Big Band Leaders: Roots of Swing

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legacy
• ASIN: B00003WGLA
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,657,895 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let's Dance

2. Skyliner

3. Sentimental Journey

4. Little Brown Jug

5. One O'Clock Jump

6. Sophisticated Swing

7. Song of India

8. Do Nothin' Til You Hear from Me

9. After You're Gone

10. Caledonia

11. Chattanooga Choo Choo

12. Swinging the Blues

Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars The roots of STINK, December 16, 2006

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Not only is BIG BAND LEADERS * THE ROOTS OF SWING stereo re-recordings of great old big band tunes, but the musicians on this unfortunate CD sound as if they've either lost their playing abilities or never had them to begin with. I haven't seen so many clams since the last time I was at Howard Johnson's. All songs here are in the key of D minus.

This LEGACY (take note of that label) "product" has succeeded in destroying the real legacy of a fine music form. Shrill, harsh, pathetic and other such adjectives don't begin to describe the disaster that is THE ROOTS OF SWING - it should be avoided by all but the most serious of masochists. Feh.