Les and Larry Elgart led a very musical dance band in the 1950s, one of the few new big bands of the era. The emphasis was always on the melody rather than on jazz solos and this live CD of previously unreleased performances (recorded in stereo) is quite predictable. Their orchestra performs 14 standards with taste but no real originality, making these recordings of value strictly as background music for fox-trotters. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi