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Bill Harris and Friends (Ben Webster, tenor sax; Jimmy Rowles, piano; Red Mitchell, bass; Stan Levey, drums; Fantasy). Trombonist Harris, who sometimes sounds as if he were blowing through several folds of velvet, is the weakest operative on an album chiefly distinguished by the pensive unfolding of some fine solos...
Aside from these two, and the a capella rock and roll, all the songs are about equally bland. To be sure, it is better to be bland than abrasive; the Dunces are well coordinated, their entrances and pitch are good, and even the solos are, in the main, well handled...
John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio (Prestige). Tenor Saxophonist Coltrane swings his raucous solos like a truncheon in such numbers as Trancing In and Bass Blues, but the honors here go to Pianist Garland, whose lean, light-fingered attack and delicate sense of mood never falter.
The Handel, on the other hand, suffered the typical fate of most of the Orchestra's "curtain raisers" in receiving a rather perfunctory performance, enlivened only at the end by the virtuosic oboe solos of Michael Palmer and Michael Senturia. For the remainder of the piece, the playing was accurate...
The conductor of both works was Allan Miller, who stayed in firm command even when the going got rough. Among the instrumentalists, Joel Lazar's flute, Ralph Lane's french horn and Mr. Perkins' piano solos were particularly effective.