Verve Records DJ Record
During the 1960s Pat Williams was one of the key arrangers / composers on the New York scene. Towards the end of the decade he released a couple of LPs in a loungey jazz vein - or "mod brass" if you prefer.
It kicks off with a Williams original - Shades - and it's a corker. Swinging rhythms and a giddy beat make for a delicious starter. Neil Hefti's Li'l Darlin' is next, its middle key-change well-handled as the session men grind out the uptempo endpiece. That old bossanova favourite Reza follows with some catchy drum action on King Porter Stomp. The exotica quotient is upped with the trombone-heavy Cinnamon And Clove that ends side one.
Two well known covers feature on the flip - a sultry Look Of Love and a punchy Eleanor Rigby. Perfect brass on the refrain. The bittersweet For Me (Arrastao) features a frantic trumpet solo from Ray Crisard which reminds me of The Swimmer movie for some reason. This short LP concludes with another self-penned track, Bubbles Was A Cheerleader and its breezy snapshot of jazzy cool that climaxes in a meshed brass'n'drums finale.
Side 1.
01 Shades
02 Li'l Darlin'
03 Laia Ladaia (Reza)
04 King Porter Stomp
05 Cinnamon And Clove
Side 2.
06 The Look Of Love
07 Eleanor Rigby
08 (Can't Live In) A World Without Love
09 For Me! (Arrastao)
10 Bubbles Was A Cheerleader
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