The title song for this disc is a Ray Conniff original written a few years back when Ray and Billy Butterfield were instrumentalists in the Artie Shaw band. The disc is a lively exercise in nostalgia for those days when after a dance date Ray and Billy would kid around on their horns for the sheer joy of it.
During a recent get-together, Billy asked Ray, "Why don't you get your trombone out of the closet and see if we can still swing like we used to?"
This Ray did, and the disc proves that the best approach to improvising on the wonderful melodies of our time is by having two great instrumentalists like Ray Conniff and Billy Butterfield "Just Kiddin' Around"!
Tracklisting:
1. Alexander’s Ragtime Band
2. Louise
3. Heartaches
4. This Love Of Mine
5. When I Grow Too Old To Dream
6. You’ll Never Know
7. Just Kiddin’ Around
8. You OughtA Be In Pictures
9. Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey
10. Peg O’ My Heart
11. But Not For Me
12. 1 See Your Face Before Me