Best of The Big Bands

~ Release by The BBC Big Band Orchestra, Barry Forgie, Roland Shaw (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Barry Forgie consistently misspelled as Barry Forge.

3 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase. (Also sold in a Longbox - same cat#s, same set barcode.)

Cat# / Barcode (CD 1): C-5634-1 / 056775624828
Cat# / Barcode (CD 2): C-5634-2 / 056775624927
Cat# / Barcode (CD 3): C-5634-3 / 056775625023

DDD

Recorded: June/July 1991 at the BBC
Maida Vale, London England

Distributed by Distributions Madacy Inc.
P.O. Box 1445, St-Laurent, Quebec, Canada H4L 4Z1

Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Vol. 1 Catalog Number/Matrix Number): C-5634-1
Matrix / Runout (Vol. 2 Catalog Number/Matrix Number): C-5634-2
Matrix / Runout (Vol. 3 Catalog Number/Matrix Number): C-5634-3

Annotation last modified on 2026-07-18 10:00 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Big Bands, Vol. 1
2▼CD: The Big Bands, Vol. 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1King Porter Stomp
conductor:
Barry Forgie
performer:
The BBC Big Band
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
The BBC Big Band Orchestra3:08
2Little Brown Jug
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
performer:
The BBC Big Band
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
The BBC Big Band Orchestra3:26
3Chattanooga Choo Choo
conductor:
Barry Forgie
performer:
The BBC Big Band
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
The BBC Big Band Orchestra3:33
4Tuxedo Junction
orchestra and performer:
The BBC Big Band
conductor:
Barry Forgie
instrumental recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
The BBC Big Band Orchestra3:28
5Take the “A” Train
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
performer:
The BBC Big Band
The BBC Big Band Orchestra3:23
6Moonlight Serenade
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
performer:
The BBC Big Band
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
The BBC Big Band Orchestra4:04
7Down South Camp Meeting
conductor:
Barry Forgie
performer:
The BBC Big Band
The BBC Big Band Orchestra3:12
8Anvil Chorus
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
performer:
The BBC Big Band
recording of:
Anvil Chorus (arr. Gray for big band)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
arrangement of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
The BBC Big Band Orchestra4:53
9Boogie Woogie Maxie
conductor:
Barry Forgie
performer:
The BBC Big Band
The BBC Big Band Orchestra2:34
10Body and Soul
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
performer:
The BBC Big Band
The BBC Big Band Orchestra4:03
11The Very Thought of You
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
performer:
The BBC Big Band
recording of:
The Very Thought of You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
The BBC Big Band Orchestra3:39
12Skyliner
conductor:
Barry Forgie
performer:
The BBC Big Band
The BBC Big Band Orchestra3:03
3▶CD: The Big Bands, Vol. 3