[Dixielandjazz] The Big 18

[Dingo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>


> In 1958, RCA recorded a tribute to the big bands, issued as the double
> album "The Big 18."  I am not sure when it was issued, but the lineup
> is great, and so is the music, at least - most of it.  No idea what
> the title represents - the band is less than 18, and there are 19
> numbers.
> Some tunes are easy to allocate to a band: Tuxedo Junction (Miller),
> Blues on Parade(Herman), Five O'Clock Drag (Ellington), I'm Prayin'
> Humble (Crosby), Summit Ridge Drive (Shaw), Swingtime in the Rockies
> (BG), Feet Draggin' Blues (Harry James), Skyliner (Barnett), The
> Campbells Are Swinging (trickier, but since the composer is Clinton, I
> assume that's the band as well) and Quaker City Jazz (same, except
> that here it presumably is Jan Savitt).  The other numbers - I don't
> know: 

> Easy Does It,  ??

> Hors d'Ouvre,  
   British clarinetist Sid Phillips had a hit with this.

> Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) 
   Chick Webb possibly

> March of the Toys,  ??

> Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps, 
   Jimmy Dorsey

> Okay for BAby (Benny CArter?),  ??

> Celery Stalks at Midnight,
    Will Bradley/Ray McKinley

> Organ Grinder's Swing.
   Jimmie Lunceford

Here's some of them, Marek.
~~
John D