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FIFTY YEARS WITH JERRY FIELDING.

Geneviève Bertrand | Beyne-Heusay, Belgium | 07/11/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I had the chance to discover Jerry Fielding 50 years ago with the release of his 10" LP "J.F. plays a Dance Concert" on Trend record (TL-1004) entirely covered by this 2 CD set. Listening to the music of J.F. is a real pleasure for me: the recordings are excellent and J.F. is a brillant continuator of the big band tradition with, in addition, a special affinity for musical and rhythmical changes within his personal arrangement/composition of one tune (listen to Peanut Vendor). Very powerful big band sound, good soloists and already great Hi-Lo's.

Thanks to Jasmine but, once more (as for Kenton in Paris), I regret there is no quality control on the case whose center maintaining the 2 CD is all broken. Musically yours,

Maurice Creuven."

Outstanding band

C.A. Arthur | Tacoma, Washington | 05/25/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is the Jerry Fielding band as I remember it in 1954: strongly reminiscent of Les Brown with a dash of Stan Kenton. And note especially the outstanding trumpet section, headed by Conrad Gozzo.



The extra on this two CD album,beautifully recorded in 1953 and 1954 in a studio, is the debut of the Hi-Los, simply the best vocal group ever to perform in American popular music. They later recorded the same selections elsewhere, but it's fun to hear them at the beginning.



If the arrangements aren't terribly distinctive, and the band's male and female vocalists are only so-so, well, these are small complaints.



Fielding went on spend a career writing scores for Hollywood movies. But let's not his brief career as a band leader. If you like swinging, well-designed big band music, this is for you."