This single CD from the budget reissue label Drive Archive has a dozen selections that are (with the exception of one song by Claude Thornhill) all available on other Drive sets. The emphasis is on dance band charts and there is a song apiece from Les Brown, Harry James, Les & Larry Elgart, Billie Holiday with Count Basie, Glenn Miller (a broadcast version of "In the Mood"), Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Mel Tormé & the Mel-Tones with Artie Shaw ("What Is This Thing Called Love"), Thornhill, ...
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This single CD from the budget reissue label Drive Archive has a dozen selections that are (with the exception of one song by Claude Thornhill) all available on other Drive sets. The emphasis is on dance band charts and there is a song apiece from Les Brown, Harry James, Les & Larry Elgart, Billie Holiday with Count Basie, Glenn Miller (a broadcast version of "In the Mood"), Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Mel Tormé & the Mel-Tones with Artie Shaw ("What Is This Thing Called Love"), Thornhill, Stan Kenton and the Dorsey Brothers. The programming is somewhat random but general swing collectors may enjoy this sampler. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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Add this copy of Big Bands, Vol. 1: the Golden Era of Swing to cart. $24.49, new condition, Sold by insomniacsonline rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from South Hackensack, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Drive Archive.
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