1973 Don Sebesky – Giant Box

Giant Box is a double album by American arranger/conductor and composer Don Sebesky recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.

Tracks

1  Firebird / Birds Of Fire (John McLaughlin; Igor Stravinsky) 07:49
2  Song To A Seagull (Joni Mitchell) 09:45
3  Free As A Bird (Don Sebesky) 05:46
4  Psalm 150 (Jimmy Webb) 08:09
5  Vocalise (Sergei Rachmaninoff) 08:07
6  Fly / Circles (Don Sebesky) 05:38
7  Semi-Tough (Don Sebesky) 13:54

Musicians

1 Firebird / Birds Of Fire

GuitarHarry Leahey
Electric PianoDon Sebesky
FluteHubert Laws
SaxHubert Laws
TrumpetFreddie Hubbard
PercussionAirto Moreira


2 Song To A Seagull

DrumsJack DeJohnette
Electric PianoDon Sebesky
SaxPaul Desmond


3 Free As A Bird

DrumsJack DeJohnette
Electric PianoDon Sebesky
PianoBob James
AccordionDon Sebesky
FlugelhornFreddie Hubbard
SaxGrover Washington Jr


4 Psalm 150

DrumsBilly Cobham
OrganBob James
TrumpetFreddie Hubbard
PercussionRalph MacDonald
VocalsDon Sebesky
VocalsJackie Cain
VocalsRoy Kral


5 Vocalise

DrumsJack DeJohnette
PianoBob James
SaxPaul Desmond
VibraphoneMilt Jackson


6 Fly / Circles

DrumsJack DeJohnette
AccordionDon Sebesky
FluteHubert Laws
SaxHubert Laws
SaxJoe Farrell
CongasRubens Bassini
PercussionAirto Moreira
VocalsDon Sebesky


7 Semi-Tough

DrumsBilly Cobham
GuitarGeorge Benson
ClavinetDon Sebesky
OrganBob James
OrganDon Sebesky
PianoDon Sebesky
SaxGrover Washington Jr
PercussionAirto Moreira

Other Musicians

BassRon Carter
ClarinetWalt Levinsky
ClarinetGeorge Marge
ClarinetJerry Dodgion
ClarinetPhil Bodner
ClarinetRomeo Penque
EuphoniumAlan Raph
EuphoniumPaul Faulise
EuphoniumWarren Covington
EuphoniumWayne Andre
FlugelhornAlan Rubin
FlugelhornJoe Shepley
FlugelhornRandy Brecker
FluteGeorge Marge
FluteJerry Dodgion
FlutePhil Bodner
FluteRomeo Penque
French HornEarl Chapin
French HornJim Buffington
HornGeorge Marge
HornPhil Bodner
HornRomeo Penque
OboeGeorge Marge
OboePhil Bodner
OboeRomeo Penque
SaxWalt Levinsky
SaxGeorge Marge
SaxJerry Dodgion
SaxPhil Bodner
SaxRomeo Penque
TromboneAlan Raph
TrombonePaul Faulise
TromboneGarnett Brown
TromboneWarren Covington
TromboneWayne Andre
TrumpetAlan Rubin
TrumpetJoe Shepley
TrumpetRandy Brecker
TubaTony Price
PercussionDavid Friedman
PercussionPhil Kraus
Background VocalsCarl Caldwell
Background VocalsLani Groves
Background VocalsTasha Thomas

Strings

Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Seymour Barab
Double Bass – Homer Mensch
Harp – Margaret Ross
Violin – Alfred Brown, Charles Libove, David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Glickman, Harry Lookofsky, Irving Spice, Joe Malin, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman

Liner Notes

Producer – Creed Taylor
Arranged By – Don Sebesky
Conductor – Don Sebesky
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder

Design – Bob Ciano
Photography – Pete Turner, Steve Salmieri

Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Phonographic Copyright Creed Taylor Inc