Let's take a moment right now to bless the record company executive who first came up with the idea to put two classic LPs on one CD. That said, here's one with a particularly wonderful pair of Four Freshmen recordings, ÉAnd Five Saxes, & ÉAnd Five Guitars. We know we needn't go into the 4F being discovered in 1950 by Stan Kenton in an Ohio lounge, or how they became one of the most influential and popular vocal jazz groups of all time. The very cool thing about this collection is the songs that appear on no other 4F CD that we carry: 'East of the Sun,' 'I May Be Wrong,' 'There's No One But You,' 'Sometimes I'm Happy,' 'This Love of Mine,' 'I Get Along Without You Very Well,' 'The More I See You,' 'This October,' 'Don't Worry 'Bout Me,' 'It All Depends On You,' 'I Never Knew' and 'Nancy.' This is slow-dance music: 24 songs, all gently accompanied, sweetly romantic, bright, light, tight-harmonied, 'rainy day' jazz! |