Sometimes we simply tilt our head and mutter, "where has this guy been hiding??" Rizzo is veteran of the Los Angeles jazz crowd, so why haven't we heard about him ... ever ... in any context. Well, go figure. You can catch him right here, and in the top rung company of LA greats including Bob Shepard, Bob Summers, Joe LaBarbera, Rich Eares and Tom Warrington. With arrangements by the trombonist on the date, Nick Lane, and the addition of a tuba and a French horn, the music bears an up-to-date resemblance to the celebrated "Birth of the Cool." Rizzo contributes three originals, and the remaining seven will bring to mind classics from the old days of Blue Note and Prestige. Just how far wrong can you go when a tightly arranged octet gives you "Oleo," "Lament," "One For Daddy-O," "Shirley," "Stella By Starlight" and "Along Came Betty." Apparently Rizzo WAS hiding. He spent the Carson years in the Tonight Show Orchestra, and did a batch of television studio stuff, both writing and playing. All that most likely makes for a secure lifestyle, but it doesn't get the man out before the jazz public. Well, here he is! Never too late!