Billy Eckstine - Swing Era DVD

This outstanding DVD features many of the most important artists from the heyday of the big band era. Such giants as Billy Eckstine Gene Ammons Andy Kirk Bing Crosby Tex Beneke Johnny Long Ozzie Nelson and Johnny Messner can be seen here leading their orchestras in superlative fashion.BILLY ECKSTEINThe celebrated vocalist and band leader Billy Eckstine was one of the most important musical figures of the 1940's. His rich baritone and unique vibrato stylings pioneered the way for black male singers and bandleaders for generations to come. He was an instrumental... figure in the evolution of bebop and a driving element in the development of soul and R&B. His influence can be heard all the way from the veteran icons Nat King Cole and Ray Charles to the modern day giants Prince and Michael Jackson.BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA featuring Gene AmmonsRhythm In A RiffYou Call It MadnessLonesome Lover BluesTaps MillerPrisoner Of LoveI Want To Talk About YouOur DelightI Cried For YouANDY KIRK AND HIS BANDGator SerenadeBasie BoogieApollo GrooveApollo DanceJOHN KIRBY'S BANDBroadjumpCan't Find A Thing To SayBING CROSBYAuf Wiedersehen My DearTEX BENEKE AND HIS ORCHESTRAAmerican PatrolJOHNNY LONG AND HIS ORCHESTRABoogie Manit Must Be JellyLet's get Away From It AllOZZIE NELSON AND HIS ORCHESTRASomebody Else Is Taking My PlaceJOHNNY MESSNER AND HIS ORCHESTRAAre You Happy? Amenthe Biggest Aspidastra In The World [show more]

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