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]Bill Watrous - Manhattan Wildlife Refuge - (1974)
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Bill Watrous - Manhattan Wildlife Refuge - (1974)
Jazz / Classic Jazz | Extracted & Ripped by Adobe Audition | Mb 333 | No Log No Cue | Complete covers & booklet
Label: WBR | UPC: 664140309029 | Compression level: 6 | Rar rec.: 3% | RS.com
Jazz / Classic Jazz | Extracted & Ripped by Adobe Audition | Mb 333 | No Log No Cue | Complete covers & booklet
Label: WBR | UPC: 664140309029 | Compression level: 6 | Rar rec.: 3% | RS.com
Review by Scott Yanow
Manhattan Wildlife Refuge and its follow-up, The Tiger of San Pedro, are the only two recordings of trombonist Bill Watrous' impressive big band of the mid-'70s. Watrous, who takes an uncharacteristically crazy cadenza on "Fourth Floor Walk-Up," is in top form on such numbers as Chick Corea's "Spain," "Dichotomy," and "Zip City." Among his more notable sidemen are trumpeter Danny Stiles, guitarist Joe Beck, and pianist Dick Hyman. Available on CD as of July 2007, this reissue has been well worth waiting for.
TRACKS
01 - Spain
02 - Sho
03 - Dichotomy
04 - Zip City
05 - Fourth Floor Walk-up
06 - Dee Dee
07 - Ayo