3 Mulligans

I’m a huge fan of the projects and tributes put out by Hal Willner, but the problem is they are almost always out of print. This one, his first from 1981, focused on the film music that Nino Rota scored for Frederico Fellini. Of all the great themes on this record, this beautiful interpretation of “La Stada” affected me the most. It’s performed by jazz great Jaki Byard whose name, like Hal Willner’s, should be more widely recognized. I was lucky to find this used LP at Car City Classics in near perfect condition.