GENERATIONS OF SWING.
Recorded at RAN Band Studios, Waterloo 1996
The Swing genre has been a staple of the Royal Australian Navy's musical performances for many years. It was necessary in part, to support Ship's Company dances and to provide Navy musicians with a diversion from their traditional concert and ceremonial roles.

Swing bands and the military forged a partnership beginning with the great US forces' bands of the war years and, of course, through the imaginative pen of the legendary Glenn Miller. On this recording, the youthful excellence of the Navy's "ADMIRAL'S OWN" Big Band, has been yoked to the ageless mastery of Australia's father of Jazz, Don Burrows. This well entrenched and highly regarded association began in 1971 when Don first appeared on the Navy's "Blue Watermen" album.

"Taken from the cover notes written by CMDR Ashley Greedy.

TRACK LISTING

A STRING OF PEARLS (Gray)
SOME ONE TO WATCH OVER ME (Gershwin arr, Taylor)
JUAN OF THESE DAYS (Hooper)
MISTY (Garner arr, Wolpe)
A FOGGY DAY (Gershwin arr, Warrington)
MOONLIGHT SERENADE Parish arr, Malby)
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA (Jobin arr, Osser)
THE END OF A LOVE AFFAIR Redding arr, Niehaus)
TAKE THE "A" TRAIN (Strayhorn arr,Barduhn)
FLY ME TO THE MOON (Howard arr, Nestico)
GEORGIA (Carmichael arr, Wolpe)
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO (Warren arr, Mason)
LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING (Kern arr, Nestico)
PETITE FLEUR (Bechet arr, Lee)
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC (Trad arr, Osser)
SUMMER SAMBA, SO NICE (Valle arr, Florence)
LADY SINGS THE BLUES (Legrand arr, Lowden)
WALTZING MATILDA (Cowan arr, Lloyd)

DESIGN
Sam Monaghan

COVER DESIGN
ABMUSN Kara Williams

PHOTOGRAPHY
Naval Photographic Unit

COVER NOTES
CMDR Ashley Greedy

MIXED BY
Bernie Maude and Ashley Greedy

MASTERED BY
William Bowden (Festival Records)

RECORDED AT
RAN Band Studio, Waterloo