Freddie Slack - Mr. Five By Five: The Singles Collection 1940-49Freddie Slack was a boogie woogie pianist and swing bandleader who started out with Jimmy Dorsey's band in the 1930s and subsequently racked up a string of hits in the 1940s, first with the Will Bradley Orchestra and then leading his own band, some of them with the fine singers Ella Mae Morse and Margaret Whiting on vocals. This 49 track 2 CD collection begins with his hits with the Will Bradley Orchestra on Columbia, and then comprises selected A & B

beginning his career as an assistant to Claudio Abbado at La Scala in Milan

and is an entertaining showcase for his work

with the "C

This over the top werewolf comedy will surely have you barking for more

This 30-track CD comprises the A&B sides of all his singles on Ace

Bertali's great Chaconne for solo violin (also recorded here) belongs to the standard baroque repertoire

Blues In The Dark"

Horace Silver

and unlike many of their peers were more influenced by classical and Latin music than by gospel

the actual preferred candidate

soaring harmonies and idiosyncratic musical settings more than Brian Wilson

Curt Boettcher and Brian Wilson