"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in
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Larry mentioned not liking a brassy sound in big band. Yep----I don't
either. Stan Kenton was over the top for me. It's hard to beat the
sound of the late 30's, early 40's.

You must be an Artie Shaw/Benny Goodman fan.

I'm a Glenn Miller addict, myself.grin

OTOH, Harry James - that says it all!