Excerpts from the soundtrack to the Ken Burns film, The war.
Program notes included.
Performer
Various artists.
Event
Originally recorded 1937-1942.
Contents
C jam blues (Duke Ellington & his famous orchestra) -- Frenesi (Artie Shaw & his orchestra) -- In the mood (Glenn Miller & his orchestra) -- Let me off uptown (Gene Krupa & his orchestra) -- Taxi war dance (Count Basie & his orchestra) -- The sheik of Araby (Coleman Hawkins' All Star Octet) -- Pistol packin' mama (Al Dexter & his Troopers with vocal by Al Dexter) -- American patrol (Glenn Miller & his orchestra) -- For the good of your own country (Count Basie & his orchestra) -- Cherokee (Charlie Barnet & his orchestra) -- Rose room (Benny Goodman Sextet) -- Opus #1 (Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra) -- I'm beginning to see the light (Harry James & his orchestra) -- Tuxedo junction (Erskine Hawkins & his orchestra) -- One o'clock jump (Count Basie & his orchestra) -- I'm confessin' (Artie Shaw & his orchestra) -- (I've got a gal in) Kalamazoo (Glenn Miller & his orchestra) -- Boogie woogie (Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra) -- 'Tain't what you do (it's the way that you do it) (Jimmie Lunceford & his orchestra) -- Sing, sing, sing (Benny Goodman & his orchestra).