''New Sounds by Pete Rugolo'' is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo, featuring performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 for
Columbia Records
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and first released on the budget
Harmony
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Allmusic
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rated the album with 4 stars.
Track listing
''All compositions by Pete Rugolo, except where indicated.''
# "Shave and a Haircut" – 3:15
# "Latin Nocturne" – 2:51
# "The Shrike" ( José Ferrer) – 3:50
# " Poinciana (Song of the Tree)" (
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,
Buddy Bernier Henry 'Buddy' Bernier (April 21, 1910 – June 18, 1983) was an American lyricist born in Watertown, New York, who was mainly active during the 1940s and 1950s. He came from a show business family and had two sisters, Daisy and Peggy who were each a ...
) – 2:17
# "Manhattan Mambo" (Al Frisch, Allan Roberts) – 2:58
# " Quiet Village (Cha-Cha-Cha)" ( Les Baxter) – 2:57
# "
When Your Lover Has Gone
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When You're Smiling
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(The Whole World Smiles With You)" (
Mark Fisher
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, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay) – 2:10
# "Come Back Little Rocket" – 2:31
# "
You Stepped Out of a Dream
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" ( Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 2:12
*Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on February 8, 1954 (track 9), February 24, 1954 (track 10), April 29, 1954 (track 4), May 10, 1954 (track 2), June 21, 1954 (tracks 1 & 3), July 8, 1954 (track 5), February 11, 1955 (tracks 6 & 8) and in New York City on October 11, 1954 (track 7).
Buddy Childers
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(tracks 4 & 6), Larry Fain (track 7),
Maynard Ferguson
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Shorty Rogers
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(tracks 1–6, 9 & 10), John Wilson (track 7) – trumpet
* Milt Bernhart (tracks 1–6 & 8–10), Eddie Bert (track 7), Harry Betts (tracks 4–6, 9 & 10), Bob Fitzpatrick (tracks 1 & 3–6), Milt Gold (track 7), John Halliburton (tracks 1–3, 9 & 10), Herbie Harper (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 9 & 10),
Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak (July 6, 1926, in New York City – June 22, 1987 Badger, California) was an American jazz trombonist. He began on piano and cello before switching to trombone. He worked with Gil Evans and Miles Davis. He also appeared with Davis on t ...
(track 7),
Kai Winding
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(track 7) –
trombone
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bass trombone
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(tracks 2 & 4)
*John Cave (tracks 1–3),
Vincent DeRosa
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(tracks 4 & 6), Joe Eager (track 10), Fred Fox (tracks 9 & 10),
John Graas
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(tracks 5, 6, 8 & 9), Sinclair Lott (tracks 1–5), Stan Paley (track 7), Julius Watkins (track 7) –
French horn
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Bill Barber
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piccolo
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alto saxophone
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Dave Schildkraut
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Biography
Schildkraut first played professionally with Louis Prima in 1941. Following this he played with Buddy Rich (1946), Anita O'Day (1947), Stan ...
– alto saxophone,
clarinet
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Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
tenor saxophone
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oboe
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(tracks 1–6 & 8–10)
*Chase Dean, Joe Megro – tenor saxophone, clarinet (track 7)
* Jimmy Giuffre – tenor saxophone,
baritone saxophone
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(tracks 1–6, 9 & 10)
* Bob Gordon (tracks 1–6, 9 & 10),
Marty Flax
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He was a baritone saxophonist in the bands of Louis Jordan, Dizzy Gille ...
Claude Williamson
Claude Berkeley Williamson (November 18, 1926 – July 16, 2016) was an American jazz pianist.
Williamson was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music before moving to jazz, influenced mai ...
(tracks 1–5, 9 & 10) – piano
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Laurindo Almeida
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(tracks 1 & 3), Perry Lopez (track 7), Howard Roberts (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6 & 8–10) – guitar
* Harry Babasin (track 1–6 & 8–10),
Whitey Mitchell
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Life and career
Mitchell was the brother of bassist Red Mitchell. He began on ...
(track 7) –
bass
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
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Shelly Manne
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timpani
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, percussion (tracks 1–4, 6, 9 & 10)
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Jack Costanzo
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Biography
A composer, conductor and drummer, Costanzo is best known for having been a bongo player, and was nicknamed "Mr. Bongo". He visited Havana three ...
xylophone
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