Gustav Brom orchestra* artistry in swing

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A1 Sugar foot stomp (King Oliver)

A2 Dearly beloved (Jerome Kern)

A3 Begin the beguine (Cole Porter)

A4 David and Goliath (Jaroslav Ježek)

A5 Count Basie's royal mace (Jaromír Hnilička)

A6 Greetings to the orchestra (Vlastimil Hála)

B1 Artistry in rhythm (Stan Kenton)

B2 Muttnik (Quincy Jones)

B3 Amber (Oldřich Blaha)

B4 Risotto (Miloslav Petr)

B5 Early autumn (Ralph Burns)

B6 Rat race (Neal Hefti)

Alto saxophone, soprano saxophone – František Navrátil

Arranged by – Jaromír Hnilička (tracks: A2, A4 to A6), Miloslav Petr (tracks: B4), Oldřich Blaha (tracks: B3), Zdeněk Novák (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B2, B5, B6)

Baritone saxophone – Josef Audes

Bass – Jan Hubáček

Drums – Václav Skála

Flute – Günther Kočí (tracks: B3)

Guitar – Igor Vavrda

Keyboards – Milan Vidlák

Percussion – Vítězslav Vavrda

Baritone saxophone – Josef Audes (tracks: A6)

Clarinet – František Navrátil (tracks: A3)

Soloist, keyboards – Milan Vidlák (tracks: A4, B1)

Soloist, mellophone – Jaromír Hnilička (tracks: A6)

Soloist, tenor saxophone – Miloslav Petr (tracks: B4), Zdeněk Novák (tracks: A3, B1, B5)

Soloist, trombone – Mojmír Bártek (tracks: A6, B2)

Soloist, trumpet – Jaromír Hnilička (tracks: A5, B2)

Tenor saxophone – Miloslav Petr, Zdeněk Novák

Trombone – Gustav Brom jr., Jan Formánek, Mojmír Bártek

Trumpet – Jaromír Hnilička, Jindřich Šmek, Václav Holub

Engineer [recording] – Miloš Šindelář

Liner notes – Stanislav Titzl

Cover photo – Antonín Krčmář

Cover design – Eva Hulíková

Recorded at the Czechoslovak Radio Studio, Brno, in March 1978

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