Tag: Milt Raskin
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Manhattan Playboys – American Light Classics
“For over four decades when conducting the BBC’s Light Orchestras on radio… I always included pieces from the American repertoire which I knew from the Boston Pops and the Hollywood Bowl. These wonderful melodies were also a “hit” with audiences at my “Pops at the Philharmonic” concerts. I have put together a selection of favourites,…
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Jazz for Cocktails
This new, inspired collection of Piano, Sax and Guitar Masterpieces by All-Time Great artists provides a truly superior musical evening
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Spike Jones & His City Slickers: Mistaken Music
“Spike remarked ‘if you made planned mistakes in musical arrangements and took the place of regular notes in well-known tunes with sound effects, there might be some fun in it’. This ‘fun’ engendered such gems as Dance of the Hours, William Tell Overture, Flight of the Bumble Bee and Liebestraum. Spike also used suggestive humour…
