Rca Victor Jazz Workshop

Hal Schaefer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA Fs Imports
• ASIN: B00002817T
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #886,207 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dancing in the Dark

2. Imagination

3. This One's for Jack

4. A Song of Love

5. Isn't It Romantic?

6. A New Sound for the Blues

7. Let's Have Cerebration

8. Of Things Gone By

9. Blue Skies

10. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)

11. Spring Is Here

12. Real Lee

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars neglected jazz gem, April 18, 2007

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that opinionated guy "steve" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rca Victor Jazz Workshop (Audio CD)

RCA released a lot of jazz in the fifties , some good , some not so . this is one that ought to be better known . pianist schaefer put in some time with the famous boyd raeburn orchestra , then had a brief jazz career on his own , before pretty much giving up jazz for classical music . this short ( a little over 30 mins. ) cd is the best title available under his name . schaefer plays 4 songs apiece with 3 differently configured groups , piano trio augmented with 2 trumpets , 3 altos and 4 trombones . this sounds like it'd be gimmicky ( esp. 4 trombones ) but it works relly well . half of the tunes are originals penned by schaefer , but the arrangements on the standards practically make those new as well . if you like offbeat , hard-to-classify , but mainstream jazz from this period , this is as good as it gets .