Pasadena Roof Orchestra - Roots Of Swing

Styles: Big Band
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:09
Size: 154,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:50)  1. Change Partners
(2:45)  2. Nobody's Sweetheart
(3:31)  3. Time On My Hands
(2:59)  4. Casa Loma Stomp
(2:55)  5. 'S Wonderful
(3:25)  6. She's A Latin From Manhattan
(3:56)  7. Isn't This A Lovely Day
(2:58)  8. Golden Wedding
(2:46)  9. Got A Date With An Angel
(2:51) 10. Side By Side
(4:19) 11. Panama Rag
(3:25) 12. If I Had A Talking Picture Of You
(4:17) 13. Tiger Rag
(3:23) 14. You Are My Lucky Star
(3:15) 15. Limehouse Blues
(3:14) 16. We're In The Money (The Gold Diggers Song)
(2:58) 17. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
(4:12) 18. Just A Gigolo

For over thirty years the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, based in the UK, has delighted audiences all over the world with its mix of swing and hot dance music. When it comes to authentic swing music the orchestra has no equal. The orchestra performs all year-round with a line up of eleven excellent jazz musicians who have perfected their craft and who studied jazz at the top conservatories. Many years of working together with top class arrangements has resulted in the ensemble sound for which the orchestra is renowned.

On their latest release the Pasadena Roof Orchestra presents the very roots of swing. Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman; all learnt their trade in the twenties and thirties playing tunes similar to the selection on this CD. They include some Gershwin, some Irving Berlin, a ragtime, and also some new transcriptions from Ray Noble and his Orchestra - a broad range of music from this truly unique era. ~ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roots-Swing-Pasadena-Roof-Orchestra/dp/B0012JVVHO

Personnel: Duncan Galloway - (orchestra leader, vocals), David Ford - (trumpet), Ben Cummings - (trumpet), Stephen Shaw - (trombone), Oliver Wilby - (alto & baritone saxophone, clarinet), Dai Pritchard - (alto saxophone, clarinet), Robert Fowler - (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Simon Townley - (piano, vocal trio), Graham Roberts - (guitar, banjo), David Berry - (double bass, sousaphone), John Watson - (drums)

Guests: Tom Langham - (guitar, banjo), Steve Kaldestad - (solo clarinet on Golden Wedding, vocal trio)

Roots Of Swing

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