A must for any student/collector/lover of good music
Benj Thomas | 08/15/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)
"incomparable big band music -- notable cuts here include Love Jumped Out -- listen to the drumming, which is so vibrant and compelling without overdoing it. Moten Swing features a trumpet solo by Harry Edison that I once listened to 75 times in one day. The last two feature Coleman Hawkins. Jump the Blues Away is the later (1941 or so) band, and it was a somewhat different sound, but in some ways even better than the earlier band. You might disagree."