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David Ricard Big Band: Parallels
by Jack Bowers
Whatever else the fates may decree, fortune must be smiling when one can open a big-band album with the workaday theme from Spider-Man" and make it shine. Bassist David Ricard is fortune's beneficiary here, as are those partisans who are lucky enough to chance upon Parallels, Ricard's third and most recent treatise on big-band excellence. Whereas the leader's earlier recordings were slanted toward the holiday season, the theme of this one, if indeed one can be ascertained, is focused on ...
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