(2-CD set) Although a great trumpet player, Harry James style of playing has often been called florid and sentimental, however on this great double CD featuring 53 tracks we showcase the jazz side of Harry James covering the period of his early days with The Dean And His Kids (a Ben Pollack unit) to the period of his greatest success at the height of the "Swing Era". The CD also features a cornucopia of other artists who performed with him or were latterly featured in his own orchestra. Names such as Ben Pollack, Glenn Miller, Buck Clayton, Ziggy Elman, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons and many others to numerous to mention. For lovers of Swing and Big Band jazz this is surely a must have album. Harry James and His Orchestra JAZZ SOUL OF Harry James
(2-CD set) Although a great trumpet player, Harry James style of playing has often been called florid and sentimental, however on this great double CD featuring 53 tracks we showcase the jazz side of Harry James covering the period of his early days with The Dean And His Kids (a Ben Pollack unit) to the period of his greatest success at the height of the "Swing Era". The CD also features a cornucopia of other artists who performed with him or were latterly featured in his own orchestra. Names such as Ben Pollack, Glenn Miller, Buck Clayton, Ziggy Elman, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons and many others to numerous to mention. For lovers of Swing and Big Band jazz this is surely a must have album. Harry James and His Orchestra JAZZ SOUL OF Harry James
