Search - Tex Beneke & His Orchestra :: Palladium Patrol

PRETTY GOOD CD

03/03/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Good Points:

The songs, of course, are good, they're played well, and Beneke solos as well as ever. Some of the BEST songs are "East Of The Sun," "Just You, Just Me," "These Foolish Things," "The Way You Look Tonight," "It's So Peaceful In The Country," "Cherokee" and "Pennies From Heaven."



Bad Points:

Practically all the songs are instrumentals. Tex Beneke sings on only ONE song ("Pennies From Heaven"). And the handbook that comes with it doesn't give ANY recording dates at all--although naturally it's between 1948 to 1950--and is lacking in substance.



Verdict:

A good, but flawed, CD. It's worth having."