| Larry, I happened to catch the James Last show from 02(?) I think it was when Derek was playing the show. Great player...first time I'd ever heard of him. I also saw the show last year (PBS uses it during their annual fund raiser) when Chuck played. If you have to have a sub...what a sub! He took the house down with some of his improv.
I've since gone out and purchased the 2CD set of James Last titled "Seduction". Some very wonderful music on that set. (from the TV shows it looks like about as "fun" a bunch of players enjoying themselves on the stand as you could get). Sure wish there were some credits for the musicians however...even though there was probably quite a "mix 'n' match" for all the different tracks.
It's weird...I remember my parents listening to James Last at least 40 years back ("Walk in the Black Forest"?). The man has got longevity (even though there are apparently those people who seem to think that it's demeaning to the musicians to have to "perform like trained seals"....which I'm sure they aren't!) |