Big Band Memories

1. Hot Lips - Henry Busse

2. I'm Getting Sentimental over You - Tommy Dorsey

3. Summertime - Bob Crosby & His Orchestra

4. Careless - Eddy Howard

5. Nola - Vincent Lopez

6. Stardreams - Charlie Spivak

7. Hell's Bells

8. Sunrise Serenade - Frankie Carle

9. Starbust

10. When My Baby Smiles at Me - Ted Lewis

11. Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo

12. Leap Frog - Les Brown

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Billboard Pop Memories: 1945-1949 Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing Jazz & Big Band | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1940-1949 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1 Billboard Pop Memories: 1950-1954 Songs That Got Us Through WWII Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II G.I. Jukebox: Songs from World War II ASIN: B000003370 Release Date: 1994-02-22

Tracks:

1. Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
2. Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me) - Peggy Lee
3. Heartaches - Ted Weems & His Orchestra
4. The Old Lamp-Lighter - Swing & Sway W. Sammy Kaye
5. My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time - Les Brown & His Orchestra
6. The Gypsy - Ink Spots
7. Buttons And Bows - Dinah Shore And Her Happy Valley Boys
8. Rumors Are Flying - Frankie Carle & His Orchestra
9. Cruising Down The River - Russ Morgan & His Orchestra
10. Sentimental Journey - Les Brown & His Orchestra

Average customer rating: A small but great collection of big band and crooner hits

Billboard Pop Memories: The 1930s { Various Artists } Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing Jazz & Big Band | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1930-1939 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Billboard Pop Memories: 1940-1944 Billboard Pop Memories: 1945-1949 Billboard Pop Memories: The 1920s Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 30's, Vol. 1 The Charleston Era ASIN: B00000336W Release Date: 1994-02-22

Tracks:

1. Begin The Beguine - Art Shaw And His Orchestra
2. Deep Purple - Larry Clinton And His Orchestra
3. Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
4. Pennies From Heaven - Bing Crosby
5. Stein Song (University Of Maine) - Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
6. Boo-Hoo - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians
7. Night And Day - Leo Reisman And His Orchestra
8. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra
9. Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
10. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

A small but great collection of big band and crooner hits.......2003-03-09

It is bad enough that on every one of these Billboard albums put out by Rhino that they draw the line at only 10 tracks when you are dealing with a particular year (e.g., 1956) and a particular music genre (rock, pop, R&B, etc.). But when they put together one CD to represent an entire decade as they do for the 1930s for this second volume in the "Billboard Pop Memories" series, this self-imposed 10 song limit can be absolutely maddening. In the 1930s the big bands were on the rise and crooners like Rudy Vallee and his "Stein Song" were being replaced by the velvet tones of Bing Crosby and the classic "Pennies from Heaven." Look at what you have on this album: Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw. Fred Astaire singing "Night and Day," backed by Leo Reisman And His Orchestra, and the "studio" version of Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow." Out of these ten tracks there is only one that is less than stellar ("Deep Purple"), but the rest are gems. By the standard of these Billboard albums this is a great collection and hopefully at some point they will go back and offer up a second volume for the 1930s.

Average customer rating: Only 10 tracks but some great hits if you do not have them

Billboard Pop Memories: 1940-1944 Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing Jazz & Big Band | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1940-1949 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Billboard Pop Memories: 1945-1949 Billboard Pop Memories: The 1930s { Various Artists } Billboard Pop Memories: 1950-1954 Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1 Songs That Got Us Through WWII ASIN: B00000336Y Release Date: 1994-02-22

Tracks:

1. I've Heart That Song Before - Harry James & His Orch
2. Frenesi - Artie Shaw & His Orch
3. Paper Doll - Mills Brothers
4. Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby/Williams Brothers Quartet/John Scott
5. I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey & His Orch
6. Amapola - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch/Bob Eberly
7. You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners
8. Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
9. In The Mood - Glenn Miller & His Orc
10. Star Dust - Artie Shaw & Is Orc

Customer Reviews:

