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The Best of the Big Bands [Intersound 1040]
(1993)
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Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955
(1925)
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This three-CD box set does an excellent job of covering the big-band era through 66 recordings (by almost as many orchestras) owned by Columbia. The selections (programmed in chronological order), although emphasizing the 1934-45 era, also include 18 earlier and six later recordings. The 60 Columbia/Okeh sides, which include the real rarities, are ...
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16 Big Band Hits, Vol. 2
(1987)
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'Till Then: The Music That Helped the Allies Win the War
(2000)
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Till Then: Music That Helped Allies Win War reminisces back to the days of WWII and the traditional pop music that characterized those perplexing times. This double disc is an appropriate collection of classics from Nat "King" Cole, Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, the Andrews Sisters, Count Basie, and Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, making it an easy listen ...
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Swing! Greatest Hits [RCA Victor]
(1996)
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Culled from the RCA Records vaults, Swing's Greatest Hits is a 15-track, budget-priced collection that contains many of the best-known songs of the big-band and swing era, including cuts by Benny Goodman ("Life Goes to a Party," "Body and Soul," "King Porter Stomp"), Artie Shaw ("Begin the Beguine"), Count Basie ("Moten Swing"), Tommy Dorsey ( ...
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Golden Greats: Greatest Swing
(2002)
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This is a three-CD budget collection of many great swing tunes performed by the biggest names in swing music. The sound quality is good, as are the performances, but the lack of discographical information could be frustrating to jazz aficionados. Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide
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Superstars of Big Band: Greatest Hits
(1991)
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Capitol's budget-line Superstars of Big Band: Greatest Hits assembles 12 vintage sides from the music's original heyday, with highlights including Woody Herman's "At the Woodchopper's Ball," Benny Goodman's "Stompin' at the Savoy" and Tommy Dorsey's "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You." Al Campbell, All Music Guide
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Sounds of Big Band, Vol. 1-2
(1989)
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16 Big Band Hits, Vol. 7
(1988)
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Big Band Era [Otello]
(1996)
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Swing Time [Goldies]
(1999)
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16 Big Band Hits, Vol. 9
(1988)
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Let's Swing [Box]
(1998)
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Let's Swing is a pretty good collection of large-group swing and big-band hits of the '40s. Though it's aimed squarely at the swing-revival audience and includes less than ten tracks per disc, it does have such classics as "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie, "Take the 'A' Train" by Duke Ellington, "Why Don't You Do Right" by Benny Goodman, "Flying ...
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I Got Rhythm: The Music of George Gershwin
(1924)
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This wide-ranging four-CD set has performances of George Gershwin's music divided into four categories: Popular Song, Stage and Screen, Concert Hall, and Jazz. The 71 recordings range from fairly straight Broadway singers to classical music, jazz and several piano solos from Gershwin himself. The beauty of this collection as it has been assembled ...
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16 Big Band Hits, Vol. 5
(1987)
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16 Big Band Hits, Vol. 6
(1988)
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Big Band Legends [Intersound]
(1996)
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Jazz Hits [Box Set]
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I'm in the Mood for Swing
(1999)
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I'm in the Mood for Swing is a decent single-disc collection containing 24 hits from the big-band era. All of the recordings are the original hit versions, presented as recorded in glorious mono between 1932 and 1946. Among the highlights are "Jumpin' at the Woodside" by Count Basie, "Tuxedo Junction" by Glenn Miller, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It ...
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Those Wonderful Years: Sentimental Journey 1930's & 1940's
(1994)
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Hot Hits: That Swing Thing
(2000)
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16 Big Band Hits, Vol. 3
(1987)
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16 Big Band Hits, Vol. 4
(1987)
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The Great Big Bands [Sony]
(1992)
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Jazz-Club Mainstream: Big Bands
(1991)
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