Tex Beneke, Stan Kenton & Ralph Flanagan: Live at The Edgewater (CD)

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Tracks: The listener should be aware, that these tracks contain imperfections, from the 78 rpm acetate disc recordings.
Tex Beneke & his Orchestra, Rigadoon Dining Room: 7/14/1952
1. Introduction / In The Mood
2. Pennies from Heaven - Tex Beneke
3. Moonglow - Bill Raymond
4. Somebody Loves Me - Joan Kavanaugh
5. Tenderly
6. Interview / Anytime - Tex Beneke
7. Night and Day - Bill Raymond
8. Charmaine

Stan Kenton & his Orchestra, Starlite Roof: 8/1957
9. Introduction
10. What's New?
11. When Your Lover Has Gone
12. Spring Is Here
13. Young Blood
14. Theme & Variations
15. The Intermission Riff
16. Artistry in Rhythm

Ralph Flanagan & his Orchestra, Starlite Roof: 8/27/1951
17. Introduction / You For Me And Me For You
18. Too Young - Harry Prime
19. Dancing In The Dark
20. Come On-A My House - Rita Hayes
21. Penthouse Serenade
22. Wang Wang Blues - The Singing Winds
23. While You Danced
24. The Winky Dink

Notes:
Throughout the 1950`s, Madison, Wisconsin`s Edgewater was the place to listen and dance to the nation's most popular big bands. Although their peak years had passed, artisans of swing remained popular well into the first years of the rock and roll revolution. The Edgewater provided a classy venue for the genre's biggest names and a lavish dance floor on its open Starlite Roof, as well as the more intimate Rigadoon Dining Room. This second volume of the restored Edgewater recordings preserves the sound of three celebrated bands of that period. Tex Beneke’s appearance of July 14, 1952, Ralph Flanagan’s performance on August 27, 1951, and a rousing August, 1957 show by the innovative Stan Kenton, capture the live sounds of swing and improvisational jazz. This album captures an era when big bands, soon to be eclipsed by smaller rock and roll combos, still drew a large crowd onto the nation’s dance floors.