VA - Big Band Fascination (2006)

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This DVD is a real winner as it is taken from those old musical shorts and a 1960s television series all American I'd say. The presentation and picture quality is excellent and the sound, the most important, is very good too. It is interesting to see the very well known big bands mixed in with the lesser known of the period. The inclusion of 1960s performances is a great contrast to the shorts of the late 1930s and 1940s. In the early years of channel 4 many of these musical shorts were shown but have not been seen since and so this is a chance to obtain them in DVD format.

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Tracklist:
01. Introduction
02. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Lady Be Good
03. Count Basie & His Orchestra - This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
04. Bobby Hackett - Struttin` With Some Barbeque
05. Duke Ellington - Tutti For Cootie
06. Harry James - Steppin` Out Tonight
07. Jack Teagarden & His Band - That`s A Plenty
08. Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Oh Look At Me Now
09. Ozzie Nelson - Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
10. The Mills Brothers - Till Then
11. Gene Austin - I Hear You Knocking But You Can`t Come In
12. Dinning Sisters - By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
13. Stan Kanton & His Orchestra - Just A Sittin` And A Rockin`
14. Ina Ray Hutton & Her Melodears - (Doin` The) Suzy Q
15. Teddy Wilson & His Band - Born On A Friday
16. Louis Prima & Gia Maione - That Old Black Magic
17. Cyd Charisse - Rhumba Swing
18. Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra - Bombshell (From Brooklyn)
19. Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra - Prisoner Of Love
20. Benny Goodman - I Know What You Know
21. Will Bradley & His Orchestra - Basin Street Boogie
22. Arthur Brownfield - Blue Fascination (End Credits)