Ted Heath - Fever!

Styles:  Big Band, Swing 
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:41
Size: 84,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:30)  1. Fever
(2:26)  2. More
(4:18)  3. Hello, Dolly!
(2:29)  4. Theme from 'A Summer Place'
(2:49)  5. Never on Sunday (Jamais le Dimanche)
(3:02)  6. Wives and Lovers
(2:34)  7. Mack the Knife
(2:22)  8. Moon River
(3:31)  9. Misty
(2:46) 10. The Girl from Ipanema
(3:31) 11. People
(3:16) 12. Fly Me to the Moon

Bert Ambrose and Nat Gonella notwithstanding, arguably the finest band to come out of England was led byTed Heath. He was almost as well known in the United States as he was in the United Kingdom. He started coming to the US in 1956 as he and Stan Kenton arranged an exchange to satisfy union requirements of both countries. The band's popularity was sustained and enhanced through personal appearances and their many recordings beginning in 1944 and running through to 1977 when the band was under the leadership of Don Lusher. Although heavily influenced by Kenton, Heath managed to avoid his excesses, while at the same time his arrangements were bright and upbeat as the band featured blaring brass work. Heath made two basic types of albums tribute albums, such as the one for Glenn Miller, and those he called "my music," which were distinctively his own. This CD was in the latter category and comes toward the end of his involvement in the band while suffering heart problems in the late 1960's. He was always able to attract top flight musicians and this group was no exception. Long time Heath trumpet player Bert Ezard, sax players Ronnie Chamberlain and Bob Efford (who was to work with Benny Goodman and Marty Paich), and drummer Kenny Clare. Most of the tunes on this album were favored by vocalists, such as "Fever" by Peggy Lee, "Mack the Knife" by Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin, and even "Moon River," Andy Williams's big hit. But these singers would have a hard time keeping up with fast tempos of the band. Excellent playing, tight arrangement, and sound dynamics, this album is part of the large portfolio of big band music that is Heath's legacy. ~ Dave Nathan http://www.allmusic.com/album/fever-mw0000190181

Fever!

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Ted Heath - Anything Goes

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:06
Size: 140,6 MB
Art: Front

(1:44)  1. Anything Goes
(2:20)  2. You Do Something to Me
(2:04)  3. Love Is Just Around the Corner
(2:57)  4. Indian Summer
(2:10)  5. Gone with the Wind
(2:53)  6. Perfidia
(2:27)  7. In the Still of the Night
(3:13)  8. September Song
(1:58)  9. I Cried for You
(2:53) 10. Blues in the Night
(2:10) 11. When I Grow Too Old to Dream
(2:42) 12. April in Paris
(2:24) 13. Change Partners
(3:13) 14. Time on My Hands
(2:29) 15. Always True to You in My Fashion
(2:50) 16. Whispering
(2:28) 17. Adios
(2:43) 18. Speak Low
(3:13) 19. Blue Moon
(2:34) 20. When the Saints Go Marching In
(2:40) 21. Stardust
(2:16) 22. Who
(2:02) 23. Robbins Nest
(1:53) 24. California Here I Come
(0:36) 25. Listen to My Music

Ted Heath was one of the most famous big-band leaders in Great Britain of the 1950s. His bands played modernized swing music that was always danceable but occasionally had worthwhile solos played in the tradition. Heath started out playing tenor horn before he switched to trombone when he was 14. He spent a period playing as a street musician and then was discovered by Jack Hylton, who hired him for his band. Heath had long stints as a sideman with a variety of top dance bands, including ensembles led by Bert Firman (1924-1925), Hylton again (1925-1927), Ambrose (1928-1936), Sydney Lipton (1936-1939), and Geraldo (1939-1944). Heath began leading his own big band in 1944 and, through regular appearances on the radio, tours, and concerts, he soon became a household name in England. The innovations of bebop were largely ignored in favor of playing swing-oriented charts, although some of Heath's soloists (particularly Ronnie Scott, Danny Moss, Don Rendell, and Kenny Baker) became notable as jazz players. Heath, whose band was always of high musicianship and used "Listen to the Music" as its theme song, also became well known in the United States, visiting the U.S. several times starting in 1956. His orchestra recorded quite frequently starting in 1944 (mostly for Decca and London), including ten albums in 1959 alone. Even after Ted Heath's death in 1969, the big band continued performing and recording with a live concert cut as late as 1977. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/mn/artist/ted-heath/id15808662#fullText

Anything Goes

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Ted Heath & His Orchestra - Ted Heath Plays Tadd Dameron

