George Masso Sextet

George Masso Sextet: C'est Magnifique

by Dave Nathan
September 1, 2000

C'est Manifique is the latest album traditional trombone player George Masso has cut for the German Nagel-Heyer label which specializes in putting traditional, straight ahead jazz to disk. And tons of kudos to them for doing that! In this live performance, Masso and his distinguished quartet latch on to seven Cole Porter tunes, gives them fresh arrangements and then improvise the devil out of them. Right from “It's D'Lovely", opened with that well known trumpet fan fare so much a ...