Big Band Fascination [2006]

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review by: date: 2008-11-14 rating:
Some gems among the dross.
One or two good tracks musically; the Ellington track stands out for me and some surprises too but generally a patchy selection.
Lena Horne is shown singing a gutsy blues in her salad days but there are far too many female vocalists who are neither easy on the eye or ear.
Dancers on display include Cyd Charisse who struts her stuff to an unnamed Latin band in a manner that would disgrace Strictly Come Dancing.
There's also a lot of lindyhopping bobbysoxers.
No remastering, so sound and picture quality could have been much better. Even the few good tracks were let down by being poorly edited, prematurely faded out etc.
But there ARE enough gems to be discovered, that Teagarden footage must be rare enough to justify checking it out.

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