Flute (Audio CD)

This Lighthouse display is unique. That alone is worth a 4 star and it is consistent. Yes it is a bit easy listening but not all jazz has to edgy or on speed. Remenber this is West Coast literally and everyone probably had the ocean air lay them back a bit.