Woody Herman – Light My Fire

 

Cadet records 1968 – LPS-819 DJ 

 notes:

Woody Herman, almost alone among the veteran bandleaders of the swing era,
went out of his way to keep an open mind toward new developments in jazz
and pop music. This particular LP dismayed many of Herman's longtime fans,
because it found his orchestra performing such numbers as "Macarthur Park"
(before Maynard Ferguson discovered it), "Light My Fire," "I Say a Little P
rayer" and Smokey Robinson's "Here I Am, Baby."
 Richard Evans contributed the arrangements and two originals including
"Impressions of Strayhorn," a feature for Herman's alto and clarinet.
The other soloists include
 tenors Sal Nistico and
 Frank Vicari.
Although a sincere effort, the end results often sound a little silly, as
one would expect in encountering Woody Herman's Big Band playing the Doors.


credits:

    Arranged By, Producer – Richard Evans (
    Bass – Arthur Harper
    Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Woody Herman
    Guitar – Phil Upchurch
    Percussion – Morris Jennings
    Piano – John Hicks
    Reeds – Frank Vicari, Sal Nistico, Steve Lederer, Thomas Boras*
    Supervised By [Album] – Dick LaPalm
    Trombone – Robert Burgess*, Henry Southall, Vincent Prudente*
    Trumpet – Gary Grant, Henry Hall, James Bossert, Nat Pavone, Sal Marquez


Recorded at: Ter Mar Studios, Chicago, October 1968
Engineer [Recording] – Stu Black


tracklist:

A1        Ponteio
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Vicari*
Soloist, Trumpet – Pavone*
Written-By – Capinan, Edu Lobo
3:35
A2        Here I Am, Baby
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Vicari*
Written-By – Smokey Robinson
3:48
A3        Hard To Keep My Mind On You
Soloist, Soprano Saxophone – Herman*
Written-By – Jake Holmes
3:31
A4        MacArthur Park
Soloist [Pt. 1], Alto Saxophone – Herman*
Soloist [Pt. 1], Trombone – Burgess*
Soloist [Pt. 2, In This Order At Ending (1)], Trumpet – Hall*
Soloist [Pt. 2, In This Order At Ending (2)], Trumpet – Marquez*
Soloist [Pt. 2, In This Order At Ending (3)], Trumpet – Grant*
Soloist [Pt. 2, In This Order At Ending (4)], Trumpet – Pavone*
Soloist [Pt. 2, In This Order At Ending (5)], Trumpet – Bossert*
Soloist [Pt. 2], Piano – Hicks*
Soloist [Pt. 2], Tenor Saxophone – Lederer*
Written-By – Jim Webb*
8:36
B1        Light My Fire
Soloist [1], Trumpet – Marquez*
Soloist [2], Trumpet – Hall*
Soloist, Trombone – Burgess*
Written-By – Morrison*, Densmore*, Manzarek*, Krieger*
3:33
B2        I Say A Little Prayer
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Vicari*
Soloist, Trumpet – Hall*
Written-By – Bacharach*, David*
3:31
B3        Hush
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Nistico*B1        Light My Fire
Soloist [1], Trumpet – Marquez*
Soloist [2], Trumpet – Hall*
Soloist, Trombone – Burgess*
Soloist, Trumpet – Hall*
Written-By – Wm. Stevenson*
4:14
B4        For Love Of Ivy
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Vicari*
Soloist, Trumpet – Grant*
Written-By – Bob Russell, Quincy Jones
3:33
B5        Impression Of Strayhorn
Soloist, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Herman*
Written-By – Richard Evans (2)
3:19
B6        Keep On Keepin' On
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Nistico*
Soloist, Trumpet – Hall*
Written-By – Richard Evans (2)
4:15

 

 

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