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Homefront: 1941-1945 Artist: Tommy Dorsey
Label: RCA
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 090266896127
EAN: 0090266896127
ASIN: B000006OPE


Release Date: 1998-05-19

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Listmania:

  1. Best of Tommy Dorsey

Tracks:

  1. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
  2. The Last Call For Love
  3. Opus One
  4. Kiss The Boys Goodbye
  5. Boogie Woogie
  6. Light A Candle In The Chapel
  7. Well, Git It!
  8. Will You Still Be Mine?
  9. Song Of India
  10. Yes Indeed!
  11. Just As Though You Were Here
  12. Marie
  13. All The Things You Are
  14. Well, All Right! (Tonight's The Night)
  15. Blue Skies

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars First rate sampler of Tommy Dorsey.......2000-10-23

While serious Tommy Dorsey collectors may pass on this one, it is a thoughtfully compiled set intended to represent a set list the way TD would have arranged it. There are several Sinatra vocal tracks, Jack Leonard's famous 'Marie' (which was a huge hit), Sy Oliver's 'Yes Indeed' and a fabulously fun version of 'Blue Skies' with Sinatra and the band providing vocals. 'Opus One' and 'I'm Getting Sentimental Over You' are great instrumentals -- can anyone play the trombone like this anymore?

Sound quality is excellent when you consider these recordings date from World War II, but obviously flat compared to anything recorded recently. It is FAR SUPERIOR to the lousy '17 Number Ones' album also produced by RCA, which sounds like an old scratched up tape.

If you are a casual TD fan or just want an introduction to his fabulous band, I would recommend this album. A few of the songs might sound a little 'square' now, but overall it is remarkable how good this music really was. Sinatra fans will appreciate how even in 1939 he was singing with more style than the straight-ahead Jack Leonard (who was apparently highly regarded in his own right.)

Very enjoyable album.

Music CD:

  1. Stuff ~ Stuff
  2. Jazz at the Musikverein ~ Andre Previn
  3. The Giant Pin ~ Nels Cline Singers
  4. Whistle Stop ~ Kenny Dorham
  5. Give Me the Simple Life ~ Sara Lazarus
  6. Hiroshima ~ Hiroshima
  7. I Took Up the Runes ~ Jan Garbarek
  8. Alone at the Palace ~ Joe Venuti with Dave McKenna
  9. Intersections: Jazz Meets the Symphony, No. 5
  10. Young Django ~ Stephane Grappelli

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Last Hurrah ~ Beaver Nelson

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International Breeze ~ Postal Blue

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Stabbin' You ~ Mr. Complex

Fakin' Jax ~ InI