Best of the Big Bands

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Madacy Records
Category: Music

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Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 3

UPC: 056775871529
EAN: 0056775871529
ASIN: B000000LOU

Release Date: 1995-07-12

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The Big Band Era

Tracks:

Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra
String Of Pearls - Glenn Miller Orchestra
In The Mood - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Sunrise Serenade - Glenn Miller Orchestra
American Patrol - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Bugle Call Rag - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Anvil Chorus - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Serenade In Blue - Glenn Miller Orchestra

Tracks:

One O'Clock Jump - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Frankie And Johnny Were Lovers - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Stomping At The Savoy - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Down South Camp Meeting - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Jumping At The Woodside - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Let's Dance - Benny Goodman Orchestra
King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman Orchestra
I Found A New Baby - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Roll 'Em - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Stardust - Benny Goodman Orchestra
That's A Plenty - Benny Goodman Orchestra

Tracks:

How High The Moon - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Seven Come Eleven - Benny Goodman Orchestra
Moonlight Cocktail - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Take The A Train - Duke Ellington
Tootie For Cootie - Duke Ellington
Mood Indiglo - Duke Ellington
Ain't Misbehavin' - Count Basie
April In Paris - Count Basie
Jumping At The Woodside - Count Basie
Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman
Blue Flame - Woody Herman
Blowing Up A Storm - Woody Herman

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Customer Reviews:

Good but not the best!.......2005-06-20

Nice compilation of swing.
First volume is presenting Glann Miller' hits. I didn't know that Pennsylvania 6-5000 and Chattanooga Choo Choo were recorded without vocals.
Second volume is presenting Benny the King Goodman. Mostly fifties material. I miss Sing Sing Sing and few others.
The third volume is a mixture of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Woody Hermann, Duke Ellington and Count Basie's live material. Sometimes a little too jazzy. Sound on whole compilation is great but this set doesn't include all the Best Of The Big Bands material.

Good, but not great!.......2001-07-17

I am an avid listener of big band music. I know what original recordings sound like, and these are NOT the original recordings. Although the music is still nice, and these were performed by good musicians, I can still hear and notice the obvious difference from the originals. It just doesn't have the smoothness and "swing & sway" associated with the "real thing." It's a decent collection, but I prefer original recordings, with the original sound.

Disappointed!.......2001-02-18

Being a fan of big bands, I looked forward to playing this CD set, especially the Glenn Miller portion. Unfortunately, I am familiar with Glenn Miller and these renditions were poor imitations. The notes on the box gave no hint as to who made the recordings. Other than a brief mention that the CDs were "made in Canada," I have no idea of the recording artists. But I strongly suspect that they are NOT original recordings, and NOT the latter day Glenn Miller band. This CD set is just okay. But, for a few dollars more I would prefer the "real thing." Color me "Disappointed!"

Great CD-set.......2001-02-17

This Box Set is a very valuable one (3 CDs for the price of 1 and what Cds!) and it contains some of the biggest moments in swing jazz, the genre I've just begun to explore. I think it is a very good starting point for all who aren't into the genre yet but want to know more about it. Before listening to this set I only knew "Take the A-Train", "Chu-Chu" and some standard classics but this opens the horizon and makes me want to know more about swing jazz.

A very great deal with a very great sound!.......2001-01-25

This box set seemed too good to be true. However, to my pleasure I found that this collection was in fact as awesome as it seems. With all of the classics from Count Basie (an awesome recording of Ain't Misbehavin') this set needs to be a part of any Jazzer's collection. The only flaw that I saw was that some of the recordings were not very high quality because they are so old; it only occurs with a couple of songs like In the Mood and Little Brown Jug. It makes up with it by having such incredible recordings of Mood Indigo and Bugle Time.

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