Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan, two of the Swing Era's most innovative and idealistic arrangers, organized their own orchestra in the early 1950s and by 1953 Time magazine had declared them as "the most original band heard in the U.S. in years". First time on CD these brilliant stereo recordings of two of their best albums, "The Return of the Doodletown Fifers" and "Pop Concert," made in 1960 and 1961, respectively, demonstrate more clearly and convincingly than ever what a unique orchestral combination The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was. Naturally, included is the tune most people associate them with, "Doodletown Fifers", adapted from a Civil War song. Also included is "Doodletown Races", based on de Camp town Races composed in 1850 by Stephen Foster..
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1 Doodletown Fifers
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2 April in Paris
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3 The Church Mouse
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4 When Hearts Are Young
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5 One Is a Lonely Number
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6 Doodletown Races
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7 Midnight Sleighride
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8 Moonlight on the Ganges
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9 A Foggy Day
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10 Rain
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11 Thursday's Child
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12 Darn That Dream
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13 Blue Moon
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14 The Bilbao Song
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15 Lullaby of the Leaves
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16 Messin' Around
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17 Trust in Me
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18 Rama Lama Ding Dong
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19 The Pony Dance
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20 I've Told Every Little Star
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21 You Can Depend on Me
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22 That Old Black Magic
Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan, two of the Swing Era's most innovative and idealistic arrangers, organized their own orchestra in the early 1950s and by 1953 Time magazine had declared them as "the most original band heard in the U.S. in years". First time on CD these brilliant stereo recordings of two of their best albums, "The Return of the Doodletown Fifers" and "Pop Concert," made in 1960 and 1961, respectively, demonstrate more clearly and convincingly than ever what a unique orchestral combination The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was. Naturally, included is the tune most people associate them with, "Doodletown Fifers", adapted from a Civil War song. Also included is "Doodletown Races", based on de Camp town Races composed in 1850 by Stephen Foster..
