The arrangements conjure up the syncopated milieu of Berlin's prime while incorporating the harmonic sophistication and textural savvy such arrangers as Robert Farnon and Nelson Riddle brought to this idiom. Eleven are by Jay Krush, the ensemble's deft tuba player, and they reveal his talent for imaginative muted effects (Blue Skies' opening and closing trumpet solos with Harmon mute evoke Miles Davis) and contrapuntal sidetalk. I especially enjoyed E. Solot's unpredictable modulations in Alexander's Ragtime Band, and his gorgeously reharmonized White Christmas. M. Hood's snazzy, vivacious treatment of When I Lost You is also memorable, and light years removed from the song's origins as a ballad Berlin wrote in tribute to his late first wife. The sound is fine, but music such as this cries out for more sonic oomph and close-up detail. Brass mavens take notice!