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JAZZ, DANCE BANDS & VOCALISTS

 George Cables  -> Al Casey

 

  

GEORGE CABLES Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 725 Cables' Vision ● CD $12.98
Somewhat erratic late-'70's effort by pianist George Cables. Although it features heavyweights such as Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Watts and Bobby Hutcherson, this disc veers dangerously close to "lite jazz" - picking up a static, dated quality on the two tunes burdened with electric piano. Luckily, Cables is a fine acoustic pianist and proves it on the other four cuts. Hutcherson's vibe fills are beautifully understated and Hubbard's trumpet tour de force Byrdlike is the record's high point, an uptempo post-bop romp which offers joyously strong solos all around. (PL)

 
THE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS Timeless 1-053 1925-1928 ● CD $15.98
23 tracks featuring Adrian Rollino, Spencer Clark, Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey and Bobby davis.
 
CAB CALLOWAY Acrobat 4026 Jukebox Hits, 1930-1950 ● CD $13.98
20 tracks, 60 min, essential
You may have noticed that most titles in this series start in the 40s & this one starts in 1930. The first Black music chart, "The Harlem Hit Parade" started Oct '42. The first cuts here actually crossed over and were in the Pop Top charts. In fact, due to Cab's long Cotton Club residency, the first dozen are from '30-34. And most of these we still know today, Minnie The Moocher/ St. Louis Blues/ St. James Infirmary/ Kickin' The Gong Around/ Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea/ (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You/ Moon Glow, etc. After that, the hits were few & far between, but there were still some Pop hitslike The Jumpin' Jive, and by the end, doing covers of The Honeydripper & Shotgun Boogie. (GM)
CAB CALLOWAY: (Hep! Hep!) The Jumpin Jive/ Between the Devil And the Deep Blue Sea/ Blues in the Night/ Chinese Rhythm/ Fifteen Minute Intermission/ Jitter Bug/ Kickin the Gong Around/ Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm/ Minnie the Moocher/ Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day/ Moon Glow/ Reefer Man/ Roomin' House Boogie/ Shotgun Boogie/ St James Infirmary/ St Louis Blues/ The Caloway Boogie/ The Honeydripper/ Trickeration/ You Rascal You

 
CAB CALLOWAY ASV CDAJA 5013 Kicking The Gong Around ● CD $11.98
20 tracks by flamboyant singer from 1930-31
CAB CALLOWAY: Aw, You Dog!/ Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea/ Black Rhythm/ Bugle Call Rag/ Down Hearted Blues/ Farewell Blues/ Kicking The Gong Around/ Minnie The Moocher/ Mood Indigo/ My Honey's Loving Arms/ Nobody's Sweetheart/ Six Or Seven Times/ Some Of These Days/ Somebody Stole My Gal/ St. Louis Blues/ The Nightmare/ Triggeration/ Without Rhythm/ Yaller/ You Rascal, You!

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 516 The Chronological Cab Calloway 1930-1931 ● CD $14.98
24 tracks, 72 mins., fans only
Having been raised on plenty of "best of" Calloway recordings, I'm used to some pretty fired-up stuff from this master of jive and comic showmanship. But little of that comes through on this collection of the first sides Calloway laid down as leader of his own orchestra. Okay, it is 1930, and swing really hasn't caught on yet. But these guys really haven't found the backbeat. Strictly for the historical completists, the first recorded version of "Minnie the Moocher" here is annoyingly flawed with a jump that sounds like a computer editing mistake. Calloway covered Ellington gamely, with his "Mood Indigo" sporting a guitar solo that would do R. Crumb proud. Definitely a band in search of a sound, their "St. James Infirmary," far from being a classic blues, toggles between cartoon music and tango, not entirely successful either way, though Walter Thomas' bari sax work is a hoot. Later Cab was a legend. But in 1930? Well... (DC)
CAB CALLOWAY: Black Rhythm/ Blues In My Heart/ Casanova's Lament/ Nightmare/ Creole Love Song/ Dixie Vagabond/ Doin' The Rhumba/ Farewell Blues/ Gotta Darn Good Reason Now (For Bein' Good)/ Happy Feet/ I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby/ Is That Religion?/ Jack Hits The Road/ Minnie The Moocher/ Mood Indigo/ My Honey's Lovin' Arms/ Nobody's Sweetheart/ Six Or Seven Times/ So Sweet/ Some Of These Days/ St. James Infirmary/ St. Louis Blues/ Sweet Jenny Lee/ The Levee Low-Down/ The To A Shylock/ The Viper's Drag/ Yaller

