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The Les Brown All-Stars: Mike's Peak

Read "Mike's Peak" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The Les Brown All-Stars are actually three groups--the Dave Pell Octet, Ronny Lang Saxtet and Don Fagerquist Nonet--comprised for the most part of members or alumni of Brown's popular and long-lived Band of Renown and encircling on this anthology from the mid-'50s three numbers by Zoot Sims' older brother, trombonist Ray, with string section. Pell's group, ...

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Session #55

Label: Jake Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Floatin

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Les Brown and His Band of Renown: Session #55

Read "Session #55" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Few bandleaders enjoyed longer or more successful careers than Les Brown. After coming out of Duke University in 1936, where he led his first dance band, the Blue Devils, Brown formed what would later become the Band of Renown in 1938. Les got a big break in 1947 when comedian Bob Hope hired the band to ...

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Giants of the Big Band Era

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 1993

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The Les Brown Story

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 1989

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Swing Back With Les Brown

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 1988

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Les Brown

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 1984

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Big Bands: Les Brown

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 1984

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Ozvěny Swingu

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 1981
Track listing: Harry James Se Svým Orchestrem; Two O'Clock Jump = Tančíme Ve Dvě Ráno; Strictly Instrumental = Čistá Instrumentálka; Crazy Rhythm = Bláznivý Rytmus; I've Heard That Song Before = Tu Píseň Jsem Slyšela Už Dřív; Moten Swing = Motenův Swing; Trumpet Blues = Trumpetové Blues; Sleepy Time Gal = Dívka Ze Snů; Ciribiribin; Les Brown Se Svým Orchestrem; I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm = Mám Lásku, Abych Se Hřál; Sentimental Journey = Sentimentální Cesta; The Continental; Swingin' Down The Line = Kolébám Se Po Cestě; Just You, Just Me = Jen Ty A Já; Stardust = Hvězdný Prach; My Melancholy Baby = Má Melancholická Dívka; Ridin' High = Stoupáme;


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