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Media Type: CD
Artist: MILLER,GLENN
Title: GREATEST HITS
Street Release Date: 04/16/1996
Genre: BIG BAND
| 110 of 111 people found the following review helpful:  A great bargain for music that may change your life!, By Claude Avary "West Coast Reader" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Glenn Miller - Greatest Hits (Audio CD) If you're interested in listening to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, this is the best single disc to buy (if you want to spring for a bit more, look into the two-disc "The Essential Glenn Miller"). Priced at a budget of $10.00, the CD actually contains most of the big hits you would want from a Glenn Miller album: "In the Mood," "String of Pearls," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," "I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo," "Moonlight Serenade," "Tuxedo Junction," and "The Chatanooga Choo-Choo." They all sound quite good as well, with minimal hiss and crackle. Usually, the RCA "Greatest Hits" of Jazz series are poor buys, containing music from only a fraction of the musicians' careers that in no way represents their `greatest hits' (the Count Basie album and Louis Armstrong albums are especially weak). But this CD actually delivers the goods: Glenn Miller was an RCA-Victor recording artist for most of his career, so the label was able to put the best of the best on this single CD. If you're new to Mr. Miller,... Read more 62 of 64 people found the following review helpful: If you think Glenn Miller is for "old folks," think again!, By A Customer This review is from: Glenn Miller - Greatest Hits (Audio CD) Glenn Miller's music is still as exciting, vibrant, and popular as it was 60 years ago. This CD is the perfect representation of why this is so. His unique arrangements give woodwinds an ethereal sound that is at once soothing and disarming (on tracks such as "Moonligtht Serenade," "In the Mood," and "A String of Pearls"). The counterpoint of horns with woodwinds creates a happy, carefree mood on "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," and one of my personal favorites "Kalamazoo." His numbers range from deeply romantic to cheeringly fun.I know teenagers who love Glenn Miller and are familiar with his songs and arrangements. I am 39 years old, so I didn't exactly grow up with this music. However, I know a good thing when I hear it, and this is great! For anyone looking for an escape from atrocious '90's music who is tired of finding that escape in classic rock, this is beautiful, infectuous music with the power to elicit em! otional... Read more 31 of 32 people found the following review helpful: Worth 10 Stars, By Kim K. (Bayonne, New Jersey) - See all my reviews This review is from: Glenn Miller - Greatest Hits (Audio CD) Glenn Miller & his orchestra made some of the most beautiful music ever recorded. I love most of the big bands of the 1930s & 1940s, but Glenn Miller will always be my favorite. Get this collection along with Vol.2 and you'll know what truly great music is. This is the music that blasted from radios & jukeboxes during wartime and long after the war finally ended. Whether fun swing tunes or romantic ballads, Glenn's music will make you feel good. Highly recommended. |