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 526 The Chronological Cab Calloway 1931-1932 ● CD $14.98
CAB CALLOWAY: Ain't No Gal In This Town/ Aw You Dawg/ Basin Street Blues/ Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea/ Bugle Call Rag/ Cabin The The Cotton/ Corrinne Corinna/ Dinah/ Down-Hearted Blues/ I'm Moocher's Weddie Day/ It Looks Like Susie/ Kickin' The Gong Around/ Minnie The Corrine Corrine (Where've You Been So Long)/ Royal Garden Blues/ Somebody Stole My Gal/ Stack O'Lee Blues/ Stardust/ Strictly Cullud Affair/ Sweet Georgia Brown/ The Scat Song/ Trickeration/ Without Rhythm/ You Can't Stop Me From Lovin' You/ You Dog/ You Rascal, You

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 537 1932 ● CD $14.98
CAB CALLOWAY: Angeline/ Beale Street Mama/ Cotton Tail/ Dixie Doorway/ Eadie Was A Lady/ Early Session Hop/ Git Along/ Gotta Go Places And Do Things/ Harlem Holiday/ Hot Toddy/ How Come You Do Me Like You Do/ I Gotta Right Lullaby/ I'm Now Prepared To Tell The World It's You/ I've The World On A Straing/ My Sunday Gal/ Old Man Of The Mountain/ Old Yazoo/ Reefer Man/ Sepia Panorama/ Stardust To Sing The Blues/ Strange As It Seems/ Swanee Lullaby/ Sweet Rhythm/ That's What I Hate About Love/ The Man From Harlem/ This Time It's Love/ Wah-Dee-Dah/ You Gotta Ho-De-Ho (To Get Along With Me)

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 544 The Chronological Cab Calloway 1932-1934 ● CD $14.98
CAB CALLOWAY: 'Long About Midnight/ Avalon/ Chinese Rhythm/ Doin' The New Low-Down/ Emaline/ Evenin'/ Father's Got His Glasses On/ Harlem Camp Meeting/ Harlem Hospitality/ Hot Water/ Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz/ I Learned About Love From Her/ Jitter Bug/ Kickin' The Gong Around/ Little Town Gal/ Margie/ Minnie The Moocher/ Moon Glow/ Moonlight Rhapsody/ The Lady With The Fan/ The Scat Song/ There's A Cabin In The Cotton/ Zaz Zuh Zaz

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 554 1934-37 ● CD $14.98
23 tracks, 70 min., recommended
Fifth in a series of completist reissues of Calloway's recordings (beginning in 1930), this one swings with a big band energy, decent sound quality, and tunes from all over the musical spectrum: Miss Otis Regrets to a powerhouse remake of '20s Charleston hit Nagasaki, plus some novelty tunes to show off Calloway's vocal style and jazz humor, including The Hi- De-Ho Miracle Man. All but the final Variety session were recorded for Brunswick. Bandmembers include Ben Webster, Doc Cheatham and Milt Hinton. Under Calloway's direction the band leaned more toward entertaining than making artistic statements, the results are fun and swing like mad. (LK)
CAB CALLOWAY: Are You In Love With Me Again?/ Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?/ Congo/ Copper Colored Gal/ Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin'/ Firsco Flo/ Good Sauce From The Gravy Bowl/ I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me)/ I Love To Sing/ Jess' Natur'lly Lazy/ Keep That Hi-De-Hi In Your Soul/ Love Is The Reason/ Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)/ My Gal Mezzanine/ Nagasaki/ Peckin'/ Save Me, Sister/ Stomp, And Mrs. Swing/ That Man Is Here Again/ The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man/ The Wedding Of Mr. Is The Light/ Tulip Or Turnip/ Weakness/ When You're Smiling/ Women (They'll Get You)/ You're The Cure For What Ails Me

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 568 The Chronological Cab Calloway 1937-1938 ● CD $14.98
CAB CALLOWAY: (Just An) Error In The News/ A Minor Breakdown (Rustle Of Swing)/ Azure/ Bugle Blues/ Doing The Reactionary/ Every Day's A Holiday/ Foolin' With You/ Go South, Young Man/ Hi-De-Ho Romeo/ I Like Music (Played With A Swing Like This)/ I'm Always In The Mood For You/ In An Old English Village/ Jubilee/ Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm/ Manhattan Jam/ Moon At Sea/ One Big Union For Two/ Queen Isabella/ Rustle Of Swing/ Savage Rhythm/ She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific/ Swing, Swing, Swing/ Three Swings And Out/ Wake Up And Live