Only 10 tracks but some great hits if you do not have them.......2003-03-09

"Billboard Pop Memories: 1940-1944" is the third collection in this series from Rhino dealing with the pre-rock years of popular music. The first two albums were restricted to an entire decade, which is rather limiting when you are only going to have 10 tracks, but at least for the 1940s we get a pair of albums dividing the decade in half. At this point in American music history (the years of World War II) the big bands are still dominant, which means big names like Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Artie Shaw (and their orchestras), all of who get one hit apiece here including the classics "In the Mood" and "Stardust." This speaks to what might be the biggest problem with this album: if you are a fan of big band music you must already have these songs in your music library. Der Bingle is the biggest singer in the land and you probably already have his hit "Swinging on a Star" as well, same thing with "Don't Fence Me In" by the Andrews Sisters. What you might find new and of value here would by "Paper Doll" by the Mills Brothers and "You'll Never Know" by Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners. As is always the rule with the Billboard hit collections, the question is whether you can find five or more tracks you do not already own that make picking up this CD worth it.

Average customer rating: All original recordings... all still sonding great!

Billboard Pop Memories: The 1920s Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing Jazz & Big Band | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1920-1929 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Billboard Pop Memories: The 1930s { Various Artists } Billboard Pop Memories: 1950-1954 The Roaring Twenties Billboard Pop Memories: 1940-1944 Billboard Pop Memories: 1945-1949 ASIN: B00000336U Release Date: 1994-02-22

Tracks:

1. Valencia - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
2. My Blue Heaven - Gene Austin
3. Sonny Boy - Al Jolson
4. Charmaine! - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
5. The Prisoner's Song - Vernon Dalhart
6. Whispering - Paul Whiteman & His Ambassador Orchestra
7. April Showers - Al Jolson
8. Swingin' Down The Lane - Isham Jones Orchestra
9. Ramona - Gene Austin
10. Dardanella - Selvin's Novelty Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

All original recordings... all still sonding great!.......2000-06-03

I like silent movies and alot of things that came out of the 1920's, but before now I had never really heard any of the music. I knew it consisted of Al Jolsen and other guys, but again I really never gave it a good listen. This all changed when my school put on a play that was set in the 20's. The teacher that worked on the play (who which also is my Social Studies and French teacher) got the CD to give the play alot more sense of realism (which it did). When I heard the music during the play and intermission... I really thought highly about it. It was the original recordings and they were digitally remastered from the best source availible to company that produced it (it sounds REALLY clear for being over 80 or so years old). The next day, I asked my teacher if I could borrow it and she just handed it to me and told me that she didn't need it any more and that the school had bought it for the play and didn't need it any more, so I could keep it. I took it home and really listend to all the songs and they were really good. It's got a varity of fast and slow songs and all of them stayed on the charts for at least 8 week and there are some ranging to 13 weeks on top at #1. Theres Al Jolson, Gene Austin and alot of other great sounding bands of that time. My personal favorites are "Valencia" and "Charmaine!" (which are both the fastest songs on the album). There may be better 20's albums out there, but this is the first one that I have heard and I really liked it. Again, all the songs are digitally remastered and have that great 20's beat to it. It's great for a beginner to listen to for that great sound of the 1920's!

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Musical Memories Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians Manufacturer: Pair ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vintage Dance Bands | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008HTL Release Date: 1991-10-11

Average customer rating: WW 2 from the British musical and historical perspective.

V-E Day 50th Anniversary: The Musical Memories of World War II Various Artists Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vintage Dance Bands | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing Jazz & Big Band | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocalists | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Words and Music of World War II Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II G.I. Jukebox: Songs from World War II Songs That Got Us Through WWII Remember Pearl Harbor - Songs That Won the War ASIN: B000001HIK Release Date: 1995-04-18

Tracks:

1. Prelude & Fugue-'The Spitfire' - English Chamber Orchestra/Stuart Bedford
2. Speech & Siren - Chamberlain
3. There'll Always Be An England - Alfred Piccaver
4. 'I Would Say To The House...Blood, Toil, Tears And Sweat...' - Churchill
5. Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me 'Goodbye' - Gracie Fields
6. Adolf - Billy Cotton' Band
7. Lili Marlen - Lale Andersen
8. (We're Gonna Hang Out) The Washing On The Siegfried Line - Arthur Askey
9. We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn
10. 'We Shall Go On To The End...We Shall Fight On The Beaches...We Shall Never Surrender' - Churchill
11. London Pride - Noel Coward
12. Run, Rabbit, Run - Flanagan & Allen
13. 'Let Us Therefore Brace Ourselves...This Was Their Finest Hour' - Churchill
14. There's Something In The Air - Squadronaires
15. Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer - Anne Shelton
16. 'Never In The Field Of Human Conflict Was So Much Owed By So Many To So Few' - Chruchill
17. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Hutch
18. The World Will Sing Again - Betty Driver
19. El Alamein Speech - Montgomery
20. (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover - Vera Lynn
21. 'We Shall Not Fail Or Falter...Give Us The Tools...' - Churchill
22. This Is The Army, Mr. Jones - Irving Berlin
23. American Patrol - Glenn Miller
24. Say A Prayer For The Boys Over There - Deanna Durbin
25. Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition - Kay Kyser
26. D-Day Speech - Eisenhower
27. ('The Organ, The Dance Band And Me'): When They Sound The Last 'All Clear' - Billy Thorburn
28. I'm Going To Get Lit Up (When The Lights Go On In London) - Carroll Gibbons And The Savoy Orpheans
29. Shine On, Victory Moon - Issy Bonn
30. 'This Is Your Victory...' - Churchill
31. March - The Dambusters

Customer Reviews:

WW 2 from the British musical and historical perspective........2006-04-26

This is an interesting overview of WW 2 from the British musical and historical perspective. Many of the songs will be unfamiliar to many on this side of the pond but the speeches and many of the songs still invoke the sentiments of the era. Book-ended by modern performances of WW 2 classical works, the Spitfire Prelude works well but a better choice for the end of the CD would have been either the Col. Bogey March or the Warsaw Concerto.

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Jazz Memories Various Artists Manufacturer: Innerrhythmic Found. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005QDB9 Release Date: 2001-10-30

Tracks:

1. Dear Old Southland - Louis Armstrong
2. The Song Is You - Charlie Parker
3. Joy Spring - Clifford Brown & Max Roach
4. Body And Soul - Stan Getz
5. Easy Living - Dinah Washington
6. Blue Monk - Thelonius Monk
7. The Man I Love - Roy Eldridge
8. If I Had You - Sonny Stitt
9. Shoe Shine Boy - Count Basie
10. Are You Real? - Art Blakey
11. Time On My Hands - Ben Webster
12. My Man - Billie Holiday
13. Willow Weep For Me - Art Tatum
14. Deep Passion - Lucky Thompson
15. Broadway - Gerry Mulligan
16. Stars Fell On Alabama - Cannonball Adderley

Tracks:

1. Perdido - Dizzy Gillespie
2. Embraceable You - Sarah Vaughan
3. Frenesi - Benny Carter
4. Don't Explain - Dexter Gordon
5. Hallelujah! - Bud Powell
6. Tune Up - Miles Davis
7. All Of Me - Lester Young
8. Nostalgia - Fats Navarro
9. How Long Has This Been Going On? - Ella Fitzgerald
10. Can't Help Loving Than Man - Milt Jackson
11. Jitterbug Waltz - Erroll Garner
12. St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
13. Judy - Lennie Tristano & Lee Konitz
14. Me And Some Drums - Coleman Hawkins
15. Lotus Blossom - Duke Ellington

Album Description

JAZZ MEMORIES takes a trip back to the Golden Age of jazz. Clifford Brown and Max Roach were wailing away over at Basin Street. Thelonious Monk was holding court at the Five Spot. Count Basie's mighty orchestra was raising the temperature to the boiling point up at Birdland. It was a miraculous time when everyone from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, to Swing Era sages like Roy Eldridge and Lester Young to bop innovators like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to second generation modernists like Miles Davis, Stan Getz and Clifford Brown were all alive and well and playing at their brilliant best.

A beautiful 72-page book offers unforgettable images of these jazz masters by the great photographer Herman Leonard, who was always there when the action was going down. Two CDs overflowing with extraordinary music, complement the sensitivity and artistry of these photographs, forming an audio-visual gallery of some of the finest, most soulful jazz ever recorded by over 30 of its greatest practitioners. Intimate session stories about each performance enrich the listener's experience by detailing exactly what went down in the studio while these recordings were taking place.

We are sure that all jazz fans will appreciate the extraordinary effort and love that have gone into the making of Jazz Memories.

Album Description

This Innerhythmic (Universal Special Markets) box set includes Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Sarah Vaughn and more + 70 page book featuring renown jazz photographer Herman Leonard. Packaging dimensions - 10 x 8 x 1 inches.

Average customer rating: Wonderful Set Hot Horn Harry takes the lead Hot Horn Harry takes the lead Glorious memories Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear

Bandstand Memories: 1938 to 1948 Harry James Manufacturer: Hindsight Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: I've Heard That Song Before: Hits of Harry James The Best of the Big Bands Trumpet Blues: The Best of Harry James Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey - Ultimate Collection Complete Recordings ASIN: B000001814 Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

1. Cribribin
2. The Sheik Of Araby
3. Begin The Beguine
4. Limehouse Blues - Harry James & His Orchestra H
5. Some Of These Days
6. I Surrender Dear
7. King Porter Stomp
8. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
9. Star Dust
10. Fannie May
11. Wishing (Will Make It So)
12. All Of Me
13. If I Didn't Care
14. The Lamp Is Low
15. My Love Is For You
16. Moon Love
17. Two O'Clock Jump
18. This Is No Dream
19. When You Wish Upon A Star
20. How High The Moon
21. Alice Blue Gown
22. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano

Tracks:

1. Interview With Harry James Over World Radio, Boston, Massachussetts, Interviewer: Bob Perry
2. Afraid To Say Hello
3. Skylark
4. Carnival Of Venice
5. One Dozen Roses
6. I've Heard That Song Before
7. I Had The Craziest Dream Last Night
8. You Made Me Love You
9. Mister Five By Five
10. Strictly Instrumental
11. Sleepy Lagoon
12. Daybreak
13. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
14. Jump Sauce
15. Ain't Misbehavin'
16. Prince Charming
17. Jalousie
18. Chelsea Bridge
19. Where Or When
20. It's Been So Long
21. Moten Swing

Tracks:

1. 9:20 Special
2. Loveless Love
3. St. Louis Blues
4. I'll Get By
5. On The Alamo
6. It Could Happen To You
7. Cherry
8. Flatbush Flanigan
9. Home
10. I'll Walk Alone
11. If I Loved You
12. 11:60 P.M.
13. Oh!, Lady Be Good
14. I'm Beginning To See The Light
15. I'll Buy That Dream
16. Perdido
17. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
18. It's The Talk Of The Town
19. Zanzibar
20. Deep Purple
21. Caravan

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Set.......2004-07-15

To those Harry James fans or just plain swing fans,this one is a must have for you.
One of the greatest trumpet players to ever grace a stage is heard in all his glory here in this marvellous 3-disc set.The time line goes from April of /38 to November of /48.We hear him from his fledgling days just after leaving Goodmans' band and hear how his style slowly but subtly changes over time.But that amazing horn is always there propelling the band ever forward.
The first cut is 'Ciribiribin' which was to become shortly after his theme song.The second cut is an all too short 1:32 version of 'Sheik of Araby' and Harry virtually flies effortlessly through the number from start to finish ,the band barely able to keep up.
From here it's all up hill.
The wonderfully annotated booklet that accompanies this set tells us that all these numbers are previously unreleased air checks.Well since then(1994) Columbia has released all of the Sinatra/James tunes heard here on its' "Harry James Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra-The Complete Recordings"(actually about a year after THIS set was released!)
Despite this,the rest of the tunes have NOT been released elsewhere since(not to my knowledge) so this doesn't detract from its' overall appeal one iota.
This set will certainly have an honoured place in my collection and I hope you can make a place for it in yours.You won't regret it.

