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The SWR BIG Band Feat. Fola Dada Kings of Swing op. 1

Year recorded

2013

Year published

2013

Composer

Divid George Weiss

Duke Ellington

Fats Waller

Frederick Loewe

Harry James

Harry Warren

Irving Berlin

Joe McCoy

Jule Styne

Louis Armstrong

Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff

Sidney (Sid) Garris

Van Alexander

Ziggy Elman

Artists

Fola Dada

SWR Big Band

Pierre Paquette

Tracks

Tr. 1 Sidney (Sid) Garris: Opus One

Tr. 2 Joe McCoy: Why Don't You Do Right

Tr. 3 Irving Berlin: Marie

Tr. 4 Jule Styne: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friends

Tr. 5 Harry Warren: At Last

Tr. 6 Fats Waller: Stealin' Apples

Tr. 7 Van Alexander: A Tisket A Tasket

Tr. 8 Ziggy Elman: And The Angels Sing

Tr. 9 Duke Ellington: Isfahan

Tr. 10 Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff: The Flight of the Bumble Bee

Tr. 11 Harry James: Trumpet Blues

Tr. 12 Frederick Loewe: Almost Like Being In Love

Tr. 13 Louis Armstrong: Swing That Music

Tr. 14 Divid George Weiss: What A Wonderful World

This new collaboration with the SWR Big Band hänssler CLASSIC / SWR music proves once again the high professional level of this Stuttgart ensemble. The SWR Big Band is one of the best big bands in the world and has worked with such big names as Sammy Nestico, Phil Woods and Toshiko Akiyoshi. In this recording, the band itself is in the foreground. It is dedicated to the 'Kings of Swing' and features skilful arrangements of popular evergreens like 'Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend' and 'What A Wonderful World' for fun and lots of good humour. Let's swing!

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