Various, Six Top Bands Swing Again (1960

Various, Six Top Bands Swing Again (1960

Thursday's lunch record is a big band tribute album on Capitol records. This album gathered six top big  bands that recorded in the 1940's and had them rerecord hit songs in modern studio equipment. These are in high-fidelity with their bands swinging the results were brilliant pieces.  Songs include "Two O'clock Jump" (Harry James), "Jumpin' At The Woodside" (Benny Goodman), "No Name Jive" (Glen Gray), "Trumpet Blues" (Harry James), "Keeper Of The Flame" (Woody Herman), "Bizet Has His day" (Les brown) along with others. The YouTube sample song is "Eager Beaver" (Stan Kenton) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t51ZNm0QoYc . . bucko

Glen Gray

Benny Goodman

Les Brown

Harry James

Stan Kenton

Woody Herman