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 629 1940-1941 ● CD $14.98
Calloway fans get 21 sides of Cab's '40-41 all-star band lineup--songs that mostly don't find their way to Best of compilations. With Jonah Jones and Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, Chu Berry on bari sax, Cozy Cole on drums and arrangements by Benny Carter, this was one hot band, best known for their jumpin' jive hits, but equally proficient at big band ballads. You get all ends of the band's spectrum here, from the 12-bar Geechy Joe, the closest this CD gets to Moocher esthetics, to the big 1941 commercial hit Willow Weep For Me, to hot covers like Take the A Train. Carefully transferred from old technology, this is a particularly good showcase for the Calloway band's instrumental strengths. (DC)
CAB CALLOWAY: A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird/ Are You All Reet?/ Chattanooga Choo Choo/ Ebony Silhouette/ Geechy Joe/ Goin' Conga/ Hep Cat's Love Song/ Hot Air/ Jonah Joins The Cab/ Lonesome Nights/ Make Yourself At Home/ My Gal/ North Of The Mohawk Trail/ Run Little Rabbit/ Special Delivery/ St. James Infirmary/ St. James Infirmary/ Take The A Train/ The Workers' Train/ We Go Well Together/ Willow Weep For Me/ You Are The One In My Heart

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 682 1941-42 ● CD $14.98
CAB CALLOWAY: A Smo-o-oth One/ Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)/ Conchita (Cares Nothing About Love)/ Hey, Doc!/ I Get The Neck Of The Chicken/ I See A Million People (But All I Can See Is You)/ I Want To Rock/ I'll Be Around/ Let's Go Joe/ Lordy/ Minnie The Moocher/ Mrs. Finnigan/ My Coo-Coo Bird (Could Sing)/ Nain Nain (No No)/ Ogeechee River Lullaby/ Says Who? Says You, Says I!/ Tain't No Good/ Tappin' Off/ The Mermaid Song/ The Moment I Laid Eyes On You/ Virginia, Georgia And Caroline/ Who Calls?

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 996 1942-47 ● CD $14.98
CAB CALLOWAY: A Blue Serge Suit With A Belt In The Back/ Afternoon Moon/ All At Once/ Chant Of The Jungle/ Dawn Time/ If This Isn't Love/ Don't Falter At The Alter/ Give Me Twenty Nickels For A Dollar/ Everybody Eats When They Come To My House/ Foo A Little Bally-hoo/ Foo A Little Ballyhoo/ Here I Go Dreamin' Away/ Hey Now, Hey Now/ Hi-De-Ho Man/ I Got A Gal Named Nettie/ I'm Making Believe/ Let's Take The Long Way Home/ Necessity/ Oh Grandpa/ San Francisco Fan/ The Calloway Boogie/ The Honeydripper/ The Jungle King/ Two Blocks Down, Turn To The Left/ What's Buzzin', Cousin?

 
CAB CALLOWAY Classics 1287 1949-1955 ● CD $14.98
22 tracks recorded 1949-1955 with Sam Taylor, Panama Francis, Milt Hinton, Ike Quebec and others - Baby It's Cold Outside/ Ol' Joe Louis/ Rooming House Boogie/ The Duck Trot/ The Keeper Of The Blues/ Que Pasa Chica/ Frosty Morning/ I'll Get By/ Minnie The Moocher/ Hey Joe/ Such A Night/ Learning The Blues, etc
CAB CALLOWAY: Baby It's Cold Outside/ Frosty Morning/ Gambler1s Guitar (Gambler's Blues)/ Hey Joe/ I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped/ I'll Get By/ Jilted/ La Muruca/ Learning The Blues/ Minnie The Moocher/ Ol' Joe Louis/ One For My Baby/ Pero Que Jelengue/ Que Pasa Chica/ Rooming House Boogie/ Shot Gun Boogie/ Such A Night/ The Duck Trot/ The Huckle-Buck/ The Keeper Of The Blues/ Unchained Melody/ Your Voice

