Billy May, Glen Gray - Swing Era: The Postwar Years


  • Singer: Billy May
  • Album's title: Swing Era: The Postwar Years
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Label: Time Life Music ‎– R700-10, EMI-Capitol Special Markets ‎– 7243 5 26893 2 3
    Series: The Swing Era – R700-10
    Type: 2 x CD, Album, Stereo, 2-CD set
    Country: US
    Date of released: 2001
    Category: Jazz
    Style: Big Band, Swing
  • Format: FLAC MP3 AHX MP1 FLAC VOX DXD AIFF DTS
  • Size MP3 ZIP: 1716 mb
  • Size FLAC ZIP: 1894 mb
  • Rating: 3.9/5
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Billy May, Glen Gray - Swing Era: The Postwar Years

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Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1 Chicago (Tommy Dorsey Version)
Arranged By – Sy OliverConductor – Billy MayVocals – Trummy YoungWritten-By – Fred Fisher
2:50
1-2 Intermission Riff (Stan Kenton Version)
Conductor – Glen GrayWritten-By, Arranged By – Ray Wetzel
 3:29
1-3 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Les Brown Version)
Arranged By – Skippy Martin*Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Irving Berlin
 2:58
1-4 Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton Version)
Arranged By – Sonny BurkeConductor – Glen GrayWritten-By – Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke
 3:22
1-5 Afternoon In August (Billy Butterfield Version)
Conductor – Glen GrayWritten-By, Arranged By – Billy Stegmeyer*
 3:29
1-6 Chloe (Tommy Dorsey Version)
Arranged By – Bill FineganConductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Neil Moret
 3:13
1-7 Sherwood's Forest (Bobby Sherwood Version)
Conductor – Glen GrayWritten-By, Arranged By – Bobby Sherwood
 3:39
1-8 Blowin' Up A Storm (Woody Herman Version)
Conductor – Glen GrayWritten-By – Woody Herman
 2:27
1-9 September Song (Harry James Version)
Arranged By – Ray ConniffConductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Kurt Weill
 3:00
1-10 High On A Windy Trumpet (Les Brown Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By, Arranged By – Bob Higgins
2:44
1-11 Dream (Pied Pipers Version)
Arranged By – Paul Weston Conductor – Billy MayVocals – Alan Davies*, Jerry Whitman, Sue Allen, William Brown Written-By – Johnny Mercer
 3:00
1-12 Tenderly (Randy Brooks Version)
Arranged By – George M. Barden Jr.Conductor – Glen GrayWritten-By – Walter Gross
 2:55
1-13 Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Parts 1 & 2) (Duke Ellington Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By, Arranged By – Duke Ellington
 5:59
1-14 Wildroot (Woody Herman Version)
Arranged By – Neal HeftiConductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Neal Hefti, Woody Herman
 2:52
2-1 The Good Earth (Woody Herman Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By, Arranged By – Neal Hefti
 2:33
2-2 At Sundown (Tommy Dorsey Version)
Arranged By – Bill FineganConductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Walter Donaldson
 2:53
2-3 (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Nat King Cole Version)
Vocals – Nat King ColeWritten-By – Bobby Troup
 2:56
2-4 Hamp's Walkin' Boogie (Lionel Hampton Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By, Arranged By – Lionel Hampton
 3:01
2-5 Lover's Leap (Les Brown Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By, Arranged By – Bob Higgins
3:03
2-6 Rachel's Dream (Benny Goodman Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Benny Goodman
 3:03
2-7 The Man With The Horn (Randy Brooks Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Bonnie Lake, Jack Jenney
 3:01
2-8 I Should Care (Tommy Dorsey Version)
Arranged By – Bill FineganConductor – Billy MayVocals – Eileen WilsonWritten-By – Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston , Sammy Cahn
 2:59
2-9 Lover (Gene Krupa Version)
Arranged By – Eddie Finckel*Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Richard Rodgers
 3:06
2-10 Bijou (Woody Herman Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By, Arranged By – Ralph Burns
 3:29
2-11 Carnegie Blues (Duke Ellington Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By, Arranged By – Duke Ellington
 3:11
2-12 Autumn Serenade (Harry James Version)
Arranged By – Billy MayConductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Peter De Rose
 3:06
2-13 Then I'll Be Happy (Tommy Dorsey Version)
Arranged By – Sy OliverConductor – Billy MayWritten-By – Cliff Friend
 3:09
2-14 Concerto To End All Concertos (Parts 1 & 2) (Stan Kenton Version)
Conductor – Billy MayWritten-By, Arranged By – Stan Kenton
 6:28

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
  • Copyright (c) – Time Life Inc.

Credits

  • Compilation Producer – Charles McCardell
  • Compilation Producer [Recording Producer], Other [Consultant] – Joe Sasfy
  • Design – WorkHorse Creative
  • Executive Producer – Robert Hull
  • Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] – Dennis Drake
  • Orchestra – Billy May & His Orchestra* (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 2-14), Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra* (tracks: 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 1-12)
  • Other [Coordinator, Creative Services] – Emily Rollert
  • Other [Director, Creative Services] – Suzanne Manlove
  • Other [Manager, Licensing] – Genhel Mendenhall
  • Other [Manager, New Product Development] – Dana Levitas
  • Other [President] – Mark Stevens
  • Other [Senior Manager, Creative Services] – Elizabeth Riedl
  • Other [Senior Manager, Operations] – Jennifer Thomas
  • Other [Special Contributors] – Jan Stanley, Suzanne G. Fox, Tish King
  • Other [Vice President, Marketing] – Mitchell Peyser
  • Other [Vice President, New Product Development] – Gene Zacharewicz

Notes

This compilation features "modern" stereophonic re-creations recorded in the 1960s and early '70s of the original arrangements of 1940's Swing era recordings.

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