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recorded brilliantly in a series of jazz
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the abilities of the orchestra's soloists.
The LeRoy Holmes band, on the
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all the men were in all likelihood sightreading
the arrangements after a short
rehearsal. The Perez Prado group, while
top notch Latin performers, are a Latin
group first and a jazz group second.
Yet both the Holmes LP and the Prado
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the reason is, of course, that indigenous
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Heath men, there is a stiffness and a
lack of a basic-pulsing beat that shows
in all their performances. Yet from the
standpoint of sheer sound, their LP is
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half Latin and half jazz, is mainly for
Latin fans and those hi-fi experimenters
to whom a low drum tone is a delight.
The Holmes album, by the way, has the
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numbers-all well played and with a
series of good soloists whom MGM stoutly
refuses to identify.
R. J. G.
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