Hot Horn Harry takes the lead.......2001-09-18

This boxed set of three cd`s gives you a marvelous insight look in what the leading trumpeter number-one-of-the nation did stand for between 1939 and 1948. On it you`ll find broadcast and radiotranscriptions which were preserved and treasured by Harry`s
manager of the period, Pee Wee Monte. It took the people of Hindsight records hours and hours of painstakingly restoring the music in order to bring it to us on this box.
On account of this, you`ll hear for the first time the wild, enthousiastic bunch of guys of the first James orchestra of 1939. Financially speaking, James was struggling to hold his first band together. Musically speaking, this was probably the
best band he`d ever led, excluding his 1947-50 and 1957-62 band. A real treat on this box, is that Frank Sinatra is present on seven live recorded tracks from 1939. You`ll even hear him struggeling through the opening bars of `The Lamp Is Low`.
Another unexpected treat is a radio intervieuw from march 1940
with Harry James talking on the subject of leading a band, his favourite sport Baseball and his engagement at the Southland Cafe in Boston. Presented on the second cd are his big hits of the 1942-45 period, sung by the most outstanding bigband girl singer of them all, Helen Forrest. Besides the more commercial output of the James band at this time, Harry dared to play a extremely difficult Billy Strayhorn tune in public: `Chelsea Bridge`, a number he never recorded commercially. From about 1945 we see that the jazz content of his repertoire increases and Harry hires some first class jazz improvisators for his band, such as altoist Willie Smith, trombonist Juan Tizol and pianist Arnold Ross.
At the beginning of 1948 he drops his large string section in order to concentrate on playing only non-commercial jazz with a huge amount of bebop influences in it. An example of this you`ll get when you listen to the last track on the box in `Caravan`, with Harry playing a bold bebop inspired solo. I think trumpeter Jon Faddis should have embouchure problems with this one.
This box is more than worth five stars all the way and could be the beginning of your renewed interest in the world of Harry James.

Hot Horn Harry takes the lead.......2001-09-18

This boxed set of three cd`s gives you a marvelous insight look in what the leading trumpeter-one-of-the nation did stand for between 1939 and 1948. On it you`ll find broadcast and radiotranscriptions which were preserved and treasured by Harry`s
manager of the period, Pee Wee Monte. It took the people of Hindsight records hours and hours of painstakingly restoring the music in order to bring it to us on this box.
On account of this, you`ll hear for the first time the wild, enthousiastic bunch of guys of the first James orchestra of 1939. Financially speaking, James was struggling to hold his first band together. Musically speaking, this was probably the
best band he`d ever led, excluding his 1947-50 and 1957-62 band. A real treat on this box, is that Frank Sinatra is present on seven live recorded tracks from 1939. You`ll even hear him struggeling through the opening bars of `The Lamp Is Low`.
Another unexpected treat is a radio intervieuw from march 1940
with Harry James talking on the subject of leading a band, his favourite sport Baseball and his engagement at the Southland Cafe in Boston. Presented on the second cd are his big hits of the 1942-45 period, sung by the most outstanding bigband girl singer of them all, Helen Forrest. Besides the more commercial output of the James band at this time, Harry dared to play a extremely difficult Billy Strayhorn tune in public: `Chelsea Bridge`, a number he never recorded commercially. From about 1945 we see that the jazz content of his repertoire increases and Harry hires some first class jazz improvisators for his band, such as altoist Willie Smith, trombonist Juan Tizol and pianist Arnold Ross.
At the beginning of 1948 he drops his large string section in order to concentrate on playing only non-commercial jazz with a huge amount of bebop influences in it. An example of this you`ll get when you listen to the last track on the box in `Caravan`, with Harry playing a bold bebop inspired solo. I think trumpeter Jon Faddis should have embouchure problems with this one.
This box is more than worth five stars all the way and could be the beginning of your renewed interest in the world of Harry James.

Glorious memories.......2000-02-19

James brings back memories of sweetheart long gone. I am also looking for Helen Forrest-James Make Love to Me. Can anyone help? Today's young romantics should listen to those old lyrics - melting moments -

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.......1999-09-26

I have long sought out examples of non-commercial recordings of the big bands to add to my collection. Many record labels are now joining Hindsight in releasing live radio broadcasts and transcription recordings to fulfill this niche in the market. In part, I like to hear different solos and different arrangements of numbers that band may have recorded in the studio, but I also like to hear tunes which never were done by a particular band for commercial release. More significantly, the big bands were primarily dance bands, and the natural setting for them to perform was in front of a crowd dancing to their music.

