Red Norvo - 1933-1944

Xylophonist and vibraphonist Red Norvo (who preferred the term vibraharp) is saluted by the Giants of Jazz label with 18 classic recordings drawn from the first 11 years of his recording career. Any time you see the phrase "Giants of Jazz" you need to envision the music arranged with the latest titles plonked down at or near the beginning, the tracks in the middle of the album scrambled to thwart anyone who likes chronologies, and the earliest material planted at the end of the disc. This Red Norvo package follows that twisted, inverted pattern exactly, if such perverse sequential disruption can be called exact. Read More