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Title: Indeed we shall swing.
Review: If ever there was a album to buy because of one track, this is it for me. In 1961, when I was learning the radio business at a college station, KTCU in Fort Worth, this album arrived as part of a package we received every month from Capitol records. I attended a band concert in the South Tyrol area of Northern Italy this summer and one of the selections played by the Brunico City Band was "The Poet and Peasant Overture" by Franz von Suppe'. I was immediately reminded of this album with arrangements of classical themes by Billy May. The Poet and Peasant is stunning. Just when you think it's over, there's another bit of whimsy on the end. I searched Amazon and found a used CD in the UK and ordered it. I have yet to listen to all the other tracks on the "Shall We Swing" half of the disc and almost certainly won't listen to the Big Band classics in Latin, but I have played the Poet and Peasant until my car CD player refuses to repeat it one more time.
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