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The Tom Kubis Big Band - Slightly Off The Ground (1989)

The Tom Kubis Big Band - Slightly Off The Ground (1989)

BAND/ARTIST: Tom Kubis Big Band

  • Title: Slightly Off The Ground
  • Year Of Release: 1989
  • Label: Sea Breeze Jazz [CDSB-109-2]
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
  • Total Time: 59:53
  • Total Size: 367 MB(+3%) | 141 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Purple Porpoise Parkway (4:25)
02. Exactly Like This (7:25)
03. Play It Again, Sam (4:37)
04. Who Can I Turn To (4:41)
05. Slightly Off The Ground (3:24)
06. Which Craft? (5:26)
07. Ain't It Wonderful (3:41)
08. Teach Me Tonight (6:07)
09. Samba Dees Godda Do It (6:26)
10. When You're Smiling (4:29)
11. Imagine What A Change Will Do (4:48)
12. Alexander's Big Time Band (4:24)
The Tom Kubis Big Band - Slightly Off The Ground (1989)

Tom Kubis' first recording as a leader is quite impressive. His arranging chops were already in their prime, his big band uses similar personnel to the one in existence more than a dozen years later, and he makes several standards (along with a few originals) sound fresh and lively. Jack Sheldon helps out on "Play It Again Sam" (during which he quickly sums up the entire plot of Casablanca), "Who Can I Turn To," "Which Craft?," and "Alexander's Big Time Band," while trombonist Bill Watrous takes warm and heated solos on "Slightly Off the Ground" and a relaxed "When You're Smiling." The band swings hard, Kubis sounds fine on tenor and soprano, and the ensemble has a recognizable identity. For Tom Kubis, this was an impressive start to a productive career.~Scott Yanow



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