I really didn't know this CD when I bought it, but I like at least a couple of tracks on it and my friends in California thought well of the band. My favorite track is Mildred, Won't You Behave?, a slightly fast song that has a hilarious story if you bother to listen to it. The first song, Streamliner, is a classic big band piece, what I would expect of a good big band in one of those dinner clubs from the 40's. Track 3 is good but not particularly remarkable. There is a good "big band" cha-cha on track 4; I kinda like it. Twelve Cylinders (track 5) is pretty good once it gets going. Bill's Bounce is high energy lindy while The Guy I Met This Evening is smooth swing.
One thing I noticed: it seems like they piled all the better songs at the beginning. I'll listen to the songs I like at the beginning but I won't remember listening to the second half of the CD before I notice that the stereo has already well into the next CD. The dancing tunes are at the beginning and the listening stuff is at the end. Do I like it? Yep, I'm glad I bought it.
This CD is available at Hepcat
Records on the web and locally through
Wanna Dance Records.
Track | Title | Length | BPM | suggested dance | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Streamliner | 3:50 | 154 | swing | A- |
2 | Mildred, won't you behave? | 3:43 | 193 | lindy | A |
3 | I'm beginning to like it | 3:02 | 132 | swing | B+ |
4 | Sportsman's Mambo | 3:09 | 133 | cha-cha | A |
5 | Twelve Cylinders | 3:38 | 187 | swing/quickstep | B+ |
6 | I dreamed about you | 3:32 | n/a | schmooze | B- |
7 | Bill's Bounce | 3:03 | 223 | lindy/balboa | A- |
8 | The Guy I Met This Evening | 3:26 | 130 | swing | A- |
9 | Whisper Amor | 2:58 | 130 | cha-cha? | B- |
10 | On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe | 2:46 | 177 | swing? | B- |
11 | Tonight I'm goin' out with you | 3:24 | n/a | foxtrot | C |
12 | We tried to reach for the moon | 1:45 | n/a | n/a | C |
13 | Oh, Vicky! | 1:41 | n/a | n/a | C |
14 | My baby said she'd marry me | 1:38 | n/a | one-step | C |
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