Swing is King-Volumes 1 & 2 (Recorded 1968/69) (2 original LPs on the one CD)
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Ted Heath & his music
Swing is King-Volumes 1 & 2 (Recorded 1968/69) (2 original LPs on the one CD)
[ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 30 January 2009
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Ted Heath is back again on Vocalion, and this time we present two of his best, not to mention most popular, albums from his Decca 'Phase 4' discography.
Ted's legendary band is on top form in both volumes of Swing is King, and they indeed swing with all the precision, firepower and grace that made the Ted Heath sound world-famous. This is apparent in all of the twenty-four tracks on this release, but particularly so in numbers such as Flying Home, Cherokee, Take the 'A' Train, Intermission Riff, Jersey Bounce, Opus 1, South Rampart Street Parade and Skyliner. If these albums are anything to go by, Ted Heath and His Music really were the Kings of the Swingers!
Tracks:
swing is king
ORIGINAL LP PFS 4135 (1968) STEREO
Flying Home (Goodman; Hampton; Robin)
Cherokee (Noble)
Begin the Beguine (Porter)
One O'Clock Jump (Basie)
Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov arr Dorsey)
At the Woodchoppers' Ball (Bishop; Herman)
Elks' Parade (Sherwood)
In the Mood (Garland; Razaf)
Two O'Clock Jump (James; Goodman; Basie)
Contrasts (Dorsey)
Take the 'A' Train (Strayhorn)
Sing, Sing, Sing (Prima)
Swing is King Volume 2
ORIGINAL LP PFS 4146 (1969) STEREO
Opus 1 (Oliver; Garis)
Skyliner (Barnet)
A String of Pearls (Gray; DeLange)
South Rampart Street Parade (Haggart; Bauduc; Crosby)
Long John Silver (Crisp; Dorsey)
Intermission Riff (Wetzel)
Jumpin' at the Woodside (Basie)
Oh! Lady Be Good (G & I Gershwin)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington; Russell)
Jersey Bounce (Plater; Bradshaw; Johnson; Wright)
Harlem Nocturne (Hagen)
Apple Honey (Berry; O'Connor; Harris)
