Various Artists, "A Trip to Brazil", Motor
Music/Universal [Germany] #565382-2 (1998) [2-CD Compilation Set].
Contains performance by Kai Winding (trombone) on the "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" track, CD 2, originally from Paul Desmond's Summertime album.
In the liner notes for this special compilation, Arnaldo DeSouteiro wrote:
"Originally titled "Struttin' with Some Barbecue", in 1941, this Satchmo tune lost its Dixie beat and got a bossa nova groove in the hands of the infallible Don Sebesky. Airto Moreira, then a newcomer in the New York jazz scene, provides a fiery propulsion to Desmond's lyrical approach and dry martini alto sound. Different from the sad results of pseudo-bossa albums by Gene Ammons, Sonny Rollins, and so many others, this is an outstanding track, proof that a good arranger can adapt even a Louis Armstrong song to the bossa idiom, whilst respecting its basic rules. Note how the use of two French horns smooths the sonority of the brass section."
Personnel on this track: Paul Desmond
(alto sax), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Airto (drums),
Joe Beck (guitar), Kai Winding, Bill Watrous, Wayne Andre & Paul
Faulise (trombones), John Eckert, Marvin Stamm & Joe Shepley
(trumpets), Ray Alonge & Tony Miranda (French horns), Don Sebesky
(arranger).
ALL ANNOTATED LINER NOTES BELOW BY PRODUCER
ARNALDO DESOUTEIRO [IN ENGLISH]:
Compilation Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro.