 
CAB CALLOWAY Columbia-Legacy CK 57645 Are You Hep To The Jive? ● CD $9.98
22 tracks, 65 mins., recommended
This is a great set of wartime zoot-suit jive from 1939-47, when Calloway was the defining force in good-time dance music. Outstanding liner notes capture the excitement and high-voltage humor of this unique band. The only thing omitted is credits for the band members. Half the tunes are Calloway's originals. Immense fun is obviously had by the whole band who regularly sing and talk back to Cab in true hep-cat fashion. You get definitive versions of the requisite hits like Hey Now, Everybody Eats, and Minnie the Moocher, which have appeared often enough on other compilations. But you also get three previously unreleased sides including Don't Falter at the Altar from 1947. Truly fine masters were used for this CD. Crank it up and you can close your eyes and dance at the Cotton Club. (DC)
CAB CALLOWAY: A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird/ Are You All Reet?/ Are You Hep to the Jive?/ Boo-Wah Boo-Wah/ Boog It/ Chant of the Jungle/ Come on With the 'Come On'/ Don't Falter at the Alter/ Everybody Eats When They Come to My House/ Foo a Little Bally Hoo/ Hep Cat's Love Song/ Hey Now, Hey Now/ I Want to Rock/ Minnie the Moocher/ Oh Grandpa/ Papa's in Bed With His Britches On/ Tarzan of Harlem/ The Calloway Boogie/ The Jungle King/ Twee-Twee-Tweet/ What's Buzzin' Cousin?/ Who's Yehoodi?

 
CAB CALLOWAY JSP 908 The Early Years, 1930-1934 ● CD $29.98
The latest in JSP's fine series of budget priced box sets is a four CD set devoted to the early recordings of the King Of Hi-De-Ho.
CAB CALLOWAY: 'Long About Midnight/ A Strictly Cullud Affair/ Ain't Got No Gal In This Town/ Angeline/ Avalon/ Aw You Dawg/ Basin Street Blues/ Beale Street Mama/ Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea/ Black Rhythm/ Blues In My Heart/ Bugle Call Rag/ Cabin In The Cotton/ Chinese Rhythm/ Corinne Corinna/ Creole Love Song (Creole Love Call)/ Dinah/ Dixie Doorway/ Dixie Vagabond/ Doin' The Rumba/ Down-Hearted Blues/ Eadie Was A Lady/ Emaline/ Evenin'/ Farewell Blues/ Father's Got His Glasses On/ Git Along/ Gotta Darn Good Reason Now (For Bein' Good)/ Gotta Go Places And Do Things/ Happy Feet/ Harlem Camp Meeting/ Harlem Holiday/ Harlem Hospitality/ Hot Toddy/ Hot water/ Hotcha razz-Ma-tazz/ How Come You Do Me Like You Do?/ I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues/ I Learned About Love From Her/ I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby/ I'm Now Prepared To Tell The World It's You/ I've Got The World On A String/ Is That Religion?/ It Looks Like Susie/ Jitter Bug/ Kickin' The Gong Around/ Kickin' The Gong Around/ Little Town Girl/ Margie/ Minnie The Moocher/ Minnie The Moocher/ Minnie The Moocher's Weddie Day/ Mood Indigo/ Moon Glow/ Moonlight Rhapsody/ My Honey's Lovin' Arms/ My Sunday Gal/ Nobody's Sweetheart/ Old Yazoo/ Reefer Man/ Six Or Seven Times/ So Sweet/ Some Of These Days/ Somebody Stole My Gal/ St. James' Infirmary/ St. Louis Blues/ Stardust/ Stock O'Lee Blues/ Strange As It Seems/ Swanee Lullaby/ Sweet Georgia Brown/ Sweet Jennie Lee/ Sweet Rhythm/ That's What I Hate About Love/ The Lady With The Fan/ The Levee Low-Down/ The Man From Harlem/ The Nightmare/ The Old Man Of The Mountain/ The Scat Song/ The Scat Song/ The Viper's Drag/ There's A Cabin In The Cotton/ This Time It's Love/ Trickeration/ Wah-Dee-Dah/ Weakness/ Without Rhythm/ Yaller/ You Can't Stop Me From Lovin' You/ You Dog/ You Gotta Ho-De-Ho (To Get Along With Me)/ You Rascal, You/ Zaz Zuh Zaz

