James Bond Sextet

The James Bond Sextet was a studio-only group formed to record an album, The James Bond Songbook, geared to exploit the popularity of the James Bond film character in the mid-'60s. Fortuitously, the leader of this sextet was a respected Los Angeles jazz and session bassist actually named James Bond, though he usually went by the name of Jimmy Bond on recording dates. The other members of the six-piece included tenor saxophonist Harold Land, himself a respected jazz recording artist; drummer John Guarin; pianist Joe Parnello; trumpeter Bobby Bryant; and flute/tenor sax player B...