Bands Music

This recording was a "Holy Grail" find which I had been trying to get for a long time.

It's an absolute must for any collector of early Frank Sintra or for a collector of Tommy Dorsey, or Jo Stafford recordings.

The sound quality is excellent. All I wish for was a better booklet which is why I chopped of 1-star.

If you want to add to your collection of pre-solo Frank-try to get your hands on this-if only for historic purposes. Since it's hard to get grab it as soon as you can.

These sessions were recorded around the recording ban in 1942/43 and show Condon at his fluent best with a variety of small combo's.The first six tracks were recorded before the ban. Tracks 7 and 8 were recorded with an entirely different band for Signature after the ban, and the rest of the tracks were all recorded in December 1943. Condon was able to surround himself with a fairly regular set of sidesmen, Max Kaminsky on trumpet and Pee Wee Russell on clarinet were fixtures, but he was also able to attract sympathetic players - and so Benny Morton is on trombone on tracks 9-12, whilst James P. Johnson plays piano on tracks 7 and 8. Above all it sounds as though they were enjoying themselves, not just working through a set of sessions. This is what emerges from this CD, another example of good remastering and excellent sleeve notes from the seldom less than excellent Classics Collection

Excellent piece of work. This CD has class !! Maestro Sacasas pianos performances are superb .

It's a very complete CD of all of maestro Anselmo Sacasas glory days . Enjoy, good,fine,classic cuban music. This CD has CLASS !!!!