[Dixielandjazz] Re: Beethoven jazz tune

[David Richoux]

There is a very good CD compilation of "Classical Swing" called 
"Beethoven Wrote It, But It Swings" (Sony Catalog: #62268) that has a 
lot of very interesting stuff - maybe not exactly all OKOM, but great 
swing interpretations of "classical" themes anyway:
1. Beethoven Wrote It... But It Swings - Dolly Dawn And Her Dawn Patrol
  2. Beethoven Riffs On - John Kirby And His Orchestra
3. Bolero - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
4. Traumerei - Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
5. Marche Slave - Les Brown And His Orchestra
6. Farandole (From L'Arlesienne) - Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra
  7. O Sole Mio - Red Nichols And His Orchestra
8. Minute Waltz - John Kirby And His Orchestra
  9. Caprice XXIV - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
10. Martha - Adrian Rollini Trio
11. Beethoven Bounce - Al Donahue And His Orchestra
12. Humoresque - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra
  13. In The Hall Of The Mountain King (From Peer Gynt) - Will Bradley 
And His Orchestra
14. Bounce Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (From The Nutcracker) - John Kirby 
And His Orchestra
15. Naila - Arnold Johnson And His Orchestra
16. Arabian Dance (From The Nutcracker) - Claude Thornhill and His 
Orchestra
17. Chopin's Prelude No. 7 - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
18. Spring Song - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
19. The Quintette Plays Carmen - Raymond Scott Quintette
20. Procession Of The Sardar - Les Brown And His Orchestra
  21. Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
  22. Peter And The Wolf - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
 23. Sabre Dance (From Gayne) - Woody Herman And His Orchestra

Dave Richoux

On Oct 15, 2004, at 9:11 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:

> Further to the thread started by my friend Luis, no one has yet 
> mentioned
> the John Kirby Orch and "Beethoven Riffs On" (15 Jan 1941) with Charlie
> Shavers, Buster Bailey, Russell Procope, Billy Kyle, John Kirby and 
> O'Neil
> snip