The Ray Gelato Giants "The Full Flavour" 1998

Gelato was born in London, England, the son of an American soldier who was stationed in the UK. Through his father's record collection, Gelato heard the music of the swing bands of the 1940s, and the R&B and rock and roll prevalent in the 1950s...

...Music provided by Louis Jordan and Louis Prima proved inspirational, a love nurtured in his teens when Gelato visited local clubs to hear music played live. His admiration for the playing of Sam Butera led Gelato to commence learning to play the tenor saxophone at the age of 19, and he was sufficiently competent to begin playing semi-professionally the following year. By 1982, Gelato had teamed up with the French guitarist Patrice Serapiglia, and their small band became known as the Chevalier Brothers. Gelato gained his stage name around this time and, following success at a talent show held in London's Camden Palace, they appeared around the UK, and toured Europe and Japan playing their stylised swing revival music. The group played at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and the North Sea Jazz Festival, but by 1988 had disintegrated. Briefly working solo, Gelato then played and sang in the British film Scandal (1989), before forming Ray Gelato and the Giants of Jive. They played at Carnegie Hall, which was filmed in 1992 for Italian television. The group also recorded Gelato Express (1993), although they disbanded the following year... to be continued - wiki

trax:
01 Basin Street Blues_Sleepy Time Down South 02 Undecided 03 Dark Eyes 04 Don't Let It Go To Your Head 05 Forget About Livin' 06 That's Amore 07 That's Life 08 Exactly Like You 09 Up A Lazy River 10 Orange Coloured Sky 11 Apple Honey 12 Under A Blanket Of Blue 13 As Time Goes By 14 Since You Moved In With Me 15 Caterina 16 That Old Black Magic

This music is dedicated to the tradition of Johnny Diego's Rock 'n' Roll Free Sunday!