Unknown 1950’s Jazz Lp on RCA

Track Listing:

Song of the Bayou

Those that live by the Swordfish, die by the swordfish

Take me out to the ballgame

Ode to a Mode

Newton the Fig

Three Speeds Forward

Part
Two:  A Foggy Day

When your lover has gone

Aren’t you glad you came

What a way to run a railroad!

Fagotte Gavotte

You’re just a cucumber

I recently purchased this above Jazz Lp by Stuart McKay and His Woods, entitled “Reap the Wild Winds”.  McKay plays saxaphone and bassoon. Ernest Victor Mauro-oboe; Jerry Sanfino- English Horn; Tom Mace-flute; Albert Richman or John Barrows-French Horn; John Saunders-Piano; John Porcello-Guitar; Bill Halfacre- Bass; Ted Paskert-Drums; and Suzanne Lovell-Voice.

The liner notes are by Bill Zeitung and copyrighted 1955. Othereer than the liner notes, does anyone else out there know what became of Stuart McKay and his Woods? There is virtually no information on the internet about him, except a Time Magazine paragraph on new Jazz records for 1955. Any other info would be really satisfying to my curious mind.

This is an amazing piece of audio history. The bassoon is played with speed and acuracy as are the rest of the instruments, when combined, create a thouroughly pleasing and unique sound.  I own many, many, many jazz Lp’s, but this is the one that I frequently come back to on a regular basis. It has never been reissued, and has since forever gone out of print. This is unfortunate, because as you can see and hear, it is very fresh sounding, despite being half of a century old.