This 3-CD set contains radio broadcasts by the Harry James band made over a decade from 1938 to 1948. Among them are some with Frank Sinatra, including what may have been his first recording of "Star Dust". Dick Haymes, Connie Haines, Helen Forrest and Kitty Kallen also contribute vocally. In my opinion, Kitty Kallen on the commercial recordings so often seemed to be trying to live up to her nickname as "Pretty Kitty"; on these live broadcasts, she lets her hair down and really digs into the tunes. Her versions Buy That Dream" far surpass the Columbia ones. There are too many other outstanding performances here to describe them all, but I want to mention one in particular. "Perdido" has been my favorite tune since I was a teenager, but I hadn't heard the definitive version of it until now. Here is an arrangement Juan Tizol did for the band (he was playing in it at the time) which I can't get enough of. This is not the arrangement James later recorded for Columbia; multiple cheers to Hindsight for presenting it to us.

Liner notes on this set are excellent also. Not only do they identify the vocalists and the soloists, but also the date and location of the broadcasts. In addition, they note the arrangers and whether this arrangement or this tune was ever done commercially. Also mentioned are other commercial recordings of that particular tune that James did later. Altogether, a worthy addition to anyone's collection

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VE-Day memories: big band jazz music in canada georgie auld robert farnon; lucio agostini; guy lombardo; bert niosi; mart kenney and his western gentlemen; norma locke; gisele mackenzie; tommy dorsey; frank sinatra; casa loma orchestra; dizzy gillespie; sarah vaughan; Manufacturer: Gala Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000N3AWKW Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

1. Shake Down The Stars Georgie Auld & His Orchestra
2. Don t Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) Lucio Agostini
3. We ll Meet Again Lucio Agostini & His Orchestra
4. This Is Romance Georgie Auld & His Orchestra
5. March Along Joe Soldier Robert Farnon & The AEF Band
6. That s An Order From The Army -Robert Farnon & the AEF Band
7. The Very Thought Of You Robert Farnon & the AEF Band
8. My Blue Heaven Bert Niosi & His Orchestra
9. No Name Jive part 1 Casa Loma Orchestra
10. Pick-Up Boys Georgie Auld - Coleman Hawkins Ben Webster Saxtet
11. Juke Box Saturday Night Glenn Miller & The Modernaires
12. You Belong To My Heart Mart Kenney & His Western Gentlemen
13. Seems like Old Times Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
14. Shine On Harvest Moon Gisele MacKenzie
15. East of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) Dizzy Gillespie & Sarah Vaughan
16. I ll Never Smile Again Tommy Dorsey
17. I ll Remember Suzanne Mart Kenney & His Western Gentlemen
18. We re Proud Of Canada Mart Kenney & His Western Gentlemen

Product Description

Canadian-related jazz music of World War II. Big Bands that were popular during the War years. Contains also Canadian and British radio broadcasts of the War Era and spoken word. Three early gems by Georgie Auld; rare tracks by Bert Niosi, Lucio Agostini, Mart Kenny & His Western Gentlemen, Norma Locke.

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Music from Mid-19th Century America Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Music of the Federal Era The Early Minstrel Show Music of the American Revolution: The Birth of Liberty ASIN: B0000030D3 Release Date: 1992-12-08

Tracks:

1. Arizona Quickstep
2. Bond's Serenade
3. No One To Love
4. Blondinette Polka
5. Mabel Waltz
6. Helene Schottisch
7. American Hymn
8. Red Stocking Quickstep
9. Mockingbird Quickstep
10. 'Memories Of Home' Waltz
11. Schottische
12. The Moon Is Above Us
13. Brin D'Amour Polka
14. Goodnight My Angel
15. Fireman's Polka

Jazz Music:

1. Blue Ivory
2. Carmen McRae & Friends
3. Carry On
4. Ceremonies
5. Christmas: Winter Nights
6. Collectors' Items
7. Come Sundown
8. Dance Time U.S.A.: 1939-40
9. Dancing in the Dark
10. Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport [Live] [Import]

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