Bobby Christian – The Big Dance Band Sound (1965/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Bobby Christian – The Big Dance Band Sound (1965/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:43 minutes | 580 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dauntless Records

A mainstay of Dick Schory’s percussion ensemble, Bobby Christian recorded a number of excellent space age pop albums on his own. Raised in Chicago, he studied music in his teens and then toured throughout the Midwest with a series of now-forgotten dance bands. He quit the road in the mid-1940s and joined the musical staff of NBC Radio in Chicago, under the leadership of Roy Shield. During this time, he set up his own school for other percussionists and taught such perfomers as Cozy Cole. In 1950, he moved to New York City and switched networks, joining ABC, where he worked on such early series as “Tales of Tomorrow.” In 1955, he joined the NBC Symphony of the Air and toured Asia with conductor Arturo Toscannini.

In 1956, he returned to Chicago and began working with Schory in parallel to leading his own band in local clubs and dance venues. When Schory switched from Mercury to RCA, Christian nailed his own recording contract with Audio Fidelity. He was an occasional composer as well, focusing on Leroy Anderson-like pieces with titles like, “Crickets on Parade,” “Tuba Square Dance,” “Space Suit,” and “Krazy Kwilt.” His daughter, Vernyle, provided ethereal wordless vocal effects to individual cuts on several of his albums.

Tracklist:

1. Bobby Christian – Playboy Theme (02:45)
2. Bobby Christian – Skyway (02:38)
3. Bobby Christian – The Gentleman Is A Dope (02:58)
4. Bobby Christian – Lazy River (01:50)
5. Bobby Christian – Baila Mi Cha Cha Cha (02:46)
6. Bobby Christian – Time Was (02:56)
7. Bobby Christian – Saturday Date (02:38)
8. Bobby Christian – Sweet & Gentle (02:53)
9. Bobby Christian – I’ve Heard That Song Before (02:47)
10. Bobby Christian – Do I Worry (02:55)
11. Bobby Christian – S’Posin’ (02:27)
12. Bobby Christian – There’ll Be Some Changes (03:06)

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