By 1960, Les Brown's main focus was nostalgia, as is amply demonstrated by the dozen tracks on this LP, most of them associated with bands that had been popular two decades earlier, plus a handful of then-recent easy listening hits (most notably "So Rare," Jimmy Dorsey's deathbed chart-topper). Nothing here is terribly adventurous, but the playing by Brown's band is excellent, and within the confines of a return to big-band jazz, the members avail themselves some of the large-ensemble flashiness afforded by hi-fi and stereo . feat: Les Brown & His Band of Renown.
Bandland (Great Songs of Great Bands). Les Brown & His Band of Renown. Your browser does not support the audio element. It's a Wonderful World.
Album: Bandland (Great Songs of Great Bands). Bandland (Great Songs of Great Bands): Best 2 songs. Les Brown & His Band Of Renown - Night In Tunisia 02:23. Les Brown & His Band Of Renown - Got a Date with an Angel 02:02. Album: Bandland (Great Songs of Great Bands). Les Brown & His Band Of Renown: best 2 tracks. Les Brown & His Band Of Renown - What Is This Thing Called Love Digital Swing, 1987 02:54. Les Brown & His Band Of Renown - A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody Reader's Digest Music: Les Brown: The Reader's Digest Sessions, 2007 02:18. Artist: Les Brown & His Band Of Renown.
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Lester Raymond Brown (March 14, 1912 – January 4, 2001) was an American jazz musician who led the big band Les Brown and His Band of Renown for nearly seven decades from 1938 to 2000. Brown was born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania. He enrolled in the Conway Military Band School (later part of Ithaca College) in 1926, studying with famous bandleader Patrick Conway for three years before receiving a music scholarship to the New York Military Academy, where he graduated in 1932.
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By 1960, Les Brown's main focus was nostalgia, as is amply demonstrated by the dozen tracks on this LP, most of them associated with bands that had been popular two decades earlier, plus a handful of then-recent easy listening hits (most notably "So Rare," Jimmy Dorsey's deathbed chart-topper).
| A1 | –Chick Webb | Undecided |
| A2 | –Jan Savitt | It's A Wonderful World |
| A3 | –Artie Shaw | Begin The Beguine |
| A4 | –Dizzy Gillespie | Night In Tunisia |
| A5 | –Jimmy Dorsey | So Rare |
| A6 | –Woody Herman | Woodchopper's Ball |
| B1 | –Duke Ellington | Caravan |
| B2 | –Glenn Miller | A String Of Pearls |
| B3 | –Count Basie | April In Paris |
| B4 | –Benny Goodman | And The Angels Sing |
| B5 | –Tommy Dorsey | Marie |
| B6 | –Hal Kemp | Got A Date With An Angel |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS 8288 | Les Brown And His Band Of Renown | Bandland (Great Songs Of Great Bands) (LP) | Columbia | CS 8288 | US | 1960 |
| CSP 8288 | Les Brown And His Band Of Renown | Bandland (Great Songs Of Great Bands) (LP) | Columbia Special Products | CSP 8288 | US | 1960 |
| CS 8288 | Les Brown And His Band Of Renown | Bandland Great Songs Of Great Bands (LP, Album) | Columbia | CS 8288 | Canada | 1960 |
| CL 1497 | Les Brown And His Band Of Renown | Bandland (Great Songs Of Great Bands) (LP, Album, Mono) | Columbia | CL 1497 | US | 1960 |
| CL 1497 | Les Brown And His Band Of Renown | Bandland (Great Songs Of Great Bands) (LP, Mono, Hol) | Columbia | CL 1497 | US | 1960 |
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