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Audophile Audition review 'You Go to My Head'

Audophile Audition

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The Dutch Jazz Orchestra led by Jerry Van Rooijen - You Go to My Head (Billy Strayhorn and Standards) - Challenge Records CHR 70090: The Dutch Jazz Orchestra specializes in jazz projects involving unknown works by unsung heroes of jazz. Well, Strayhorn isn't exactly unknown, but what makes this unique is all these 14 tracks are arrangements of other composer's tunes. Strayhorn said that he always devoted the same attention to arrangements as to his originals. Only one of these was ever recorded commercially, so this CD is certainly a premiere. Dutch bands are great for resurrecting obscure but worthwhile material and playing it with the preciseness and seriousness of, say, Mozart or Mahler. Music of Frank Zappa, Raymond Scott and others have been brought to a whole new audience this way. Strayhorn was influenced by Debussy & Ravel and his own tune Lush Life could describe his music fairly accurately. Sax or Flueglhorn solos are standouts in many of the arrangements and four of them include vocals. Tracks: Autumn in New York, Where or When, The Man I Love, I'll Remember April, I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance, moon river, Lover Man, You Go to my Head, Night and Day, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, I'll Buy That Dream, Skylark, I've Got the World on a String, Yesterdays.  - John Henry