RIP Joe Arroyo who died yesterday. Even the young Gil Evans, then working with Claude Thornhill, was only half-formed as an arranger-composer until the late s. Catch them while you can. This work, too, was championed by Toscanini, and is a much worthier piece of music than the overture. Just when you thought it couldn't get any better than this, it did, Eliene throwing back her head, opening her lungs and letting rip like a true Soul Diva.
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