Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller’s arranger found his own success as a bandleader in the late ’40s and early ’50s. These prime-period recordings feature original numbers plus Miller songs done beautifully: Crew Cut; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Blue Skies; Stardust; V Hop; Off Limits; the Carioca, and more!
Disc: 1
1. BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA
2. CREW CUT
3. SITTING BY THE WINDOW
4. STORMY WEATHER
5. THE CARIOCA
6. SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
7. NIGHT AND DAY
8. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
9. STARDUST
10. BLUE SKIES
11. DANCING IN THE DARK
12. THIS CANT BE LOVE
13. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
14. DESERT SERENADE
15. IN THE MOOD
16. A STRING OF PEARLS
17. THE LONESOMEST WHISTLE
18. RE-STRINGING THE PEARLS
19. OFF LIMITS
20. MINUET IN G
21. BEGIN THE BEGUINE
22. A PAIR OF TRUMPETS
23. V HOP
24. JEEP JOCKEY JUMP
25. ST. LOUIS BLUES
26. SHINE ON HARVEST MOON
27. THE DIPSY DOODLE
28. FLAG WAVER