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The Royal Air Force Squadronaires: Flying Home . . .

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2002

Having heard most of the outstanding service bands in this country, I expected far more from Great Britain’s leading ensemble, the RAF Squadronaires, than it delivers on Flying Home . . . To give the airmen their due, they are never less than well–rehearsed and professional; perhaps too much so. Performing for the most part songs made popular by such legendary American big bands as Basie, Ellington, Herman, Goodman, Miller, Barnet, Lunceford, Buddy Rich and the like, they have produced ...