Sophisticate In Cuba - Stanley Black

It's All Right With Me

Sophisticate In Cuba
Stanley Black And His Music
London Records LL 1781

From the back cover: The subtly shifting rhythmic accents, the charging moods, the facile switching from jazz to mambo, from baiao to jazz, the piquant exotic flavors combine to form an album of outstanding originality and distinction. Stanley Black has skillfully employed a multitude of novel ideas in this selection. No electronic gimmicks, or subterfuges – just the products of a brilliant musical brain which never ceases to amaze show business with its rich fund of inventive genius.

Also from the back cover: Briefly, for the benefit of newcomers to the pleasurable art of Black's musical magic, he is a Londoner born and bred. He played piano for several top-line bands before the war, and visited South America in the ranks of the Harry Roy orchestra in 1937. This trip laid the perfect foundation for his subsequently frequent excursions into the realms of authentic Latin music.

After his R.A.F. war service, he guided the fortunes of the B.B.C. Dance Orchestra for eight successful years, and then branched out on his own. Today finds him in constant demand by all sections of the entertainment world. Recording, television, advertising jingles – the list of his busy activities  is ample and impressive proof of his unique and diverse talents. Not the least among his success is the imposing array of film scores written for prominent directors like Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle and Mario Zampi.

This present album is a complete departure from Stanley's previous work in the effrr studios. We have heard him conducting a large concert orchestra in albums of music by famous composers like Richard Rodgers and Jerome Kern; we have heard him at the piano leading a lush string section in selections of mood music at its best; we have heard him leading a full-blooded team of percussionists from the piano keyboard in LPs of exotic Latin American music Now we hear him playing a selection of well-known ballads in a bright, puckish style which combines two of this greatest musical loves – Latin American music and jazz.

Should I
Time On My Hands
All Of You
And This IS My Beloved
I've Got You Under My Skin
You're The Top
One, Two, Button Your Shoe
My Melancholy Baby
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Fool's Rush In
Ooh That Kiss!
It's All Right With Me