Stan Freeman’s brilliant piano techniques can only be matched by his refreshing brand of humor. Both traits are in complete evidence in ‘Stan The Man, Vol. 8.’ Who but our Man could take Mozart’s Turkish March, and with some keyboard incantations, aided by the Merlin-like machinations of bass, guitar and drums, turn it into a jumping opus called Topsy Turkey. Or, as another example, the somewhat zany and unexpressive, Thing-A-Ma-Bob will do. On the romantic side, Stan’s pianistics provide the colorful, sparkling description of the matador’s advance man – The Picador. This paso doble is flanked by two other Latin selections – the sophisticated and suave beguine, I Wouldn’t Care and of Albeniz’s classic Tango served up in the combo’s own inimitable, smart supper club style. Besides his performing, arranging and conducting attributes, Stan the Man is also a peerless composer, a sample of which is found in the imaginative East Of Third Avenue, a fast moving, city-wide instrumental spree. Love also has its innings in two romantic treatments. Stan and the combo go to bat with Who Wants To Sing My Love Song, a ballad entry by jazz musician Don Redman and the boy-meets-girl opus, Love Gave Me You. The fleet-footed Quick Silver and the nostalgic Gee, But I’m Lonesome round out the Quartet’s par excellence entertainment. The Stan Freeman Jazz Quartet: Stan Freeman, piano; Tony Mottola, guitar; Bobby Haggart, bass; Terry Snyder, drums.