Ray Anthony - Essential Classics, Vol. 257: Ray Anthony (2024)

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Title: Essential Classics, Vol. 257: Ray Anthony
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Essential Classics
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening, Big Band
Quality: Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 1:11:34
Total Size: 258 MB
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Tracklist:
1. Dragnet (2:52)
2. Cheek to Cheek (2:57)
3. On the Trail (3:15)
4. C'est Si Bon (3:17)
5. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2:55)
6. Rhapsody in Blue (7:44)
7. An American in Paris (5:41)
8. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (5:45)
9. I'll Be Seeing You (2:42)
10. Far Away Places (3:36)

1. Sleepy Lagoon (2:27)
2. You and the Night and the Music (2:21)
3. Poet and Peasant Overture (4:25)
4. Warsaw Concerto (6:12)
5. Street Scene (2:48)
6. When Your Lover Has Gone (2:19)
7. Moon over Miami (3:18)
8. Tara's Theme (2:02)
9. Thanks for the Memory (2:15)
10. Autumn in New York (2:32)

American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor.
born 20 January 1922, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Married to sex symbol actress Mamie Van Doren (1955-1961, divorced).

From 1940-1941 he played in Glenn Miller And His Orchestra and from 1953 to 1954 Anthony was the musical director on the television series TV's Top Tunes, and also appeared as himself in the 1955 film Daddy Long Legs. Anthony was considered one of the most modern of the big band leaders and was a regular of the Las Vegas circuit.

He continues to run his own label, Aero Space Records, which reissues his recordings as well as those of Glenn Miller and Billy May.