NEW RELEASES : In Brief

* * * 1/2 Lighthouse All Stars With Shorty Rogers and Bud Shank, “Eight Brothers,” Candid. The Lighthouse-keepers light up the Southland skies in this engaging set. Everyone contributes valuably, in particular Bob Cooper, whose tenor is featured on his own “Stray Horns,” Shank on alto in his original “Double Trouble,” pianist Pete Jolly in an inventive Rogers arrangement of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and Rogers as composer of all the other pieces. The recording was made shortly before the death of bassist Monty Budwig, to whose memory it is dedicated.

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