Product Review

NEWLY REMASTERED
STEREO 24 BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED
DIGIPACK
One of the reasons for the success of this 1962 album is the excellence of Dave Grusin s arrangements for eleven violins, two violas, two cellos, bass and drums. While making this album, Dave says, I saw no reason why nice harmonic changes could not be played by strings. I saw no reason why the string writing could not be a little more complicated than it usually is for albums of this type. And with the freedom Bob [Robert Mersey, the album s producer] gave me, I wrote and played exactly what I wanted. Mersey observes that with Dave s arrangements, the strings simply become an extension of the piano. In this album Grusin showed that he has a deft, sensitive touch, inventiveness and exceptionally good taste.