PISANO & RUFF - UNDER THE BLANKET - A&M SP4276 (WL PROMO - 1st Press - NM/VG+)
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PISANO & RUFF - UNDER THE BLANKET - A&M SP4276 (1970)
This unusual meeting between guitarist John Pisano and French horn player Willie Ruff was recorded in the mid-'60s for A&M, with arrangements by both musicians and producer Herb Alpert. The supporting cast includes a variety of popular session musicians, including drummer Paul Humphreys and bassists Chuck Berghofer and Chuck Domanico, along with Julius Wechter, leader of the Baja Marimba Band. Though both Pisano and Ruff have impeccable jazz credentials, the music falls somewhere between jazz and easy listening. The stronger cuts are the originals (three each by Pisano and Ruff) and the weaker ones covers of pop tunes like Burt Bacharach's "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin' ", Paul Williams' lightweight "The Drifter", and "El Condor Pasa".
