Michael Law's Piccadilly Dance Orchestra - Brighter Than the Sun

Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:52
Size: 117,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:02)  1. Brighter Than the Sun
(2:49)  2. My Hat's On The Side of My Head
(3:46)  3. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
(3:13)  4. It Can't Be Wrong
(2:49)  5. Masculine Women! Feminine Men!
(3:22)  6. In The Still of the Night
(3:06)  7. Jubilee Stomp
(2:59)  8. Deep In a Dream
(3:41)  9. White Jazz
(2:50) 10. You Ought to See Sally on Sunday
(3:46) 11. Midnight, The Stars and You
(3:38) 12. If I Had a Talking Picture of You
(3:11) 13. Embassy Stomp
(2:29) 14. The Lady is in Love With You
(3:09) 15. Let Yourself Go
(2:54) 16. Let's Call the Whole thing Off

The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra was founded by Michael Law in 1988. In October of that year the orchestra met for the first time to record two songs, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town and Two Sleepy People, which were issued privately as the two sides of the orchestra's first ever release, a vinyl single. PRT records (formerly PYE records) liked it and reissued the single in time for Christmas 1988, then recorded our first album, Let Yourself Go, which was released in April 1989 on CD, cassette and vinyl LP record. In 1993 the orchestra began a series of recordings for John Yap's TER/JAY records at the world famous Abbey Road studios. Their sixth album, Brighter Than The Sun, recorded ‘live’, was released on the PICCD label in 2011. In 1992, Alan Bennett-Law joined the orchestra with the aim of matching the standard of administration, technology and customer service to the already high standards of the music. Within a short period of time, Alan negotiated the recording contract with TER/JAY records and his dynamic ideas and enthusiasm took Michael and the orchestra from strength to strength, playing for many top events and parties, as well as developing musical programmes for concert performances. The PDO's performance highlights have included many years playing for dancing for the Henley Festival, Earl Spencer's 30th Birthday Party (where Princess Diana asked the orchestra to play In The Mood - twice!), special BAFTA awards parties for Julie Andrews and Sean Connery, the first ever Proms In the Park and a residency at The Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly. Michael Law then achieved a lifelong ambition when the orchestra began a series of Saturday night dinner dances (Stompin' At The Savoy) at the cradle of British Dance Band music, the Savoy Hotel in October 1997, which continued until December 2003. Other clients include Sir John Paul Getty (60th and 70th birthday parties and a ball at Clarence House where Baroness Thatcher led the dancing), Sir Terence Conran, Earl Spencer's ball to celebrate 500 years of Althorp House and many corporate events. The orchestra have been seen on television for Wogan, Daytime Live, Pebble Mill, Play It Again and Lorraine Live. BBC live radio broadcasts include: for Radio 2 (Radio 2 Arts Programme, Friday Night is Music Night and the VE Day celebrations from Hyde Park), Radio 3 (a live lunchtime concert from the Wigmore Hall) and Radio 4 (a special edition of Loose Ends to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the BBC). Acclaimed worldwide for their spirited recreations of the music of the British Dance Bands, Michael and the PDO were especially chosen for BBC 4's highly successful Len Goodman's Dancing Feet (first broadcast in December 2012) and in July 2013, filmed a sequel, Len Goodman's Dance Band Days. …and you can catch The PDO in the Helen Mirren/Michael Caine movie "Last Orders", playing Chattanooga Choo-Choo! http://www.pdo.org.uk/History

Brighter Than the Sun

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Piccadilly Dance Orchestra - I Won't Dance

Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:43
Size: 125,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:54)  1. I Won't Dance (From "Roberta")
(2:47)  2. Manhattan (From "The Garrick Gaieties")
(3:02)  3. No Strings (From "Top Hat")
(2:28)  4. They All Laughed (From "Shall We Dance")
(2:24)  5. Experiment (From "Nymph Errant")
(4:08)  6. How Could We Be Wrong? (From "Nymph Errant")
(2:45)  7. Puttin' On the Ritz (From "Puttin' On the Ritz")
(2:55)  8. Love Walked In (From "Goldwyn Follies")
(2:48)  9. Dearly Beloved (From "You Were Never Lovelier")
(2:43) 10. Do, Do, Do (From "Oh, Kay!")
(3:33) 11. A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody (From "The Ziegfield Follies")
(2:42) 12. Pick Yourself Up (From "Swing Time")
(2:11) 13. Slap That Bass (From "Shall We Dance")
(2:46) 14. My Heart Belongs to Daddy (From "Leave It to Me")
(2:07) 15. Slumming On Park Avenue (From "On the Avenue")
(3:09) 16. Soft Lights and Sweet Music (From "Face the Music")
(3:31) 17. They Can't Take That Away from Me (From "Shall We Dance")
(2:42) 18. Rosalie (From "Rosalie")

Michael Law's Piccadilly Dance Orchestra owned and managed by Michael and Alan Bennett Law, is world famous for providing superb entertainment to a very high standard and much sought-after for concert and cabaret performances as well as for private parties and corporate events. From the Charleston of the 1920s Gatsby era through the beautiful classic songs of the 1930s, to swing and jazz hits, Michael Law's Piccadilly Dance Orchestra performs the greatest dance music and the best tunes of the Jazz Age. Elegant, musically immaculate and infused with toe-tapping rhythm, the PDO’s recordings have recently been chosen for the soundtracks of CSI, Gotham as well as an award-winning documentary about Stanley Kubrick…and two of the PDO’s recordings (Happy Feet and Dance Little Lady) have been heard by more than two and a half million people on YouTube. The PDO enjoyed residencies at London's Ritz and Savoy Hotels and have recorded six CDs. Their sensational Café de Paris events have set a new standard for recreations of 1920s/30s high society entertainment. At The Savoy, The PDO were the last to perform on the legendary stage where so many great bands of the past had performed, including Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Geraldo, Fred Elizalde and Debroy Somers. Acclaimed worldwide for their spirited recreations of the music of the British Dance Bands, Michael and the PDO were especially chosen for BBC 4's highly successful Len Goodman's Dancing Feet and a sequel, Len Goodman's Dance Band Days - and following their concert at John Dankworth and Cleo Laine's Wavendon theatre: "this was probably the most entertaining evening I can remember...the orchestra is really superb". http://www.pdo.org.uk/about-us

Personnel:
The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra Conducted by: Michael Law
With soloists: Julia Shore, Michael Law
Special Guest Vocalists: Danielle Carson, Melanie E. Marshall

I Won't Dance

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