Friday, March 16, 2018

Derek Smith and Ray Cohen Interplay: The Keyboard Sounds of Today! [1966]


RCA Victor LSP-3530

Derek and Ray consisted of Derek Smith and Ray Cohen (not to be confused with the brothers Derek and Ray who played with the band Gentle Giant). The first couple of Derek and Ray albums featured the two men playing Baldwin pianos. The next 3 albums (The Cinema Scene Today, Interplay, and The Keyboard Sounds of Today!) featured Derek playing harpsichord and Ray on piano. Generally speaking, the albums featured jazz keyboard arrangements of Top 40 M.O.R. hits, sometimes with orchestral accompaniment.

Tracklist:
01 Danke Schoen
02 Interplay
03 Sweet Charity Theme
04 Wailing Waltz
05 Tell Me More (Bossa Dime Mas)
06 How High The Moon
07 Runnin' Wild
08 Brasileira
09 Makin' Whoopee
10 Dizzy Fingers
11 Serenata
12 Sophisticated Swing

Derek Smith (Harpsichord) and Ray Cohen (Piano)
Arranged, conducted and produced by Marty Gold

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