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This well-rounded set by veteran bop guitarist George Freeman has plenty of variety. Freeman is joined by organist Lloyd Wilson, drummer Curtis Prince and percussionist Kevin Patrick on all nine of the selections, trumpeter Maurice Brown is on two and George's brother tenor-saxophonist Von Freeman pops up on three (including "Keep Swinging Brothers" which has both horns). Rene Marie does a good job of singing "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" and Kurt Elling sings "At Long Last Love" and "Sugar." The music i...   [ read more ]

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While generally presented in a chronological fashion, each disc is likewise aptly subtitled. Disc one -- "Crazy Rhythms" -- features pre-rock & roll big band ("High Society"), skiffle ("Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O"), and dance music ("Scottish Polka" and "Saturday Jump"). In addition, there are tracks from other well-known yet rarely heard artists such as Jimmy Shand ("Bluebell Polka") and Rolf Harris ("Sun Arise"). The "Transports of Delight" on disc two highlight spoken-wor...   [ read more ]

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