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 ...
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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). 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. None of it is terribly exciting or daring, but in its time, in 1960, it was exactly what newly minted hi-fi enthusiasts would have devoured, and it's entertaining on that basis alone. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
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