Pardon My Doo-Wah / Hot N Hearty

Neal Hefti | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00005N8SW
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,498 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #76 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Swing Jazz

Track Listings

1. Kiss Me First

2. Chug-A-Lug

3. Oh, What a Night for Love

4. Cherry Point

5. Two for the Blues

6. Li'l Darlin

7. Ready Rudy

8. Buttercup

9. After Supper

10. Coral Reef

11. Splanky

12. Cool Blue

13. Buttercup

14. You Do Something to Me

15. Plymouth Rock

16. Chug-A-Lug

17. Ready Rudy

18. Ev'rything I've Got

19. Scuttlebutt

20. Two for the Blues

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars of days bygone, March 5, 2006

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Ilia Toumadjanov (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pardon My Doo-Wah / Hot N Hearty (Audio CD)

Thank God, at least these two albums by Neal Hefti are now available. Hefti's arrangements and compositions have always possessed a unique combination of features; they all swing in a superior manner,they are bouncy and jovial, exquisite in taste, and occasuionally wistful. His arrangements for the Basie band reach a standard of excellence unsurpassed to this day. But there is one composition that had captured the audiences across the world for almost fifty years now. The Voice of America jazz program hosted by the DJ of all times the late Willis Conover was a two part smorgasbord - Music USA Part One, and the Voice of America Jazz Hour. Part one was essentially big bands of the swing era and more modern orchestras such as Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Pete Rugolo, Gil Evans, etc. Both Music USA part one and The Jazz Hour had introductory musical themes. And by serendipity Conover had chosen Coral Reef by Neal Hefti for Part One, while Strayhorn's Take The A Train by the Duke Ellington band was the theme for the Jazz Hour. I must have listened to Hefti's Coral Reef a million times but will listen to it anytime anywhere again, there is a mystical, transcendental quality about it that defies explanation. Unfortunately, I failed in my search for the recordings of the Neal Hefti big band of the fifties on which the original version of The Coral Reef was performed. All of the sidemen on these two albums are immediately recognizable names for their ensemble performance and solo improvizational work. Two of them, Joe Wilder and Phil Woods were members of the Benny Goodman band on their historic mission to Moscow in summer of 1962.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pardon My Doo-Wah/Hefty, October 25, 2007

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Victor H. Barnaby (Saline, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pardon My Doo-Wah / Hot N Hearty (Audio CD)

Anyone who likes the music of the 30's/50's will enjoy this CD.The Hefty Singers add something that makes Hefti's music more appealing.