Tiffany 5
This particularly strong installment in the Tiffany series showcases the amazing breadth of the Wills repertoire, not to mention the ferocious rhythmic attack of the late-1940s Playboys. Tin Pan Alley chestnuts mingle with jazz classics fromBenny GoodmanandWoody Hermanand a number of fine Playboy instrumental originals. There is an urgency, a pulse, and a drive throughout this set, atop which flows the gritty guitar leads of Junior Barnard or the steel-mandolin-guitar assault of Herb Remington, Tiny Moore, and Eldon Shamblin, and it provides clear evidence of what consistently thrilled (and exhausted) dancers across the country.--Marc Greilsamer