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Title: Harlem's dance band
Review: This was the great Black dance band to beat for Duke Ellington. And many in Harlem thought he didn't manage it. And if you think Gene Krupa is the top drummer of the Thirties, maybe you should think again.These tracks are simpler than Ellington's, but still of considerable interest. Those composed or arranged by the fine alto saxophonist Edgar Sampson are especially worth listening to, for example "Stomping at the Savoy" and "Blue Minor".Chronogical [sic] Classics did a good job on this one; all the 78's appear to have been good copies and the transfers and remastering came off well.
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