Got Swing! [Hybrid SACD - DSD]

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), Bill [1] Douglas (Composer), Count Basie (Composer), Benny / Hampton, Lionel Goodman (Composer), Sammy Fain (Composer), Kenneth / Pinkard, Maceo / Bernie, Ben Casey (Composer), Erich Kunzel (Conductor), Rhythm Section of Manhattan Transfer (Performer), Manhattan Transfer (Performer), Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Orchestra), Julie Spangler (Performer), Cheryl Bentyne (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Rhythm Section of Manhattan Transfer, Manhattan Transfer, Julie Spangler, Cheryl Bentyne
• 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 18, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B00008KIZN
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,449 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A String of Pearls

2. Stompin' at the Savoy

3. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

4. Straighten Up And Fly Right

5. Sugar (That Sugar Baby O'Mine)

6. Skyliner

7. Blues in the Night, song (from the film "Blues in the Night")

8. Avalon

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

10. Nuages, for guitar

11. Jumpin' at the Woodside

12. Flying Home

13. I'll Be Seeing You, song

14. Sweet Georgia Brown, song

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.