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So Many Memories

by: Bram Martin

Release Date March 13, 2000
It's been some while since I listened to this compilation, and on playing it again I was impressed by the consistently high standard of musicianship by what was, when all's said and done, a restaurant band that played for dancing. I'm not enamoured of the idea that every dance band CD should be measured against Ambrose, or the Savoy Hotel Orpheans. You might as well say that every play should be judged against Shakespeare, say, or every suspense film against Hitchcock. What we get here deserves to be judged on its own merits, and they are considerable, not least that very few of these recordings have been reissued since their original 78 release, so duplication is minimal. Gene Crowley's vocals embellish most of the songs, Sam Costa takes the ... Read More: