Otto Cesana and His Orchestra, 1953

As we know, vintage easy-listening wasn't necessarily mild--certainly, these two tracks by Otto Cesana are, by EZ standards, downright in-your-face. Both originally appeared on the 10" Columbia LP, Sugar 'n' Spice (1953). Though the Clebanoff-style arrangements seem designed for stereo, they sound just great in monaural. Both numbers were penned by Cesana, though Night Train, of course, is the title of a much more famous Jimmy Forrest twelve-bar instrumental. There was, also, an earlier Whirlwind, by Stan (Riders in the Sky) Jones. I guess the music world was running out of titles by 1953 (?).


Night Train, 1953: http://www.box.net/public/lee/files/177267.html

Whirlwind, 1953: http://www.box.net/public/lee/files/177266.html

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Lee