World of Boots Randolph

Nice album but not fantastic. A compilation of twenty standards but for whatever reason this album does not get me going.

When I was in High School, Yakety Sax was in many of our parents' collections, there with the Nat King Cole and Jerry Vale. Randolph was a great technical player. I remember our HS band sax players trying to imitate him and asking 'how does he DO that?!' But soon after that we discovered Miles Davis, Monk, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Coltrane - and never looked back. Players like Randolph faded away like tailfins, westerns, and the music that used to be called The Standards. If you are into it, Randolph is very good at what he does, but he's the product of another time, and I can see many people finding this all rather soulless.