Bob Florence Big Band Live at Concerts By The Sea - A Remembrance

Bob Florence Big Band at Concerts By The Sea:
A Remembrance

Recorded live June 15-18, 1979
Remastered for video January 2023

00:00 Introduction
00:25 Bebop Charlie *
09:39 Lonely Carousel
16:06 Evie
22:44 Wide Open Spaces
30:39 I'll Remember
37:25 Party Hearty
46:47 Closing credits and Auld Lang Syne

Trumpets – Buddy Childers(lead), Gene Goe, Nelson Hatt, Steve Huffsteter, Warren Luening
Trombones – Charles Loper, Chauncey Welsch, Don Waldrop, Herbie Harper
Woodwinds – Bob Hardaway*, Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper, Kim Richmond, Lee Callett, Pete Christlieb, Ray Pizzi
Bass – Joel DiBartolo
Drums – Nick Ceroli
Composer, Arranger, Leader, Piano – Bob Florence

Recorded June 15, 16, 17 & 18, 1979 at Concerts By The Sea, Redondo Beach, California

1. Be Bop Charlie [9 min, 35 sec]
Piano soloist – Bob Florence
Tenor Saxophone soloist – *Bob Hardaway (played only on this tune)
Trombone soloist – Charlie Loper

2. Lonely Carousel [6 min, 23 sec]
Flugelhorn soloist – Warren Luening

3.  Evie [6 min, 37 sec]
Alto Saxophone soloist – Ray Pizzi
Electric Piano soloist – Bob Florence

4. Wide Open Spaces [7 min, 50 sec]
Trombone soloist – Chauncey Welsch
Piano soloist – Bob Florence

5.  I'll Remember [6 min, 40 sec]
Tenor Saxophone, Soloist – Pete Christlieb

6. Party Hearty [9 min. 36 sec]
Piano soloist – Bob Florence
Tenor Saxophone, Soloist – Bob Cooper
Trumpet, Soloist – Warren Luening

Total video time: 48 min, 16 sec

Liner notes by Herb Wong
Produced by Albert Marx