The age of supersonic speeds and jet travel has brought the world closer to our doorstep. Oceans have shrunk and regions once inaccessible are overrun by tourists. We enjoy the sounds and atmosphere of world-wide locales in the coziness of our home. For music has the ability to reveal the very essence of a land, its heritage and folklore, its human feelings and temperaments, its moments of glory and despair. With Nathaniel Shilkret and the Symphonic “Pops” Orchestra as your guide, this album is your passport to the romantic world of travel through music, to destinations near and far, past and present. The musical jaunt ‘Around The World’ starts in Cuba with an intriguing arrangement of the captivating folk song, Ay Come Vengo or Come With Me. Its Caribbean flair, sweeping rhythms and clicking castañets bear traces of ancestral Spanish traditions. The traditions of another era – New York 1910 infuse the next offering, a side trip into the past when sunshades and sweaters, vaudeville and the follies were the vo