Erskine Hawkins - Jukebox Hits

Jukebox Hits gives a nice overview of Erskine Hawkins' work from 1940-1950.
Hawkins and his band never hit the dizzying heights of such bands as Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, The Dorseys or Count Basey (to name a few of the superstars of the time) but was a solid working band of the era.
The style ranges from big band to swing to bebop to pop corn (Tennessee Waltz is atrociously cornball).
The musicianship is first-rate and the instrumental numbers are great but the vocal tunes are not up to the same standard.
Unfortunately some of the recordings are scratchy and/or tinny.
There are also decent liner notes and information for each song.