This British LP has ten of vibraphonist
Red Norvo's 16 V-Discs of 1943-44. Eight of the selections feature
Norvo either on Oct. 28 or Nov. 16, 1943 heading a group also including tenor saxophonist
Flip Phillips (shortly before he joined
Woody Herman), trumpeter
Dick Pierce, trombonist
Dick Taylor, clarinetist
Aaron Sachs, pianist
Ralph Burns, bassist
Clyde Lombardi and drummer
Johnny Blowers;
Helen Ward takes a vocal on "Too Marvelous for Words." The music is essentially late-period swing, with Phillips often taking solo honors. The remaining two selections (from Aug. 14, 1944) showcase
Norvo and Sachs in a sextet also including pianist
Danny Negri, guitarist
Remo Palmieri, bassist
Al Hall and drummer
Specs Powell. The personnel and dates are only partly accurate in the brief liner notes, but the somewhat rare music (some of which has since been reissued) is quite enjoyable and finds
Norvo in prime form.