Connection

Description

Odd assortment of excellent originals and tongue-in-cheek popular song arrangements. Reissued on CD in early 2005 by Wounded Bird Records.

Liner Notes

View Here.

Track Listing and Issues

12" LP: Columbia KC 31766 (1972)
12" LP: CBS BPG 65221 [Europe] (197?)
CD: Wounded Bird WOU-1766 (2005)

1. Put It Where You Want It (Joe Sample, arr. Sam Falzone)
2. Alone Again [Naturally] (Gilbert O'Sullivan, arr. Milcho Leviev)
3. Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Weber, Tim Rice, arr. Milcho Leviev)
4. I Feel the Earth Move (Carole King, arr. Dick Halligan)
5. Theme from "The French Connection" (Don Ellis)
6. Conquistador (Reid, Brooker, arr. Hank Levy)
7. Roundabout (Anderson, Howe, arr. Fred Selden)
8. Chain Reaction (Hank Levy)
9. Goodbye to Love (Carpenter, Bettis, arr. Fred Selden)
10. Lean on Me (Bill Withers, arr. Earle Corry)
11. Train to Get There (Dick Halligan)

Personnel

Trumpets:

Glenn Stuart
Bruce Mackay
Paul Bogosian
Gil Rathel

Woodwinds:

Fred Selden
Vince Denham
Sam Falzone
Gary Herbig

Trombones:

Glenn Ferris
Kenny Sawhill (bass)
Doug Bixby (contrabass, tuba)

French Horn:

Sidney Muldrow

Strings:

Tom Buffum (violin)
Earle Corry (violin)
Denyse Buffum (viola)
Pat Kudzia (cello)

Rhythm Section:

Milcho Leviev (keyboards)
Jay Graydon (guitar)
Dave McDaniel (bass)
Ralph Humphrey (drums)
Ron Dunn (drums, percussion)
Lee Pastora (conga)
Carmelo Garcia (percussion)

Recording Information

Recorded on Los Angeles, CA over August 14-16, 1972.