Got Swing!

Eddie / Gray, Jerry DeLange (Composer), Benny / Sampson, Edgar / Webb, Chick Goodman (Composer), Vaughn / Darling, Denver / Gabler, Milt Horton (Composer), Nat King / Mills, Irving Cole (Composer), Maceo / Mitchell, Sidney / Pinkard, Edna Pinkard (Composer), Charlie Barnet (Composer), Harold Arlen (Composer), Al / DeSylva, B.G. / Rose, Vincent Jolson (Composer), Duke Ellington (Composer), Django Reinhardt (Composer), Count Basie (Composer), Benny / Hampton, Lionel Goodman (Composer), Sammy Fain (Composer), Kenneth / Pinkard, Maceo / Bernie, Ben Casey (Composer), Erich Kunzel (Conductor), Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Orchestra), Julie Spangler (Performer), Cheryl Bentyne (Performer), John Pizzarelli (Performer), Janis Siegel (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Julie Spangler, Cheryl Bentyne, John Pizzarelli, Janis Siegel
• Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
• Conductor: Erich Kunzel
• Composer: Eddie / Gray, Jerry DeLange, Benny / Sampson, Edgar / Webb, Chick Goodman, Vaughn / Darling, Denver / Gabler, Milt Horton, Nat King / Mills, Irving Cole, Maceo / Mitchell, Sidney / Pinkard, Edna Pinkard, et al.
• Audio CD (February 25, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B000088EA9
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,984 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. String Of Pearls

2. Stompin' At The Savoy

3. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

4. Straighten Up And Fly Right

5. Sugar (That Sugar Baby Of Mine)

6. Skyliner

7. Blues In The Night

8. Avalon

9. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain;t Got That Swing)

10. Clouds, Adapted From Nuages

11. Jumpin' At Woodside

12. Flying Home

13. I'll Be Seeing You

14. Sweet Georgia Brown

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very nice SACD, June 8, 2004

By 

Patrick Fewell (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Got Swing! (Audio CD)

This is a very enjoyable album. The sound quality is absolutely amazing! The first time I heard the clarinet solo on track #2, my jaw dropped at the amazing sound quality.

The soloists on the album include John Pizzareli, and the Manhattan Transfer. They are great musicians that bring a bit of variety to this album.

There is only one bad thing that I could say about this album is pretty minor. The hybrid SACD is supposed to be able to play on all CD players. I have had problems playing this on regular CD players.

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Vocals, August 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Got Swing! (Audio CD)

The orchestral approach to swing used on this recording unfortunately makes this date sound anemic. The swing band sound that is in integral part of this song list is either missing or meagerly represented among the orchestral arrangements and the hollow sounding concert hall acoustics. Worst of all, the Manhattan Transfer are mixed down so far that they almost sound like they don't get their own mikes. For anyone who loves MT as much as I do, this recording is a sadly wasted opportunity. Very disappointing. They deserve so much better.