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PENNY SERENADE |
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THE REAL SOUND OF R&B AND BOOGIE WOOGIE |
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This CD contains a selection of some of the most popular songs of the 1930s played by orchestras who made the music popular on both sides of the Atlantic. It features some of the most popular bands of the day including Ray Noble and his Orchestra, Geraldo and his Orchestra, Ambrose and his Orchestra and Monte Rey with the Gaucho Tango Band, The vocalists include Al Bowlly, Dorothy Carless and Cyril Grantham. All but four tracks are transcribrd from very high quality private recordings and as such are extremely rare. If you’re looking for some 1930’s White Tie Top Hat And Tails type, toe tapping nostalgia then this is the one for you. Track Listing: |
Before the age of Rock n Roll the hottest music around was R&B and Boogie Woogie. The music on this compact disc comes from the late forties and early fifties and features some of the finest examples of the genre. Some of the artists performing here will be known to you, others equally talented may not, but together they make a splendid showcase for the dance music that emerged from the juke joints, gin houses and bordellos and was to become (with a little tweaking) Rock N Roll... One hundred percent enjoyment. Track Listing: |
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CHARLIE AGNEW & HIS ORCHESTRA |
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STAN KENTON & HIS ORCHESTRAS |
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In 1930s America Charlie Agnew led one of the best sweet bands around. Regularly appearing on the radio in such shows as The Yeast Foam Show, The Armandes Face Cream Program and The Lucky Strike Magic Carpet Show. Charlie started his first band in Chicago in 1924 having previously played trumpet with the bands of Harry Yerkes, Charlie Strickland, Vincent Lopez and Del Lampe. The band provided strict tempo music that was ideal for dancing and they were never short of work travelling the length and breadth of America playing all of the major ballrooms. Charlie Agnew remained active in the Big Band business until the early fifties which saw the demise of so many of the other major bands of the day. Track Listing: |
These two CDs for the price of one makes a wonderful addition to any serious jazz collection. Here are to be found the best of Stan Kenton’s output, ranging from the first tentative outings such as Balboa Bash and And Her Tears Fell Like Wine to the last years of the orchestra, with tracks like Love For Sale and McArthur Park. Stan Kenton was perhaps the greatest innovator in the field of jazz, he lifted the musical form from the back streets and dives to the symphonic proportions of the concert hall using instrumentation and tone colouring which had been previously unheard. Stan's musicians were of the finest, as were his vocalists and all can be heard on this marvellous two CD set. 30 tracks, two hours and fifteen minutes playing time all for the price of one CD. Track Listing: |
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COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA |
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DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA |
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The Arrangers were an all important part of the Basie orchestra when reformed in 1951 but it was not until 1954 that Thad Jones joined the ranks to add many contributions to the book. The orchestra of the fifties is regarded by many of the fans as the best period. Certainly, the popularity of recordings from this time has contributed to this belief; as also, the frequent tours undertaken by the Count and his men added to the number of followers of the orchestra and to hear and see the Basie band in concert became almost an annual event in Europe. Previously unissued extracts from one such performance are captured on this recording. Track Listing: |
Any performance by the incomparable Duke Ellington Orchestra usually defies adequate description. With this album you can travel back in time to the 1950s when the orchestra was in its hey day. Here is none of the formal stiffness of the recording studio but the orchestra powerfully confronting a large enthusiastic audience. The sound quality is very good for a fifties ‘live’ recording and so is the mix with all soloists sounding well to the fore. The album features some of Duke Ellington’s finest instrumentalists, among them Johnny Hodges, William ‘Cat’Anderson, Harold ‘Shorty’Baker, Clark Terry and Sam Woodyard and the selection of tracks should offer something to all connoisseurs of this wonderful form of music. Track Listing: |
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