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Digitally remastered and expanded edition in gatefold mini LP sleeve. Marty Paich began recording under his own name in 1955. His earliest music lessons were on the accordion, followed by the piano. During the 1950s, Paich was active in the West Coast as a jazz player and also worked intensively in the studios. He not only played on, but arranged and produced numerous West Coast jazz recordings, including albums by Ray Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Terry Gibbs, Stan Kenton, Shelly Manne, Dave Pell, Anita O'Day, Art Pepper and Mel Torme, among others. On working with Art Pepper, Paich once stated in an interview that, 'You know, there's honest musicians and dishonest musicians. Let me clarify that: an honest musician, to me, plays with his heart and soul and gives you his all, all the time. And then there's the dishonest musician who plays, and he gives you his all, but not all of the time. It's like a race horse. When Art plays, it's all, all the time. I never heard him lay back at any time, and that, to me, is an honest musician. And there aren't too many of them in the entire world.'