Best Of The Big Bands

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Album Information

Total Tracks: 16   Total Length: 47:32

They Say All Music Guide

The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra was actually just a series of studio groups until Jimmy And Tommy decided to hit the road in 1934. This strong jazz-oriented CD covering the 1932-34 period actually finds the exciting trumpeter Bunny Berigan consistently stealing solo honors. Highlights include Bill Challis’s torrid arrangement of “Someone Stole Gabriel’s Horn,” “The Blue Room,” the novelty tune “Annie’s Cousin Fanny” and the original version of what would later become Tommy Dorsey’s theme song, “I’m Getting Sentimental over You.” – Scott Yanow