LP-605

 Dick Lane's Quartet - Without Sauce

Released 1956

Recording and Session Information

San Francisco, August 1956
Don Lusiani, accordion, arrangement; Jim West, bass; Dick Lane, clarinet; Pat Richards, vocals

8094 'S wonderful
8095 When you're smiling
8096 After you've gone
8097 Love is here to stay
8098 Tangerine
8099 Bye bye, blackbird
8100 Autumn leaves
8101 Moonglow
8102 I've got you under my skin
8103 You're driving me crazy
8104 A foggy day
8105 That old feeling

Track Listing

When You're Smiling		August 1956
Autumn Leaves		August 1956
'S Wonderful		August 1956
Our Love Is Here To Stay		August 1956
You're Driving Me Crazy		August 1956
Tangerine		August 1956
Foggy Day		August 1956
After You've Gone		August 1956
Moonglow		August 1956
Bye Bye Blackbird		August 1956
I've Got You Under My Skin		August 1956
That Old Feeling		August 1956

Liner Notes

"Without Sauce" marks the initial recording effort of the Dick Lane Quartet, organized in San Francisco little more than eighteen months ago. Dick formed a cocktail trio in 1951 and expanded to a quartet in 1955. His original quartet appeared on the Arthur Godfrey "Talent Scout" show and worked club dates in California.

The new group, heard on this album, organized in October 1954 with the purpose of making some definite mark among vocal quartets.

This album presents the "Dick Lane Quartet" offering a new fresh modern vocal treatment to a dozen old standard tunes. The arrangements were written with the deliberate purpog of utilizing the accordian in conjunction with the voices to create a new sound

Of interest, is the frequent interpolation of the lyrics, changed at times, to create a definite musical effect. For instance, the introduction to "After You've Gone," simulates a modern saxophone section. The group, sometimes uses the Count Basic band brass section "shake," as in "Moon Glow" and "S Wonderful."

"I've Got You Under My Skin" was created primarily as a production number with frequent changes of tempo. This use of temp change occurs in many of the arrangements, i.e. "You're Driving Me Crazy," "Tangerine." "After You've Gone," and the ballad, "Our Love Is Here To Stay." On the latter selection, the introduction recreates the sound of children at play.

Probably the most important aim of the group is to present a modern vocal group sound that combines freshness with interesting listening!

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DICK LANE QUARTET

The leader and clarinetist, before joining Ted Weems and Jack Fina's bands for "road-duty" had a background as a legitimate musician, having as soloist with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. He formed his first group, with brother Don, in 1931 and worked in the San Francisco Bay area in night clubs and TV.

DON LUSIANI

Younger brother of Dick, is the group's arranger! In addition to doing of the arrangements on this album, Don is quitc an accomplished accordionist. He studied for years with Ernest Gloe, the only accordionist to have appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. If there has been any one paricular influence upon his arranging style, it has been perhaps, the sound of the Woody Herman band.

PAT RICHARDS

The young blonde girl with the group, though having studied voice for a number of years, is new to vocal groups and to the music business. Her legitimate training, plus her wide vocal range makes her especially versatile in vocal group work.

JIM WEST

The bass player, originally studied clarinet and bassoon, but was pressed into service as a bassist while in the army. After attending the University of California, he left to become as he puts it, "a bass plucker!"