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Billy May, Glen Gray
Swing Era: The Postwar Years
Album US 2001 on Time Life Music label
Jazz (Big Band, Swing)
This compilation features "modern" stereophonic re-creations recorded in the 1960s and early '70s of the original arrangements of 1940's Swing era recordings.
Musicians
 | Billy May tr, 1916-2004 US album by, conductor, arranged by |
 | Glen Gray as, cl, fl, 1906-1963 US album by, conductor |
 | Joe Sasfy , US other, consultant, compilation producer, recording producer |
 | Billy May And His Orchestra , US orchestra |
 | Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra , 1927-1963 US orchestra |
 | Emily Rollert other, coordinator, creative services |
| Suzanne Manlove other, director, creative services |
| Genhel Mendenhall other, manager, licensing |
 | Mark Stevens voc, US other, president |
| Elizabeth Riedl other, senior manager, creative services |
| Jennifer Thomas other, senior manager, operations |
| Jan Stanley other, special contributors |
| Suzanne G. Fox other, special contributors |
| Tish King other, special contributors |
| Mitchell Peyser other, vice president, marketing |
| Gene Zacharewicz other, vice president, new product development |
 | Sy Oliver voc, tr, 1910-1988 US arranged by |
 | Trummy Young tb, 1912-1984 US vocals |
 | Ray Wetzel tr, 1924-1951 US written by, arranged by |
 | Skip Martin sax, bs, 1916-1974 US arranged by |
 | Sonny Burke b, voc, *1914 US arranged by, written by |
 | Bill Stegmeyer cl, 1916-1968 US written by, arranged by |
 | Bill Finegan p, 1917-2008 US arranged by |
 | Bobby Sherwood voc, tr, g, 1914-1981 US written by, arranged by |
 | Ray Conniff tb, 1916-2002 US arranged by |
 | Bob Higgins tr, *1925 written by, arranged by |
 | Paul Weston p, 1912-1996 US arranged by, written by |
 | Allan Davies , vocals |
 | Jerry Whitman voc, vocals |
 | Sue Allen voc, US vocals |
 | William Brown voc, vocals |
 | George M. Barden Jr. , arranged by |
 | Duke Ellington p, 1899-1974 US written by, arranged by |
 | Neal Hefti tr, 1922-2008 US arranged by, written by, written by, arranged by |
 | Nat King Cole voc, p, 1919-1965 US vocals |
 | Lionel Hampton vib, 1908-2002 US written by, arranged by |
 | Eileen Wilson , vocals |
 | Edwin Finckel p, 1913-2001 US arranged by |
 | Ralph Burns p, 1922-2001 US written by, arranged by |
 | Stan Kenton p, 1911-1979 US written by, arranged by |
Producers
| Charles McCardell compilation producer |
| WorkHorse Creative design |
| Robert Hull executive producer |
| Dennis Drake mastered by, mastering engineer |
| Dana Levitas other, manager, new product development |
Composers
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago (Tommy Dorsey Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Fred Fisher | 2:50 |
| 2 | Intermission Riff (Stan Kenton Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Ray Wetzel | 3:29 |
| 3 | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Les Brown Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Irving Berlin | 2:58 |
| 4 | Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke | 3:22 |
| 5 | Afternoon In August (Billy Butterfield Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Bill Stegmeyer | 3:29 |
| 6 | Chloe (Tommy Dorsey Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Neil Moret | 3:13 |
| 7 | Sherwood's Forest (Bobby Sherwood Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Bobby Sherwood | 3:39 |
| 8 | Blowin' Up A Storm (Woody Herman Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Woody Herman | 2:27 |
| 9 | September Song (Harry James Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Kurt Weill | 3:00 |
| 10 | High On A Windy Trumpet (Les Brown Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Bob Higgins | 2:44 |
| 11 | Dream (Pied Pipers Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Johnny Mercer | 3:00 |
| 12 | Tenderly (Randy Brooks Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Walter Gross | 2:55 |
| 13 | Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Parts 1 & 2) (Duke Ellington Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Duke Ellington | 5:59 |
| 14 | Wildroot (Woody Herman Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Neal Hefti, Woody Herman | 2:52 |
| 15 | The Good Earth (Woody Herman Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Neal Hefti | 2:33 |
| 16 | At Sundown (Tommy Dorsey Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Walter Donaldson | 2:53 |
| 17 | (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Nat King Cole Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Bobby Troup | 2:56 |
| 18 | Hamp's Walkin' Boogie (Lionel Hampton Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Lionel Hampton | 3:01 |
| 19 | Lover's Leap (Les Brown Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Bob Higgins | 3:03 |
| 20 | Rachel's Dream (Benny Goodman Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Benny Goodman | 3:03 |
| 21 | The Man With The Horn (Randy Brooks Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Bonnie Lake, Jack Jenney | 3:01 |
| 22 | I Should Care (Tommy Dorsey Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn | 2:59 |
| 23 | Lover (Gene Krupa Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Richard Rodgers | 3:06 |
| 24 | Bijou (Woody Herman Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Ralph Burns | 3:29 |
| 25 | Carnegie Blues (Duke Ellington Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Duke Ellington | 3:11 |
| 26 | Autumn Serenade (Harry James Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Peter De Rose | 3:06 |
| 27 | Then I'll Be Happy (Tommy Dorsey Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Cliff Friend | 3:09 |
| 28 | Concerto To End All Concertos (Parts 1 & 2) (Stan Kenton Version) | Billy May, Glen Gray | Stan Kenton | 6:28 |
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