Various Artists - Best From The West: Modern Sounds From California Volume 2

Label:	Blue Note
Genre:	Jazz
Product No.:	ABLU 76517
UPC:	602547476517
Availability:	Back Ordered
Category:	10 inch Vinyl Record

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10" LP

Best From The West: Modern Sounds From California Vol. 2 is a very unique LP. First, it is one of the few Blue Note records featuring West Coast jazz musicians as the label's primary focus was decidedly on the East Coast jazz scene. Second, it is a part of a two-LP set which constituted a "blindfold test" for the record-buying public. There were no credits on the first volume, and the listener was supposed to guess who the musicians were before they were revealed on the second volume which was released later.

We can now safely say that both volumes feature wonderful original music by Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, John Graas, Marty Paich and Buddy Collette, and prominent West Coast musicians including Lorraine Geller, Joe Mondragon, Conte Candoli, Charlie Mariano, and Stan Levey.

Side 1

Van Nuys Indeed

Here’s Pete

The Blindfold Test No. 3

Side 2

Burbank Bounce

Arcadia

No Love, No Nothing

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