Heinie Beau & Milt Bernhart - Rare and Obscure Jazz Albums: Moviesville Jazz / the Sound of Bernhart (2021)

Moviesville Jazz
Heinie Beau (1911-1987), was not only a fine instrumentalist —clarinet, alto sax, flute— but also one of Hollywood’s finest independent arrangers, who worked for countless top orchestras and artists, including Tommy Dorsey, Red Nichols, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Peggy Lee, and others. He was also an arranger for major TV and radio shows for a time, and a frequent contributor to motion picture scores. "Moviesville Jazz" is mood music in the jazz idiom. Each track is loaded with excellent solos by some of the best Hollywood studio jazz musicians, and Heinie Beau’s compositions and orchestrations provide the cohesion, purpose, and integration that make the music so enjoyable. For when jazz goes to the movies, a good time is had by all.

The Sound of Bernhart
Milt Bernhart (1926-2004) grew up as a musician playing in the bands of Boyd Raeburn, Buddy Franklyn, Jimmy James, Teddy Powell and ultimately Stan Kenton. His years with Kenton (1946-1951) led Bernhart to considerable popularity with jazz fans. After leaving Kenton, he devoted all of his time to studio work in Hollywood, where he participated in countless recordings. "The Sound of Bernhart" comprised of scores of sounds, five different groups all in all, playing mostly standards, with two originals, one each by Calvin Jackson and Fred Katz, who did most of the arranging. It is an out-and-out tour de force album, offering much variety, great musical interest and wonderful changes of pace, with Bernhart sliding fromlusty jazz blowing, to tight collaboration with the classically scored cellos. In addition, all the playing is excellent and the writing is too.

Tracklist
01. Scotland Yardbird
02. The House on Olvera Street
03. In Your Private Eye
04. The Man with the Golden Embouchure
05. The Three Heads of Adam
06. The Tattoed Street Car Named Baby
07. Under the Blowtop
08. The Five and a Half Gallon Hat Story
09. The Gina Pastrami Cha Cha Cha
10. Gullible Travels
11. Moonset Boulevard
12. The Cool Tin Roof Story
13. Love Is Sweeping the Country
14. Don't Blame Me
15. Get Out of Town
16. Valvitation Trombosis
17. Poor Pierrot
18. Martie's Tune
19. Carte Blanche
20. I'm Beginning to See the Light
21. Legend
22. Jungle Drums (Canto Karabali)
23. Balleta