717101302628

Tex Beneke & His Orchestra

Tex Beneke

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Format: CD

Cat No: 3013026

Release Date:  02 October 2001

Label:  Nostalgia Arts

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  717101302628

Genres:  Jazz  Big Band  

  • Description

    TEX BENEKE was a leading sideman with the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 1938 until it was disbanded in 1942 when Miller joined the US military. After the war, and with Glenn Miller deceased, Beneke took over the Glenn Miller band in 1946. Tex kept most of Miller's sidemen, but dropped the Army Air Force arrangements which Miller had used. Beneke began commissioning new compositions andarrangements, especially by Norman Leyden. . Featured players: TEX BENEKE (tenor sax & vocals), JIMMY PRIDDY, PETE CANDOLI (trumpet), BOBBY NICHOLS (baritone sax).CLASSIC RECORDINGS FROM 1946 - 1949.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Theme - Moonlight Serenade/La Rosita
      • 2. Hey! Ba Ba Re Bop
      • 3. There's A Small Hotel
      • 4. Blue Skies
      • 5. Everybody Loves My Baby
      • 6. To Each His Own
      • 7. My Melancholy Baby
      • 8. Just You, Just Me
      • 9. Little Jack Frost Get Lost
      • 10. 'S Wonderful
      • 11. Ali Baba
      • 12. Gypsy In My Soul
      • 13. Among My Souvenirs
      • 14. A Gal In Calico
      • 15. My Buddy
      • 16. Cherokee Canyon
      • 17. The Man I Love
      • 18. Cherokee
      • 19. East Of The Sun
      • 20. Oh Lady Be Good
      • 21. St. Louis Blues March
      • 22. Hallelujah