Trumpeter Les Elgart played with Bunny Berigan and Woody Herman before branching out on his own. These two original Columbia albums on one CD, combine both up-tempo songs and romantic ballads. Standard pop classics such as "Stella By Starlight," "Anything Goes" and "Moonglow" get the Les Elgart's memorable big band treatment.
Tracks:
1.Cheerful Little Earful
2.If I Had My Way
3.Do You Ever Think Of Me
4.The Man I Love
5.Blue Moon
6.You Are My Sunshine
7.Begin The Beguine
8.Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
9.Volga Boat Man
10.Juggin' Along
11.West
12.Yesterdays
13.The Nearness Of You
14.Stumbling
15.Moonglow
16.The Swingin' Genie
17.Breezin' Along With The Breeze
18.Cocktails For Two
19.East Of The Sun
20.They Didn't Believe Me
21.Stella By Starlight
22.Designs For Dancing
23.The Mar-Cha-Cha
24.Anything Goes
Product Description:
2 LPs on 1 CD: THE BAND WITH THAT SOUND (1960)/DESIGNS FOR DANCING (1960).
Originally released on Columbia (8245) & Columbia (8291).
In 2001, Collectables reissued two releases from jazz trumpeter Les Elgart on one disc: Band With That Sound and Designs for Dancing, both originally released on the Columbia imprint in 1960. ~ Rob Theakston