September Song...Artie Shaw & His Orchestra.

Another  one from "Belgium"....Its great to see that these are the original recordings on the back sleeve they give you the year which is good info for all the big band fans !!...also great to read the line up of instrumentalists as well !!

        2. My Blue Heaven

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra...Indian Love Call.

We now have a King of Swing !...all the recordings are from 1938 onwards.. and do I detect a vocal from Billie Holiday amongst the tracks ?...well worth an hour of listening !!

     17. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra...Moonglow.

Its February 2026 we turn back the years till about 1956 when the world was moving at a slower pace and the dance craze was moving at a pace equal to 2026 FAST !!!

 

1. Frenesi

2. Stardust

3. Moonglow

4. Oh Lady Be Good

5. All The Things You are

6. Temptation

1. Serenade To A Savage

2. Traffic Jam

3. Begin The Beguine

4. Indian Love Call

5. Nightmare

6. Dancing In the Dark

2. Traffic Jam

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra...Both Feet In The Groove.

Big Band swing now from 1956 for the Big Band swing Cats !

1. On foot In The Groove

2. Rockin' Chair

3. Jungle Drums

4. Solid Sam

5. Just Kiddin' Around

6. Octoroon

1. Prosschai (Goodbye Goodbye)

2. What Is This Thing Called Love

3. Lady Day

4. Little Jazz

5. Comin' On

6. One Night Stand

         3. Jungle Drums

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra...Dance To

 Although the title says Dance ! it a good listen too... as well some great clarinet playing by Artie and the music swings !!

1. I Get A Kick Out Of You

2. Love Walked In

3. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

4. Crumbum

5. Foggy Foggy Dew

6. Love Is The Sweetest Thing

1. Where Or When

2. The Continental

3. So Easy

4. The Shekomeko Shuffle

5. I'll Remember April

6. Your Mine You

          5. Foggy Foggy Dew

Artie Shaw....Four Star Favourites.

Some great big band sounds now !!

Four Star Favourites is a compilation album of phonograph records released in 1941 by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra on Victor Records, containing studio recordings by his second, third and fourth orchestras.

During the 1930s and 40s, Shaw's orchestras recorded two main styles of music inside of the jazz genre, danceable pop music following conventions of the time (swing) and a more sophisticated blend of classical music and jazz, aided with a string section (orchestral jazz or early third stream). These styles opposed each other, and during his career Shaw's attempts to make art music oftentimes failed because it wasn't commercially viable.

Bridging the divide in Shaw's catalogue, the compilation appealed to audiences of both swing music and more progressive forms of jazz. Well-reviewed upon release, the album stayed in-print for over a decade.

These reissued songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Victor P-85.

1. Frenesi....., recorded March 3, 1940.

2. Begin The Beguine.....,recorded July 24, 1938.

3. Star Dust...., recorded October 7, 1940.

4. Back Bay Shuffle...., recorded July 24, 1938.

1. Dancing In The Dark....., recorded January 23, 1941.

2. Traffic Jam..., recorded June 12, 1939.

3. Moonglow....., recorded January 23, 1941.

4. Serenade To A Savage....., recorded June 22, 1939.

Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction.

Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." Before the release of "Beguine," Shaw and his fledgling band had languished in relative obscurity for over two years and, after its release, he became a major pop artist within short order. The record eventually became one of the era's defining recordings.

     6. Traffic Jam