Featuring: GARY BURTON, vibes; MICHAEL ABENE, piano and arrangements; MICKEY GRAVINE, trombone; JERRY DODGION, BILL KIRCHNER, saxes; GEORGE MRAZ, bass
“It pays tribute to composer Jimmy Van Heusen and lyricist Johnny Burke by collecting 10 songs the team wrote for the Bing Crosby-Bob Hope series of Road to. . .films. It's such an obvious idea one is amazed nobody thought of it before. Though maybe it's just as well no one did, because Gravine is a perfect tour guide. . ..” - - - Show Music magazine
“A bewitching collection of songs from the Bing and Bob movies [starring] an unheralded singer whose phrasing and intonation are just about flawless, with Gary Burton as the featured instrumentalist.” Francis Davis, The Village Voice
“Gravine's set is an exemplary demonstration of how the familiar can be made fresh. . .[she] possesses an abnormally high ratio of talent to ego. . .an extraordinary reclamation of worthy, often forgotten songs. . . Will Friedwald, the Village Voice
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