Glenn Miller And His Orchestra - You Leave Me Breathless

Title: You Leave Me Breathless Artist: Glenn Miller And His Orchestra Release Date: 6/29/1999 Label: Buddah Duration: 67:25 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 744659960222 Genre: Jazz Styles: Big Band, Swing, Sweet Bands Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Sentimental, Smooth, Soothing, Cheerful, Happy, Innocent, Joyous, Refined/Mannered, Rousing, Sweet, Calm/Peaceful, Carefree, Elegant, Exuberant, Fun, Gentle, Party/Celebratory, Poignant, Reserved Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Moonlight Serenade (Intro)
2. King Porter Stomp
3. F.D.R. Jones
4. Pavanne
5. You Leave Me Breathless
6. Cowboy from Brooklyn
7. By the Waters of Minnetonka
8. On the Alamo
9. The Dipsy Doodle
10. I Want My Share of Love
11. Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy)/Marie
12. Show Boat Medley: Why Do I Love You/Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man/Make ...
13. Why'd Ya Make Me Fall in Love?
14. Pagan Love Song
15. How'dja Like to Love Me?
16. Love With a Capital "You"
17. I Never Knew
18. Blue Skies
19. One O'Clock Jump
20. Moonlight Serenade

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD Buddah 99602

No other editions were found for this album.

This 1999 release constitutes one of the most interesting selections of radio transcriptions left behind by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Made up of broadcast performances from the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street in Manhattan, they're of exceptional historical interest, several tracks capturing Miller and his band months before they signed with RCA Victor, when they still hadn't been discovered by the public; Miller, in addition to leading the band, was doing all of the arrangements himself. This band had only been put together in March of 1938, and it's already possible to hear how they were going to make it, utilizing the attributes of jazz within the context of a clean, sharp, elegant pop sound. This was a dance band, not a jazz band, and the repertory is made up of breezy, swinging numbers, keeping a good beat and displaying lots of budding virtuosity. "The Dipsy Doodle," "Pavanne," and "By the Waters of the Minnetonka" (the latter six-minutes plus of pure gold) show off the group's hotter, more experimental sides, "I Want My Share of Love" (sung by Marion Hutton) the sweeping romantic profile that would make them pop favorites for decades. Gordon "Tex" Beneke plays some hot clarinet on several numbers, and the vocalists, in addition to Hutton, are Ray Eberle and Gail Reese (several vocal performances are unique to this collection). Even the material that the band did do on other occasions is worth hearing, however, not only to get a glimpse of its early incarnations, but to hear it played by a new band that was trying hard to make an impression, and get noticed, and putting out that extra snap in their playing for the radio audience. Apart from the music, the sound on this release is also a major attraction -- every detail on these 60-year-old radio transcription, from the bass to the high-hat, is clear and sharp, with gorgeous delineation of the horns and reeds. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Klink Saxophone Alex Miller Executive Producer Clyde Hurley Trumpet Frank D'Annolfo Trombone Glenn Korman Producer Glenn Miller Trombone Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Performer Hal McIntyre Director Igor Vishnyakov Photography Jimmy Abato Saxophone John Best Trumpet Lee Knowles Trumpet Marion Hutton Vocals Mike Panico Master Transfers Mike Ragogna Producer Moe Purtill Drums Murray Brenman Art Direction Paul Brizzi Restoration Paul Tanner Trombone R.D. McMickle Trumpet Ray Eberle Vocals Richard Fisher Guitar Roland Bundock Bass Ron Olson Master Transfers Steve Hoffman Mastering Tex Beneke Saxophone Vince Giordano Master Transfers Wilbur Schwartz Saxophone Will Friedwald Liner Notes, Producer