An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi

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An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi
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Studio album by
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
Released1958
RecordedJuly 10, October 31 and November 21, 1956
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Jazz
Label Mercury
MG 20261/SR 60044
Pete Rugolo chronology
An Adventure in Sound: Reeds in Hi-Fi
(1956)
An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi
(1958)
Percussion at Work
(1957)

An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi (also released as An Adventure in Sound - Brass) is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1956 and first released on the Mercury label in 1958. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Track listing

All compositions by Pete Rugolo, except where indicated.

  1. "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) - 4:24
  2. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:07
  3. "Can't We Talk It Over" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 4:55
  4. "God Child" (George Wallington) - 3:12
  5. "Brass at Work" - 3:26
  6. "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 3:05
  7. "Song for Tuba" - 3:02
  8. "A Rose for David" - 2:35
  9. "Everything Happens to Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) - 3:44
  10. "Salute" - 3:31

Personnel

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References

  1. Mercury Records Catalog: 20200 series accessed October 6, 2016
  2. Edwards, D., Watts, R., Callahan, M. and Eyries, P. Mercury Album Discography, Part 5: MG-20200 to MG-20399 Main Popular Music Series accessed October 6, 2016
  3. Minn, M. Maynard Ferguson Discography accessed October 6, 2016
  4. Mercury Records Collection accessed October 6, 2016
  5. The Mercury Sessions of Pete Rugolo: 1956 accessed October 6, 2016
  6. Brass in Hi Fi – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2016.