 
CAB CALLOWAY JSP JSPCD 914 Vol. 2: 1935-1940 ● CD $28.98
The second volume devoted to this important artist features four CDs with 107 tracks recorded between 1935 and 1940, newly remastered by Ted Kendall. Sidemen include Chu Berry, Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Cheatham, Milt Hinton, Cozy Cole and others
CAB CALLOWAY: (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive/ (Just An) Error In The News/ A Bee Gezindt/ A Good Sauce From The Gravy Bowl/ A Minor Breakdown (Rustle Of Swing)/ A New Moon And An Old Serenade/ Ad-De-Dey/ Afraid Of Love/ Angels With Dirty Faces/ April In My Heart/ Are You In Love With Me Again?/ At The Clambake Carnival/ Azure/ Baby Won't You Please Come Home/ Blue Interlude/ Boog It/ Bugle Blues/ Bye Bye Blues/ Calling All Bars/ Chili Con Conga/ Chop, Chop, Charlie Chan/ Come On With The 'Come On'/ Congo/ Copper Colored Gal/ Crescendo In Drums/ Deep In A Dream/ Do I Care? No. No/ Do It Again/ Do You Wanna Jump Children/ Doing The Reactionary/ Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin'/ Every Day's A Holiday/ F D R Jones/ Feelin' Tip Top/ Fifteen Minute Intermission/ Floogie Walk/ Foolin' With You/ For The Last Time I Cried Over You/ Frisco Flo/ Give, Baby, Give/ Go South Young Man/ Hi-De-Ho Romeo/ Hi-De-Ho Serenade/ Hoy Hoy/ I Ain't Gettin Nowhere Fast/ I Ain't Got Nobody/ I LIke Music (With A Swing Like That)/ I Love To Sing/ I'm Always In The Mood For You/ I'm Madly In Love With You/ In An Old English Village/ Jes' Natch'ully Lazy/ Jive (Page One Of The Hepster's Dictionary)/ Jive Formation, Please/ Jubilee/ Keep That Hi-De-Hi In Your Soul/ Long-Long Ago/ Love Is The Reason/ Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm/ Manhattan Jam/ Miss Hallelujah Brown/ Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)/ Moon At Sea/ Mr. Paganini, Swing for Minnie/ My Gal Mezzanine/ Nagasaki/ One Big Union For Two/ One Look At You/ Paradiddle/ Peck-A-Doodle-Do/ Penguin Swing/ Pickin' The Cabbage/ Pluckin' The Bass/ Queen Isabelle/ Ratamcue/ Reckin'/ Rhapsody In Rhumba/ Rustle Of Swing/ Savage Rhythm/ Save Me, Sister/ She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terriffic/ Shout, Shout, Shout/ Sincere Love/ Skrontch/ Swing, Swing, Swing/ Tarzan Of Harlem/ Tee-Um, Tee-Um, Tee-I, Tahiti/ That Man Is Here Again/ The Boogie-Woogie/ The Conga-Conga/ The Ghost Of A Chance/ The Ghost Of Smokey Joe/ The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man/ The Lone Arranger/ The Wedding Of Mr and Mrs Swing/ There's A Sunny Side To Everything/ Three Swings And Out/ Topsy Turvy (Hard Times)/ Trylon Swing/ Twee-Twee-Tweet/ Utt-Da-Zay/ Vuelva/ Wake Up And Live/ We're Breeakin' Up A Lovely Affair/ When You're Smiling/ Who's Yehoodi?/ You're The Cure For What Ails Me

 
CAB CALLOWAY Magic 52 Cruisin' With Cab - The King Of Hi De Hi Live, 1944/50 ● CD $15.98
18 tracks recorded live including That Old Black Magic/ Stormy Weather/ One O'Clock Jump and others.
 
CAB CALLOWAY Neatwork 2065 The Alternative Takes, 1930-1944 ● CD $14.98
25 tracks, 75 min, highly recommended
As opposed to the other jazz greats in this series, Cabbell seems to have the fewest existing alternate takes, as they're all on this vol! Starting with '30-32 Brunswick sessions including Is That Religion?, which you might remember as the theme to Andy's Gang - "I got shoes, you got shoes, all God's chillun got shoes". Then there's 33-34 Victor sides including Minnie The Moocher & Jitter Bug, '38 Vocalion sides, '40-41 Okeh sides (A Chicken Ain't Nohin' But A Bird/ Who's Yahoodi) & finally V-Disc sessions from '43-44 (Diga Diga Doo/ Cruisin' With Cab). Musicians include his wonderful trumpeters Lamarr Wright, Shad Collins & Jonah Jones, + Foots Thomas, DePriest Wheeler, Ben Webster, & from '39-40 Dizzy Gillespie! (GM)

 
MIKE CAMPBELL Audiophile 259 One On One ● CD $15.98
Vocalist/guitarist with Tom Garvin on piano & John Heard on bass
 
