Another essential entry in the ORF Big Band catalog, this 1981 pressing shifts toward Latin jazz and sophisticated easy listening arrangements. The band's musicianship is impeccable, delivering smooth yet swinging renditions of standards and original compositions. Krautgartner's conducting is assured and tasteful. Like its predecessor, this is a scarce document of professional European session musicians at work, capturing a style of sophisticated, arrangement-heavy jazz that has largely vanished. A find for lovers of big band jazz and curious listeners seeking something beyond the usual suspects.

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