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 14:50
Size: 34.0 MB
Styles: Big band
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[0:27] 1. Theme In
[2:43] 2. Ladybyrd
[2:52] 3. Lyonia
[2:58] 4. The Nearness Of You
[2:48] 5. Euphoria
[2:42] 6. So Easy
[0:16] 7. Theme Out

The U.S. had Glenn Miller and Stan Kenton. The U.K. had Ted Heath. Born in 1902, the trombonist played in jazz bands from the 1920s through the mid-1940s, when he formed his own big band on D-Day. Inspired by Miller's Army Air Force Band, with its precision and dramatic moodiness, Heath grew in popularity after the war, performing every Sunday at London's Palladium. Then came Heath's 1956 tour of the U.S. that kicked his reputation up several notches. Negotiating a groundbreaking deal with the American Federation of Musicians, Heath was able to perform with Nat King Cole, June Christy and the Four Freshman—playing 43 concerts in 30 cities in 31 days. Though Heath never became a household name in the U.S., he recorded ferociously in London up until his death at age 67 in 1969.

For much of 1948—when bebop's popularity was reachng its zenith—American musicians were prohibited by their union from recording. That year, Heath commissioned Tadd Dameron to write arrangements for his proficient and brassy band. Dameron scored a batch for Heath—including his own Ladybird, Per Husby's Lyonia, Hoagy Carmichael's The Nearness of You, Roy Krall's Euphoria and his own So Easy. These five arrangements wound up on an album recorded in London in 1949 and released there on an early British 10-inch LP. To create a concert atmosphere, Heath's theme—Listen to My Music—opened and closed the album. [Pictured above: Tadd Dameron] The arrangements here are noble and cleverly comfortable in the bop vernacular. They also are fairly difficult, with sections constantly moving in and out and intersecting every now and then with the song's melody. Interestingly, So Easy is virtually the same arrangement that Dameron wrote for Artie Shaw's 1949 band—but taken at a faster and more engaging clip.

This album shows off the Heath orchestra's crisp style and its ability to play big-band bop. Britain was devistated economically after World War II and it would take unitl the 1960s before U.K. hounseholds began to recover financially. Throughout the '50s, Heath kept the the British in good spirits, proving that the country's answer to the Miller and Kenton bands could keep up. ~Mark Myers

Ted Heath Plays Tadd Dameron

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Ted Heath - Orquestas De Oro Vol 16

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:47
Size: 115,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:03)  1. Cerezo Rosa
(2:11)  2. Brasil
(2:37)  3. Tico Tico
(1:50)  4. Sweet Georgia Brown
(3:25)  5. And the Angels Sing
(2:57)  6. My Funny Valentine
(1:33)  7. Lover
(2:26)  8. Deep Purple
(2:46)  9. Sentimental Journey
(3:38) 10. Besame Mucho
(2:37) 11. Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
(2:44) 12. Acércate Más
(2:13) 13. Frenesí
(2:10) 14. Ramona
(2:26) 15. Poinciana
(2:26) 16. Georgia on My Mind
(2:10) 17. Flying Home
(2:07) 18. After You've Gone
(1:57) 19. Late Night Final
(2:23) 20. Short Stop

Ted Heath was one of the most famous big-band leaders in Great Britain of the 1950s. His bands played modernized swing music that was always danceable but occasionally had worthwhile solos played in the tradition. Heath started out playing tenor horn before he switched to trombone when he was 14. He spent a period playing as a street musician and then was discovered by Jack Hylton, who hired him for his band. Heath had long stints as a sideman with a variety of top dance bands, including ensembles led by Bert Firman (1924-1925), Hylton again (1925-1927), Ambrose (1928-1936), Sydney Lipton (1936-1939), and Geraldo (1939-1944). 

Heath began leading his own big band in 1944 and, through regular appearances on the radio, tours, and concerts, he soon became a household name in England. The innovations of bebop were largely ignored in favor of playing swing-oriented charts, although some of Heath's soloists (particularly Ronnie Scott, Danny Moss, Don Rendell, and Kenny Baker) became notable as jazz players. Heath, whose band was always of high musicianship and used "Listen to the Music" as its theme song, also became well known in the United States, visiting the U.S. several times starting in 1956. His orchestra recorded quite frequently starting in 1944 (mostly for Decca and London), including ten albums in 1959 alone. Even after Ted Heath's death in 1969, the big band continued performing and recording with a live concert cut as late as 1977. ~ Scott Yanow  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ted-heath/id15808662#fullText

Orquestas De Oro Vol 16

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