The first and least successful of
Gus Statiras
's four recorded jam sessions features six somewhat incompatible trumpeters (
Harold Lieberman
,
Marky Markowitz
Howard McGhee
Hannibal Marvin Peterson
Lew Soloff
and
Danny Stiles
) and a rhythm section (pianist
Derek Smith
, guitarist
Bucky Pizzarelli
, bassist
Richard Davis
and drummer
Ronnie Bedford
) playing a six-song ballad medley and the 18-minute
"Gus' Thing."
The latter is based on "It Don't Mean a Thing" but has an opening unaccompanied chorus by the trumpeters (pretty incoherent) and some "breaks" for each horn that really do not work. ~ Scott Yanow