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Nice One Ted!
By Ted Heath
Label: Memoir
Released: 2002
Track listing: Hindustan; Swanee River; Sone of the Vagabonds; Two Guitars; Lyonia;
Roumanian Roundabout; The Nearness of You; Colonel Bogey; Button
Up Your Overcoat; Rag Mop; Blue Skies March; London Fog; Euphoria;
Lady Bird; Sidewalks of Cuba; Sophisticated Lady; Tequila; Move; Father
Knickerbopper; Saxophone Mambo; You
The Music Makers
By Harry James
Label: Memoir
Released: 2002
Track listing: I Found a New Baby; Feet Draggin
Benny Goodman: The Swing Master
by Jack Bowers
Benny Goodman, a complex man who was loved by many, disliked by others and always in command, kept his music refreshingly vibrant and honest, as befit the Swing Era’s renowned King of Swing. Benny’s groups, whether large or small, were always sharp and well-rehearsed; he wouldn’t have it any other way. A life-long perfectionist, Goodman demanded ...
Harry James and His Orchestra: The Music Makers
by Jack Bowers
While the listener won’t find any crowd-pleasing hit songs on this album, he or she will be treated to more than seventy-four minutes of quite enjoyable music-making by ace trumpeter / bandleader Harry James and his orchestras (with three exceptions -- “Tuxedo Junction,” performed by a nonet, and quartet-only versions of “Sleepy Time Gal” and “The ...
Ted Heath and His Music: Nice One Ted!
by Jack Bowers
Here’s a delightful mix of big-band Jazz, dance music and assorted odds and ends from 1948-51, courtesy of Great Britain’s longest-lived and most honored orchestra: Ted Heath and His Music. The album’s twenty-five selections comprise a number of standards from the Great American Songbook, Latin and European melodies, novelty tunes (“Rag Mop,” “Tequila,” “Post Horn Boogie”) ...