Halfway to Everywhere, by Harry James

Halfway to Everywhere

by Harry James

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1.	Satin Doll 04:00	buy track
2.	How Deep Is the Ocean 03:30	buy track
3.	If I'm Lucky 02:40	buy track
4.	The Creeper 02:49	buy track
5.	Lover Man 03:21	buy track
6.	Take the "A" Train 04:22	buy track
7.	Harry's Delight 02:55	buy track
8.	Moanin' Low 03:19	buy track
9.	Hot Pink 02:47	buy track
10.	Rainbow Kiss 03:59	buy track
11.	Kingsize Blues 02:57	buy track
12.	Shiny Stockings 04:58	buy track
13.	Sleepy Lagoon 02:59	buy track
14.	Sunday Morning 02:37	buy track
15.	Walkin' 04:22	buy track
16.	Harry, Not Jesse 03:00	buy track
17.	What a Woman Feels 03:04	buy track
18.	Undecided 04:15	buy track
19.	Deep Purple 02:51	buy track
20.	Strictly Instrumental 03:13	buy track
21.	Jersey Bounce 02:46	buy track
22.	Slats * 04:34	buy track
23.	Man with the Blues * 03:36	buy track

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Harry James (born March 15, 1916) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader. He was especially known among musicians for his technical proficiency as well as his tone, and was influential on new trumpet players from the late 1930s into the 1940s. He was also an actor in a number of films that usually featured his band.

James' band was the first high-profile orchestra to feature vocalist Frank Sinatra, who signed a one-year, $75 a week contract with it in 1939, (worth $1,500 in 2020). James wanted to change Sinatra's name to 'Frankie Satin', but the singer refused. Sinatra only worked seven months before leaving to join Tommy Dorsey's outfit. The James band's featured female vocalist was Helen Forrest, and his later band included drummer Buddy Rich and bassist Thurman Teague. Johnny MacAfee was featured on the sax and vocals, and Corky Corcoran was a youthful sax prodigy.

Harry James was a heavy smoker, drinker and gambler. In 1983 he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer, but continued to work. He played his last professional job, with the Harry James Orchestra, in Los Angeles, dying just nine days later in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 5, 1983 at age 67. Frank Sinatra gave the eulogy at his funeral, held in Las Vegas.

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nagel heyer records, of Hamburg, Germany, was founded in 1992 by Hans Nagel-Heyer, an enthusiastic jazz fan, and his wife Sabine..

The label's mission is to present the finest in modern, mainstream and traditional jazz by some of the best swing-orientated jazzmen in the world today.

In 2020 we celebrated the 28th anniversary of the label - and looking forward to much more great music to come. ... more

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