Strings Go Latin - Tony Hatch & The Alan Tew Orchestra

Advantages: It's different to most music!
Disadvantages: Not everyones cup of tea.

...has the blues, a mix that apparently doesn't go together as in this track. ~~Midnight In Montgomery~~ This song is like where were you when the world stopped turning. It's slow and gentle and easy-listening. This is about one of Alans friends who lived in Montgomery ''Midnight in montgomery, hes always singing there'' ~~Little Man~~ This is about a little man who started a trade industry in a town and big industrys came along and put him out of business and Alan explains how the industrys don't realise what they have done to him. ~~Pop A Top~~ This is a reasonably lively song, it's about drinking. I don't really like this song because the lines and tune are a teensy bit too cheesy. It also has rather annoying noises of a beer bottle opening. Frankly an awful song, end of. ~~Don't Rock The Jukebox~~ This is an Elvis sort... Read review

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Advantages: Smooth without being sappy,melodic without being poppy.Really are a refreshingly different band.
Disadvantages: In one or two of the songs,the spanish guitar solos can be a little self indulgent and go on a bit

...Ezio are one of the best understated British talents of our time and it really is a shame that they dont have a massive following. They have been performing since 1990 in the university town of Cambridge. The band took their name from one of the band members Ezio Lunedei. Black Boots on Latin Feet is their second (but Debut) album (produced by Rupert Hine in 1995). Although the album is new, the band have a mature vibe with lyrics that are honest and reflective (songs like '30 and confused' really struck a chord with me, accurately reflecting the experience of this significant age). The album is refreshingly different to almost all other British bands and is the perfect counter-act to the Brit Pop scene of the time that was aimed at a much younger market. The feel of the music is melodic and smooth but musicians will see how... Read review

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Advantages: great big band music
Disadvantages: none

...the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. After the liberation of France, the band was due to fly to Paris on the 16th December, but he wanted to get there early to make preparations for the concerts. On the 15th December 1944, Glenn Miller, and Norman Baesell, together with their pilot, took off to Paris from an airfield near Bedford. They were never seen again. Five days later, an official bulletin was issued to say that Major Glenn Miller was "missing in flight, presumed to be lost". On Christmas Eve that year the world learned that Glenn Miller was dead. The band continued with the tour and played their last concert in Le Havre. So what songs does the Glenn Miller Orchestra play? Some of the songs that they play, used from the original score that Glenn Miller used himself include: A string of pearls American patrol Chattanooga... Read review

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