Luis Rivera

[ejp626]

I saw that Fresh Sounds has a new 2-fer of Luis Rivera - Filet of Soul and Las Vegas.  https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/luis-rivera-albums/57469-filet-of-soul-las-vegas-2-lp-on-1-cd.html

I'm not familiar with either of these and wondering if people had opinions, particularly on Las Vegas, which apparently features Barney Kessel!

Archive.org does have Filet of Soul and some tracks sounded pretty good and others were a bit cheesy.  I'm worried that the Las Vegas will fall more into the latter category, so I thought I would try to more digging before ordering a copy (esp. as shipping to Canada is still quite high...). 

Thanks in advance.

[Niko]

thanks for pointing this out - I'd always been curious about Filet of Soul due to the combination of saxophonists - Anthony Ortega and Lorenzo Holden... but that other album with Willie Smith and Carrington Visor looks interesting as well...  (John Tynan in a 1961 Downbeat article: "Visor is a furious player, rushing passionately ahead with shades of Harold Land all about him. He generates quick excitement with the resoluteness of each attack and is a tenor man to be reckoned with in any session.") And somehow, I'd consider it a bit too early to be real cheesy... but then again, there are many varieties of cheese... I'll certainly look into this... 

[mhatta]

I've only heard Luis Rivera on Battle Of The Organs, but to be honest it sounded quite cheesy.  Anywise, I'm interested in these two albums.

[ejp626]

Not sure when it was added, but I see Apple Music now has Filet of Soul and Las Vegas available.