Description:
Gil Fuller's jazz credentials date back to the late forties when he was the principal architect of the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band with James Moody. In 1965, arranger Gill Filler pulled together the creaam of LA's jazz and studio scenes to form the Monterey Jazz Orchestra, which performed at that year's festival and recorded two Pacific Jazz albums, one spotlighting Gillespie and the other Moody. Fuller pulls choice tunes from be bop, tin pan alley, and contemporary originals to create beautiful canvases for his old friends. The result is some exceptional playing from Gillespie and Moody. Both albums, newly remixed from the original three and four track master tapes, are complete on this CD. |