Calling All Jitterbugs Elliot's big band is out of Los Angeles and we are waiting for a battle of the bands to see whether his band or Gee's is better. Elliot no doubt though is the pre-eminent swing dance big band in California. With Lavay Smith, Elliot represents the best of the non neo-swing California bands. Finally, a Cab Calloway compilation without Minnie the Moocher on it. This CD compilation contains 22 sensational sracks recorded primarily between 1940 and 1942.
Sound quality is good and the music is infectious.
I am throwing away all my other Cab Calloway CD's. When They Come to my House. With artist like Benny Goodman, it is hard to pick one's way through the mass of recordings available. Here is one with 16 selections, good sound quality, with a good bouncy swing, although many are slow. Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest.