JACKIE & ROY WITH THE ROY KRAL & BILL HOLMAN ORCHESTRAS

BITS & PIECES
01. Look Around
02. Stopping The Clock
03. (So You've Had A) Change Of Heart
04. Honey Did
05. Whisper Not
06. Say Cheese
07. Aura
08. Darn That Dream
09. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
10. Walking

Roy Kral's Orchestra
Art Farmer, Clark Terry, Bernie Glow (tp), Jimmy Cleveland, Ubie Green (tb), Phil Woods (as), Anthony Ortega (ts), Jerome Richardson (fl, bar), Roy Kral (p & vcl), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d)
Arrangements by Bill Holman (1 & 7), Quincy Jones (2 & 5), Ernie Wilkins (4, 9 & 10), Ralph Burns (3 & 8), Roy Kral (6)
New York, March, 1957

FREE & EASY
11. Free And Easy
12. There Will Never Be Another You
13. Angel Eyes
14. It's A Lovely Day Today
15. Dixie
16. Who Wants To Fall In Love
17. So It's Spring
18. Ooh! That Kiss
19. I'm Glad There Is You
20. Aren't You Glad You're You
21. Pent-Up House

Bill Holman's Orchestra
Al Porcino, Stu Williamson (tp), Frank Rosolino, Ray Sims (tb), Charlie Mariano (as), Herbie Mann (fl & ts), Richie Kamuca (ts), Dave Pell (ts & bar), Marty Berman (ber), Russ Freeman (p), Max Bennett (b), Shelly Manne (d)
Arrangements by Bill Holman
Hollywood, June, 1957

2008 Fresh Sound

"In one case, in particular, we did something on an experimental basis that was completely different from what we had done before, and we weren't as well prepared for it as we should have been. That was for an album, "Bits And Pieces," which we did with Quincy Jones for Creed (Taylor) when he was at ABC-Paramount. We were given the arrangements just before recording. It was to be a big band album, and we didn't get a chance to hear the whole thing until the moment we got into the studio, We went ahead with it anyway, but the album wasn't as good as we'd like it to have been"
-Jackie Cain

Despite of the inclusion of a disconcertingly pleasant rendition of "Dixie", "Free & Easy" really is a better, more Jackie & Roy-esque album.

Both sound great on this Fresh Sound reissue