Fabulous Big Band Collection

Fabulous Collection (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 1998)
• Original Release Date: February 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003FS7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,936 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opus One

2. Begin the Beguine

3. Pennsylvania 6-5000

4. Jivin' the Vibes

5. Tippin' In

6. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

7. One O'Clock Boogie

8. Sing, Sing, Sing

9. Cherokee

10. This Love of Mine

11. Take the "A" Train

12. And the Angels Sing

13. In the Mood

14. Four Brothers

15. Concerto for Clairnet

Editorial Reviews

The most famous songs by the most famous big bands that have ever been. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, and a host of others on down the line are represented. Not all these takes are the original, definitive versions (Woody Herman's "Four Brothers" being recorded as late as 1976), but most listeners will enjoy them regardless. -All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall a very good primer to the big band sound of the 40s., October 11, 1998

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This review is from: Fabulous Big Band Collection (Audio CD)

The Fabulous Big Band Collection (like its companion CD The Fabulous Swing Collection) lives up to its billing and its spiffy cover art, providing in just over an hour a great primer to the big band sound of the '40s.

The one jarring note, and my one criticism, is that the Woody Herman selection "Four Brothers," was recorded some 30 years after every other song on the CD, during a sort of big band revival, and the sound quality is dramatically different from every other track. The piece does swing, but surely they could have found a recording of this piece, or any of a number of great recordings by Herman's Herds from the '40s, and the result would have been a much more homogeneous sound for the disc.

With that said, I would still highly recommend it. It's a great intro, and even if you already have an extensive big band collection, you'll find cuts not so commonly found on compilations, such as "Tippin' In" by Erskine Hawkins, "Jivin' the Vibes" by Lionel Hampton, or Duke Ellington's unusual treatment of "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing)" make this disc well worth a listen.

22 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars where's the big band?!, August 30, 2003

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The reviwes that I read on the site were so good, but when I got the CD there were only 4 fast moving songs! I was very disapointed! This music is the best of all times! It's supost to be fun and moving fast enough to tap your foot to. I'm actuly wondering if the swing CD would be better than this one.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Big Band CD Review, August 20, 2006

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An excellent music , high quality sound , I will buy a new CD from Amazon soon.
Horia