''Percussion at Work'' is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1957 and first released on the EmArcy label.Mercury Records Catalog: EmArcy 36100 series
accessed October 6, 2016
accessed October 6, 2016

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow observed: "Some of arranger Pete Rugolo's Mercury and Emarcy recordings of the late 1950s seemed to concentrate more on getting effects than producing creative jazz. ... the album is primarily for hi-fi freaks and those who love percussion solos."

Track listing

''All compositions by Pete Rugolo, except where indicated.'' # "Artistry in Percussion" - 4:06 # "Fugue for Rhythm Section" - 3:35 # "1 + 4" - 4:30 # "Chorale for Brass, Piano, and Bongo" (Rugolo,

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) - 3:01 # "Interplay for Drums, Brass" - 2:32 # "Funky Drums (André Previn, Larry Bunker, Shelly Manne, Mel Lewis, Rugolo) - 4:05 # "Drumerama" ( Eddie Cano) - 2:59 # "Bongo Riff" - 3:31 # "Percussion at Work" - 4:54 *Recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, CA on November 5, 1957 (tracks 1, 3-5 & 8) and November 15, 1957 (tracks 2, 6, 7 & 9).

Personnel

* Pete Rugolo -

arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...

, conductor * Buddy Childers, Don Fagerquist, Ed Leddy, Uan Rasey -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

(tracks 1, 3-5 & 8) * Milt Bernhart, Herbie Harper, Frank Rosolino -

trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...

(tracks 1, 3-5 & 8) *Russell Brown - bass trombone (tracks 1, 3-5 & 8) * John Graas -

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most o ...

(tracks 1, 3-5 & 8) *Clarence Karella -

tuba The tuba (; ) is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece (brass), mouthpiece. It first appeared in th ...

(tracks 1, 3-5 & 8) * André Previn -

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

*Al Portch -

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Joe Mondragon -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Mel Lewis (tracks 2, 6, 7 & 9), Shelly Manne -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

* Larry Bunker -

vibraphone The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using Percussion mallet, mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone ...

, xylophone,

timpani Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion instrument, percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a Membranophone, membrane called a drumhead, ...

, drums * Jack Costanzo - bongos

References

{{Authority control Pete Rugolo albums 1958 albums EmArcy Records albums Albums arranged by Pete Rugolo Albums conducted by Pete Rugolo Albums recorded at Capitol Studios