Dream Dancing II

Ray Anthony | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Aero Space Records
• ASIN: B0000015BQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,716 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #23 in Music > Pop > Easy Listening > Ballroom Dance

Track Listings

1. You'll Never Know

2. Sentimental Journey

3. I've Got the World on a String

4. The More I See You

5. Again

6. Dream

7. An Affair to Remember

8. Christmas Dreams

9. Baby Won't You Please Come Home

10. Deep Purple

11. Sweet Lovely

12. Body and Soul

13. I'll Walk Alone

14. Blue Moon

15. Someone to Watch over Me

16. As Time Goes By

Editorial Reviews

Dream Dancing 2

Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great dance music, October 19, 2005

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Robert E. Jones "Old Fogy" (Norman, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Dancing II (Audio CD)

This is my first and probably last review. My motivation for writing this review came after reading the complaints about the arrangement's slow tempo. The tempo seems slow because that is generally how people preferred to dance back in the 1950s. These Ray Anthony recordings were developed in order to appeal to an audience that essentially no longer exists. I vividly remember my parents not only listening to this style of music, but also dancing to it. Their style of dancing was extremely relaxed, extremely intimate and extremely graceful. If the tempo had been faster, they probably would have sat out the dance. This music brings back not only great memories of my parents, but also great memories of a perfect blend of reeds and brass, and great memories of a talented musician.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Designed For Dancing!!........................, July 16, 2006

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Robert J. Ament "papacoolbreeze" (Ballwin, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Dancing II (Audio CD)

The most exceptional dance band album I've heard in a long time!

I don't understand the apparent confusion.............this is not bop, post bop, or neo-bop but it is one of the best recorded examples of what sometimes is called "touch" dancing! For me it brought back memories of being in the service in the mid '50's which was about the end of the big band era. I particuarly remember a double date one summer night at the Trocadero Ballroom which was an outdoor pavilion at Elitch Gardens in Denver. My buddy and our dates danced to the music of Ralph Flanagan, another great band with the Glenn Miller sound. For those who have never experienced dancing while holding an attractive woman with her head nestled between your shoulder and neck, the scent of her perfume and hair, and moving as one to music such as this..............well, let's just say I'm glad I was born in time to have had that experience.

I recognize a lot of musicians in this band as being very proficient jazz players among which are Rick Baptist, Frank Szabo, Wayne Bergeron, Alan Kaplan, Bill Tole, Alex Iles, Sal Lozano, Roger Neumann, Bob Efford Gregg Field and Chuck Berghofer. None of these guys has any problem getting a gig! It must show that they still enjoy playing these wonderful standards.

I was agreeably surprised at Ray Anthony's longevity......may he go on playing the trumpet as long as the late Doc Cheatham!

To enjoy this music is NOT uncool! It is some of the best available. These are pieces typically played late at night near the end of the set. Many bands used to end with a medley, segueing from one melody to another, and might typically include "Goodnight Sweetheart", "I'll See You In My Dreams" and "Dream". Such was romance then......as were the memories it created.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dream Dancing Vol. 2, April 25, 2002

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Dr. Walter Oberlnder (D 50935 Koeln, Nordrhein- Westfalen Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Dancing II (Audio CD)

When I first heard about this recording, I thought, Mr. Anthony should not do this again, because he is an old man. Then I heard the recording and I couldn't believe, that he is even better than on the first Dream Dancing - recording from 1951 and the Stereo- re-recording from'58. I hope, he will continue and do much more recordings in the Big Band Sound like this and the Sequels or "Boogie- Blues& Ballads"! And he should avoid to record CDs with a Party Sound a la James Last like his "Macarena Dance Party" or "The Swing Club".