Jackie Coon and his Pals: Softly

Jackie Coon: leader and fluegelhorn, vocal Johnny Varro: piano Bob Haggart: bass Ed Metz Jr.: drums With special guests: Rick Fay: tenor sax, Dan Barrett: trombone, John Allred: trombone Jackie Coon's relaxed, lyrical jazz is again front and center in a swinging program of jazz classics. "Jackie Coon is a master of the fluegelhorn. The seemingly effortless, fast-flowing and beautifully lyrical inventions Jackie evokes from his fluegelhorn border on the miraculous. In Jackie's hands, the music—the melody or the variations on it—is astonishingly lovely. He and his pals have created a quite special jazz sound, gentle, light on its feet, creative, exciting and wonderfully satisfying." —From the album notes of Charles Champlin, retired arts editor and columnist of the Los Angeles Times, and a noted jazz critic and writer. Selections: You Took Advantage of Me The Blue Room Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise Four or Five Times Man With a Horn Avalon The Touch of Your Lips Tangerine Look For the