Ted Heath Big Band

Ted Heath Big Band

Ted Heath Big Band

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Top Songs

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Entry of the Gladiators
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Tin Roof Blues
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Sabre Dance
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Concerto for Verrell
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Ring Dem Bells

Albums

  • Big Bands of the Swingin' Years: Ted Heath Big Band (Digitally Remastered)

    Sep 2013 • 10 songs

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Ted Heath Big Band

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Ted Heath was one of the most famous big-band leaders in Great Britain of the 1950s. His bands played modernized swing music that was always danceable but occasionally had worthwhile solos played in the tradition. Heath started out playing tenor horn before he switched to trombone when he was 14. He spent a period playing as a street musician and then was discovered by Jack Hylton, who hired him for his band. Heath had long stints as a sideman with a variety of top dance bands, including ensembles led by Bert Firman (1924-1925), Hylton again (1925-1927), Ambrose (1928-1936), S...
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