[Dixielandjazz] The Big 18

[Marek Boym]

Thank you, Bill.
That must be the definitive anwer.  Still, I find it difficult to
believe that back in 1958 people at RCA US would have considered a
British band, so in this case I'll opt for Billy May.
Ambrose's was not a jazz only band, but it could swing with the best
of them (the Count excluded), and made sme excellent swing records.
The Sid Phillis arrangements for that band seem to be more swinging
than his arrangments for his own bands!
Cheers

On 18 February 2013 23:03, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Marek Boym wrote:
>> The double album must be a reissue of the two separate albums.
>
> Dear Marek,
> The LPs I have are a German set on RCA International (Camden) manufactured [1960] by Teldec >Telefunken-Decca< Hamburg.
> PJL 2-8003-1 & 2.
> There is no reference to the names of the original single RCA (US) releases provided by Gary Murphy.
> Live Echoes Of The Swinging Bands.
> More Live Echoes Of The Swinging Bands.
>
> The particular big band associated with each tune was provided in the magazine 'Jazz Informatio' (along with the list of soloists) for each as follows and may have been given on the US LPs:
>
> Tuxedo Junction (Erskine Hawkins. Glenn Miller)
> Blues on Parade (Woody Herman)
> Five O'Clock Drag (Duke Ellington)
> I'm Praying Humble (Bob Crosby),
> Summit Ridge Drive (Artie Shaw)
> Swingtime in the Rockies (Benny Goodman)
> Feet Draggin' Blues (Harry James)
> Skyliner (Charlie Barnett)
> The Campbells Are Swinging (Larry Clinton)
> Quaker City Jazz (Jan Savitt)
> Congratulations Marek. You done good, as some Aussies say.
>
> The others are:
> Easy Does It (Count Basie)
> Hors D'Ouvres (Bert Ambrose)
> Liza (Chick Webb). Dingo was right.
> March of the Toys (Tommy Dorsey). Onyer Jack Mitchell.
> Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps (Jimmy Dorsey). Dingo again.
> Okay for Baby (Benny Carter). Another one to Dingo.
> Celery Stalks at Midnight (Will Bradley). Dingo again.
> Organ Grinder's Swing. (Jimmie Lunceford). Another one to John Ding.
> Ton O'Rock Bump (Count Basie)
>
> Kind regards,
> Bill.