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Title: More Tasteful Duets from Oscar and the Gray Lions
Review: If you enjoyed any of the Pablo mid-70's releases featuring some of the big band era's greatest trumpeters accompanied by Oscar Peterson and others, you'll enjoy this collection as well. But like most of these recordings, there are highs and lows. Terry and Edison are mostly superb and as history would bear out, these two had the most years left to treat us with their magic (not counting Faddis of course). Dizzy has some good solos as well but has just as many weak spots and Roy is struggling here to recapture the old magic. But it's still a wonderful collection and as always, no one knows how to make a duet happen like Peterson. Faddis's single solo shows a lot of technique and skill but not much originality. Yet who can really fault him this early in his career surrounded by the masters. Not a 5 star but worth adding to the collection.
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