I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You - Charlie Ventura, Crosby, Bing
Tea for Two - Charlie Ventura, Caesar, Irving
C.V. Jump - Charlie Ventura, Laguna
I Surrender, Dear - Charlie Ventura, Barris, Harry
Out You Go - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
C.V. Jam - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Tammy's Dream - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Let's Jump for Rita - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Charlie Comes On - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Good Deal - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Ever So Thoughtful - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Jack Pot - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Dark Eyes - Charlie Ventura, Traditional
The Man I Love, Pt. 1 - Charlie Ventura, Gershwin, George
The Man I Love, Pt. 2 - Charlie Ventura, Gershwin, George
Stompin' at the Savoy, Pt. 1 - Charlie Ventura, Goodman, Benny
Stompin' at the Savoy, Pt. 2 - Charlie Ventura, Goodman, Benny
Who's Sorry Now? - Charlie Ventura, Kalmar, Bert
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - Charlie Ventura, Traditional
The Man I Love - Charlie Ventura, Gershwin, George
'S Wonderful - Charlie Ventura, Gershwin, George
Charlie Boy - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do - Charlie Ventura, Ahlert, Fred E.
Chopin's Minute, Waltz - Charlie Ventura, Chopin, Frederic
Track Listings (21) - Disc #2
Slow Joe - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
What Is This Thing Called Love? - Charlie Ventura, Porter, Cole
I'm in the Mood for Love - Charlie Ventura, Fields, Dorothy
How High the Moon - Charlie Ventura, Hamilton, Nancy
A.M. -P.M. Song - Charlie Ventura, Coleman
Annie, Annie Over - Charlie Ventura, Hefti, Neal
Synthesis - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Soothe Me - Charlie Ventura, Greene, Joe [1]
Blue Champagne - Charlie Ventura, Eaton, Jimmy
Stop and Go - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
High on an Open Mike - Charlie Ventura, Sandole, Dennis
The Great Lie - Charlie Ventura, Calloway, Cab
Blue Champagne - Charlie Ventura, Eaton, Jimmy
Pennies from Heaven - Charlie Ventura, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
Eleven Sixty - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
East of Suez - Charlie Ventura, Stein, Lou
Baby, Baby All the Time - Charlie Ventura, Carter, Benny [Sax]
If I Had You - Charlie Ventura, Campbell, Jimmy [Vo
Euphoria - Charlie Ventura, Kral, Roy
Lonely Woman - Charlie Ventura, Carter, Benny [Sax]
F.Y.I. - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Track Listings (26) - Disc #3
Oh, Lady Be Good - Charlie Ventura, Gershwin, George
'Deed I Do - Charlie Ventura, Hirsch, Walter
Sweet Georgia Brown - Charlie Ventura, Bernie, Ben
Pina Colada - Charlie Ventura, Kral, Roy
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles - Charlie Ventura, Brockman, James
Gone With the Wind - Charlie Ventura, Magidson, Herbert
Once in a While - Charlie Ventura, Edwards, Michael [1
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Charlie Ventura, Harbach, Otto
Lotus Blue - Charlie Ventura, Messman
Tea for Two - Charlie Ventura, Caesar, Irving
The Very Thought of You - Charlie Ventura, Noble, Ray
Avalon - Charlie Ventura, DeSylva, Buddy
I'm Confessin' - Charlie Ventura, Daugherty, Doc
Bugle Call Rag - Charlie Ventura, Meyers, Billy
Rose Room - Charlie Ventura, Hickman, Art
That Old Feeling - Charlie Ventura, Brown, Lew
After You've Done - Charlie Ventura, Creamer, Henry
There's No You - Charlie Ventura, Adair, Tom
Perdido - Charlie Ventura, Drake, Ervin
Can't Get You Out of My Mind - Charlie Ventura, Vallee, Rudy
Lover - Charlie Ventura, Hart, Lorenz
Yesterdays - Charlie Ventura, Harbach, Otto
After You've Gone - Charlie Ventura, Creamer, Henry
Love Is Just Around the Corner - Charlie Ventura, Gensler, Lewis
Ol' Man River - Charlie Ventura, Hammerstein, Oscar
O.H. Blues - Charlie Ventura, Ventura, Charlie
Track Listings (16) - Disc #4
Introduction: Yesterdays/The Peanut Vendor - Charlie Ventura, Gilbert, L. Wolfe
Euphoria - Charlie Ventura, Kral, Roy
Fine and Dandy - Charlie Ventura, James, Paul
East of Suez - Charlie Ventura, Stein, Lou
If I Had You - Charlie Ventura, Campbell, Jimmy [Vo
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles - Charlie Ventura, Brockman, James
Pennies from Heaven - Charlie Ventura, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
How High the Moon - Charlie Ventura, Hamilton, Nancy
Birdland - Charlie Ventura, Roland, Gene
Flamingo - Charlie Ventura, Anderson, Edmund
Body and Soul - Charlie Ventura, Eyton, Frank
Lullaby in Rhythm - Charlie Ventura, Goodman, Benny
Boptura - Charlie Ventura, Mussulli, Boots
Over the Rainbow - Charlie Ventura, Arlen, Harold
Dark Eyes - Charlie Ventura, Traditional
High on an Open Mike - Charlie Ventura, Sandole, Dennis
This 4CD box-set features the best sides by this, now largely forgotten, big-toned tenor master during his hey-days in the forties. 87 tracks including the legendary Pasadena concert from 1949, and a 40 page illustrated... more » booklet with Ventura's full story and session details.« less
This 4CD box-set features the best sides by this, now largely forgotten, big-toned tenor master during his hey-days in the forties. 87 tracks including the legendary Pasadena concert from 1949, and a 40 page illustrated booklet with Ventura's full story and session details.
CD Reviews
4 cds, 90+ tracks, huge booklet, all for under $...!
berigan | jonesboro, ga United States | 01/23/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What more could you ask for? Well, perhaps a complete Charlie Ventura box set, but that's not likely to happen! (Classics is putting his stuff out chronologically) This set has the Pasadena concert, lots of Condoli trumpet, and lots of Charlie's "tasteful" solos (I don't know why he gets labeled as distasteful sometimes, when almost every tenor man has gone over the top at one time, or another!) Really a shame he didn't record more, later in life. Sound is quite good, not perfect, but very listenable, the booklet is like a mini book, more info than you will find elsewhere on him, as far as I can tell...complete discography for all the tracks in the set...comes in a nice, not too big hard cardboard case...lots of good proper sets, including the Gene Krupa set, which has most of the great Ventura sides from the Krupa's late 40's small group sessions...."