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Title: Disappointing reference to the Duke
Review: This is my first acquaintance with the Count Basie Band conducted by Grover Mitchell and it is a disappointing one. In the booklet Grover Mitchell states that his favourite arrangers amongst others are Thad Jones, Frank Foster and Ernie Wilkins. I therefore can't understand why he chose Allyn Ferguson to write the charts for this selection of 13 Ellington standards. To me this album sounds like Sunday afternoon teatime dance music. I wish Frank Foster or Frank Wess would have contributed the arrangements in order to bring more drive and vitality to the music.
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