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MJE
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Any of you fans of the big band music and want to recommend a cd or two? I wish I could dance the swing like those gals in the 40’s and 50’s!
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brotherhrolf
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I didn’t have a chance to search amazon.com but try looking for the originals - Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey etc. The record companies cleaned up old recordings and they sounded pretty good on vinyl when I bought them in the early 80s.
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tnbella7
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It’s so much fun! I’m a big Sinatra fan, but also love Dinah Shore (very underated as a singer). I have found compilation cd’s to work the best. You get a good variety of songs - and may hear some you aren’t as familiar with. Also Bill Miller is a good source for dance music. He has a nationally syndicated show and I believe a website as well.
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MJE
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Dinah 'drive your chevrolet . . .'Shore? will check that out as I did like her. I buy my music/books used at amazon and have some old band music on my wish list.
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asteroid
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The King of Swing - Benny Goodman. Or Duke Ellington. Or a bit of Glenn Miller. Or go smaller and have some of the early Louis Armstrong. Or even smaller and have the Nat King Cole Trio. Maybe a bit of Count Basie thrown in or on a more bebop front some Charlie Parker or Dizzy Gillespie.
There’s a company in Germany currently selling a 20CD set of Benny Goodman for 20 Euros. It’s great - I bought it a few weeks ago. And another company in Germany has a 40CD set of the works of Duke Ellington up to 1947. That’s great too. As are the cheap 10 CD sets they both sell in the Documents series.
There’s a company in Germany currently selling a 20CD set of Benny Goodman for 20 Euros. It’s great - I bought it a few weeks ago. And another company in Germany has a 40CD set of the works of Duke Ellington up to 1947. That’s great too. As are the cheap 10 CD sets they both sell in the Documents series.
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