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Artist: Bill Russo Title: The World Of Alcina Label:   Atlantic Country: USA Catalogue: 1241 Date: Oct 1956 Format: LP Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Bill Russo	The World Of Alcina	Bill Russo	Rate
B1	Bill Russo	Under The Greenwood Tree	Jerry Mulvihill	Rate
B2	Bill Russo	The First Saturday In May	Bill Russo	Rate
B3	Bill Russo	Speculum	Bill Russo	Rate
B4	Bill Russo	Bill's Blues	Bill Russo	Rate
B5	Bill Russo	L' Affaire Bugs	Eddie Baker	Rate
B6	Bill Russo	For My Sister	Bill Russo	Rate

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Guglielmo Giuseppe “Bill” Russo was a jazz musician who had started the Chicago Jazz Ensemble at Columbia College Chicago, the Chicago Free Theater, and was the director of High School Jazz Festival. After Mr. Russo had finished piano training with Leonardo Tristano, he had composed many scores for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. One of the most famous scores of Mr. Russo was the “Halls Of Brass”, which was specially written for the brass section due to the fact that no woodwind nor percussion music of this score could be commercially played.

After Mr. Russo had quit playing for the Stan Kenton Band in 1954, he continued to privately write tunes for the next four years. During this period, Mr. Russo had composed an album that consisted of an opera of ballet tunes in a jazz style, which was one of the earliest storyline operas that had been composed. In fact, the tune The World Of Alcina is the only tune of the a-side of this disc of 33.33 rpm due to the fact that this tune lasts more than eighteen minutes. When Mr. Russo had returned to publicly perform in 1958, he had relocated to New York City where he had founded and conducted his twenty-two piece Bill Russo Orchestra.

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Number: 1333687  Uploaded By: scaccolarsi Edited By: whitewhale1965 Description: This image is of the a-side of this original black label disc of 33.33 rpm.

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