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Seeking: Review
Style: Jazz
We have recently heard from Grammy-nominated jazz composer Gordon Goodwin on Raymond Scott Reimagined, the tribute to the Gershwin contem- porary, on which “Cutey and the Dragon” achieves symphonic success. Takes on Count Basie’s “April in Paris” and “Anything Goes” are also exciting and imaginative. Horns, strings, piano, pitched percussion and a great electric guitar trade off as main voices, which keeps these compositions fresh. His Big Phat Band is an 18-piece jazz orchestra, and, with Goodwin as leader-arranger, achieve a uniform sound, while spotlighting its talented soloists.
