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The Best of the Big Bands

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The Best of the Big Bands (1936)

by Artie Shaw

About this title: Artie Shaw's first big band was quite unusual, originally comprised of four horns, a string quartet and a four-piece rhythm section. This unimaginatively titled CD (whose chatty liner notes unfortunately do not include personnel and date information) has the first 16 recordings by this fine orchestra, featuring vocals by the forgettable Wesley Vaughn, Peg LaCentra and the young Tony Pastor but more importantly, successfully matching together the horns with the strings on such enjoyable numbers as "Japanese Sandman," "Sugar Foot Stomp" and "The Skeleton in the Closet." Pity that this ... read more

Tracks:

  1. The Japanese Sandman [Egan/Whiting]
  2. A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody [Berlin]
  3. I Used to Be Above Love [Duke/Gershwin]
  4. No Regrets [Ingraham/Tobias]
  5. South Sea Island Magic [Long/Tomerlin]
  6. It Ain't Right [Meyer/Rothberg]
  7. Sugar Foot Stomp [Armstrong/King Oliv]
  8. Thou Swell [Hart/Rodgers]
  9. You're Giving Me a Song and Dance [Ager/Symes]
  10. Darling, Not Without You [Heyman/Sherman/Silv]
  11. One, Two, Button Your Shoe [Burke/Johnston]
  12. Let's Call a Heart a Heart [Burke/Johnston]
  13. The Skeleton in the Closet [Burke/Johnston]
  14. There's Something in the Air [Adamson/McHugh]
  15. Take Another Guess [Mencher/Newman/Sher]
  16. There's Frost on the Moon [Ahlert/Young]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.

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Jazz Legacy: the Best of the Big Bands [Audio Cd] Shaw, Artie

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