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Originally Posted by Mikey For me, it's the Tonight Show Band, Volume I
Audino playing incredible lead; Snooky on his plunger solos, Conti,.....
And then there's Doc.........
No one will ever equal what he has done
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Mine is The Tonight Show Band, Volume 2 and for a couple of reasons.
For one, I think that it has more of the "standard" tunes on it, played with that high-charged style that is "owned" by the Tonight show band. The soloing is incredible by everyone and the band is swinging so hard, laying back, yet staying on top of things and being incredibly tight at the same time.
For two, Doc himself told me that of the two albums, that the second one was the better of the two, and if I was only to get one, then the Volume 2 album would be the one to get. I won't say that Doc's opinion is gold on this, because everyone is going to have a different opinion about it and Doc certainly has a different perspective about it, but his opinion does carry A LOT of weight.
Either of those albums could be argued to be the quintesential album that most accurately captures that band's sound.