Charles Barlow – Dancing to Freedom

Product Short Description

Charles Barlow and His Orchestra turn a repertoire of traditional song and march titles into a 14-track Standard and Latin dance programme. Dancing to Freedom includes Quickstep, Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango and five Latin dance categories, with supplied dance labels, durations and measures-per-minute values wherever documented.

Product Details

Album: Charles Barlow – Dancing to Freedom
Dance Style: Standard & Latin
Recording Type: Instrumental
Brand / Collection: Charles Barlow & His Orchestra
Number of Tracks: 14
Format: MP3

Product ID: 11515 Category: Music

Product Description

Yankee Doodle and British Grenadiers open Dancing to Freedom as a pair of Quicksteps, establishing an unusual song selection for a ballroom music album. Charles Barlow and His Orchestra continue with Waltzes based on Over the Water to Charlie and The Marquis of Granby before moving into Foxtrot. The programme is instrumental and brings 14 individually identified recordings into a collection spanning Standard and Latin dances.

The dance assignments are particularly useful when planning practice. The Telemark Tango forms the Tango entry, while Free America/Old Colonial Times and Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son are labelled Cha Cha. The Lucky Escape, Marion and The Grenadiers March 1776 extend the selection to Samba, Rumba and Paso Doble; Hot Stuff! closes it as Jive. These concrete labels make it possible to choose music by dance rather than relying on the song title alone.

Most tracks also include a tempo expressed in measures per minute. The two Quicksteps are listed at 49, the Waltzes at 30 and the Jive at 45, giving teachers and dancers an additional selection aid alongside the durations. Those units are retained as measures rather than converted into beats per minute. All original tracks, dance groupings and supplied timing values appear below in order, including the Cha Cha entry whose numerical tempo is not documented.