Jack Millman, a now obscure flügelhornist from the 1950s, was an effective West Coast jazz player. This CD reissues all of the music from a quartet album that he recorded in 1957 with pianist
Don Friedman, bassist
Don Peterson, and drummer Ray Tiedel, plus six of the dozen songs from a 1956 project that features
Millman in several different combos. Although
Millman was not a virtuoso, he holds one's interest throughout the quartet numbers, while such notables as
Gerald Wiggins,
Bill Holman,
Pete Rugolo, Frank Erickson, and
Gene Roland contribute the arrangements to the larger combo numbers, which include tenor man
Lin Halliday, flutist
Buddy Collette, and
Jack Costanza on congas among the players.