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| 1. | Flying Home
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| 2. | Cherokee
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| 3. | Begin the Beguine
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| 4. | One O'Clock Jump
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| 5. | Song of India
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| 6. | At the Woodchoppers' Ball
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| 7. | Elks' Parade
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| 8. | In the Mood
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| 9. | Two O'Clock Jump
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| 10. | Contrasts
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| 11. | Take the 'A' Train
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| 12. | Sing, Sing, Sing
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| 13. | Opus 1
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| 14. | Skyliner
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| 15. | A String of Pearls
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| 16. | South Rampart Street Parade
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| 17. | Long John Silver
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| 18. | Intermission Riff
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| 19. | Jumpin' at the Woodside
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| 20. | Oh! Lady Be Good
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| 21. | Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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| 22. | Jersey Bounce
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| 23. | Harlem Nocturne
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| 24. | Apple Honey
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Jazz
Tracks 1-12: Swing is King (1968)
Tracks 13-24: Swing is King Vol. 2 (1969)
Ted Heath is back again on Vocalion, and this time we present two of his best, not to mention most popular, albums from his Decca 'Phase 4' discography. Ted's legendary band is on top form in both volumes of Swing is King, and they indeed swing with all the precision, firepower and grace that made the Ted Heath sound world-famous. This is apparent in all of the twenty-four tracks on this release, but particularly so in numbers such as Flying Home, Cherokee, Take the 'A' Train, Intermission Riff, Jersey Bounce, Opus 1, South Rampart Street Parade and Skyliner. If these albums are anything to go by, Ted Heath and His Music really were the Kings of the Swingers!
N.B. This is the first time both of these albums have been reissued together in complete form.
Ted Heath
Active Decades: '40s, '50s and '60s
Born: Mar 30, 1900 in London, England
Died: Nov 18, 1969 in Egham, England
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Dance Bands, Swing, British Dance Bands
Ted Heath was one of the most famous big band leaders in Great Britain of the 1950's. His bands played modernized swing music that was always danceable but occasionally had worthwhile solos played in the tradition. Heath started out playing tenor horn before he switched to trombone when he was 14. He spent a period playing as a street musician and then was discovered by Jack Hylton who hired him for his band. Heath had long stints as a sideman with a variety of top dance bands including Bert Firman (1924-25), Hylton again (1925-27), Ambrose (1928-36), Sydney Lipton (1936-39) and Geraldo (1939-44). Heath began leading his own big band in 1944 and, through regular appearances on the radio, tours and concerts, he soon became a household name in England. The innovations of bebop were largely ignored in favor of playing swing-oriented charts although some of Heath's soloists (particularly Ronnie Scott, Danny Moss, Don Rendell and Kenny Baker) became notable as jazz players. Ted Heath, whose band was always of high musicianship and used "Listen To The Music" as its theme song, also became well-known in the United States, visiting the U.S. several times starting in 1956. His orchestra recorded quite frequently starting in 1944 (mostly for Decca and London) including ten albums in 1959 alone. Even after Ted Heath's death in 1969, the big band continued performing and recording with a live concert cut as late as 1977.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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