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AND HIS NEW SWINGIN’ BAND SHINY STOCKINGS ¢ HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN « SLATS

BLUES LIKE e COTTON TAIL « TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT

KINGSIZE BLUES « M-SQUAD THEME e DEEP PURPLE

WALKIN’ ¢ GET OFF THE STAND

It’s HARRY JAMES—AND HIS NEW SWINGIN BAND—an instrumental

aggregation of solid, stunning virtuosity and a sound all its own. This

is one of the greatest bands the memorable Mr. James has ever lead

—a band with all the flawless perfection one has always associated

with the James name, yet a band that has a fabulously new atmos-

phere and spirit to it. And, the band has a whole flock of new arrange-

ments and “originals” of tempting cut to showcase its versatility.

This album gathers together some of the best of these new

James “band book” items, selected on the basis of audience reaction

in actual performance. For several months, during a series of appear-

ances at The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas and in scores of concerts

in ballrooms and at colleges throughout the country, James kept care-

ful tabs on exactly which selections appealed most consistently to a

widely-varied spectrum of listeners. The results of this personal poll

are the line-up which makes up this splendid album—a James “first,”

by the way, on M-G-M Records. )

Here, you'll find sHrny sTocKINGs, an “original” which James de-

scribes as “a bandstand favorite,” one of those numbers which draw

crowds from the dance floor up to a listening gathering around the

stage. There's sLats, another “original” that’s “a favorite in big city

ballrooms,” and waLkIN’,, a creation that’s “a college prom favorite.”

From the realm of TV jazz themes comes a great arrangement of Count

Basie’s M-SQUAD THEME. As to standards, there are delightfully inventive

James stylings of Irving Berlin’s How DEEP Is THE OCEAN, Duke Elling-

ton’s great, ever green ‘oldie’ COTTON TAIL, Peter DeRose s DEEP PURPLE,

and TOO CLOSE FOR COMFoRT from the Broadway hit, “Mr. Wonderful.”

And, there’s fabulous listening fare on tap in BLUES LIKE, KINGSIZE BLUES,

and GET OFF THE STAND — three pulsing “originals” penned by Harry

James and Ernie Wilkins.

It's HARRY JAMES—AND HIS NEW SWINGIN BAND!

And, it’s top-drawer James, we guarantee! COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY GARRET-HOWARD

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