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Commodore: Bill Davison's Band

It is hard to decide whether "That's A-Plenty" is better than "Ugly Child" or senseless since both rank way up near the top. Brunis plays that trombone through chorus after chorus of the fastest New Orleans march tempo imaginable without a noticeable flaw. Wettling furnishes some especially tasteful background drumming on the wood blocks, and Davison is again at his peak.

Undoubtedly the weakest of these four sides is "Panama." There is a marked drag in the tempo as the piece progresses, the bass solo is poor, and the piano should never have happened.