MIKE CAMPBELL Audiophile 272 Easy Chair Jazz ● CD $15.98
Featuring Mike singing - arranging with small ensembles
 
ROY CAMPBELL Delmark 456 New Kingdom ● CD $15.98
With Zane Massey, Ricardo Strobert, Bryan Carrott 1992
 
ROY CAMPBELL Delmark 469 La Tierra Del Fuego (the Land Of Fire) ● CD $15.98
roy campbell-tpt, zane massey-ts, ricardo strobert-as & fl, rahn burton-pno+
 
MUTT CAREY & LEE COLLINS American Music 72 Mutt Carey & Lee Collins ● CD $15.98
Two lps in their entirety, recorded 1946
 
FRANKIE CARLE Circle 43 Frankie Carle And His Orchestra-1944-194 ● CD $15.98
Vocals by phyllis lynne, marjorie hughes, and paul allen, 20 cuts
 
FRANKIE CARLE Circle 146 Frankie Carle And His Orchestra-1944-194 ● CD $15.98
vocals by marjorie hughes, gregg lawrence, lee columbo, allen sims, and bob lochen, 20 cuts
 
FRANKIE CARLE & HIS ORCHESTRA ASV CDAJA 5436 Sunrise Serenade ● CD $11.98
28 tracks recorded between 1937 and 1950 by this popular and long lived big band - Oh What It Seemed To Be/ Rumours Are Flying/ Beg Your Pardon/ Roses In The rain/ Sweet Lorraine/ It's All Over Now, etc.

 
UNA MAE CARLISLE Classics 1209 1938-1941 ● CD $14.98
UNA MAE CARLISLE: Beautiful Eyes/ Blitzkrieg Baby/ Don't Try Your Jive On Me/ Hangover Blues/ I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby/ I Met You Then, I Know You Now/ I See A Million People/ I Would Do Anything For You/ I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby/ If I Had you/ It's Sad But True/ Love Waled In/ Mean To Me/ Now I Lay Me Down To Dream/ Oh I'm Evil/ Papa's In Bed With His Britches On/ The Booglie Wooglie Piggy/ There'll Be Some Changes Made/ Walkin' By The River/ You Made Me Love You/ You Mean So Much To Me

 
UNA MAE CARLISLE Classics 1230 1941-1944 ● CD $14.98
UNA MAE CARLISLE: 'Tain't Yours/ Ain't Nothin' Much/ Anything/ Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man/ City Called Heaven/ Coffee And Cakes/ Don't Tetch It!/ He's The Best Little Yankee To Me/ I Like It, ' Cause I Love It/ I Speak So Much About You/ I'm A Good, Good, Woman/ I'm The One Who Loves You/ I'm Tryin'/ I've Got A Crying Need For You/ It Ain't Like That/ Moonlight Masquerade/ My Wish/ So Long, Shorty/ Sweet Talk/ Teasin' Me/ Without You Baby/ You And Your Heart Of Stone/ You Gotta Take Your Time/ You're Gonna Change Your Mind

 
UNA MAE CARLISLE Classics 1265 1944-1950 ● CD $14.98
UNA MAE CARLISLE: A Rhythm Mood/Escape To Nowhere/Jumpin' With The Stars/ Be Good To Me/ Do/Doodle Doo/Perfectly/ Forgive Me For Getting Forgetful/Good Better Rest/Baby Please/ Frenzy/ Gone/ I Bought Myself A Book/ I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby/ If It Ain't Mine/ Long/ Mad About Love/ Ohi-Ohio Boogie/ Stop Goin' Through The Motions/ Strange/ That Glory Day/ That's My Man/ The Best Idea You Had/ The Great Mesmer/Hypnotized/Piano Magic/ The Rest Of My Life/ There's Something About The Boogie/A One Minute Journey To Boogieland/Una's/ Three Little Bugs/ Throw It Out Your Mind/ Tired Hands/ Tonight Be Tendor To Me/ Troubled Waters/War Democracy Triumphant/ We've All Got A Lesson To Learn

 
BILL CARLSEN Jazz Oracle 8014 Bill Carlsen ● CD $15.98
23 tracks, 63 min, recommended
One of the finest labels ever to reissue & rescue old jazz is back for it's 2nd set of releases, starting off with very obscure hot dance. Legendary blues label Paramount had a jazz subsidiary Broadway, which is where most of these recording originate. Carlsen was a Milwaukee based reed player (cl, as, ts) who directed the house band for a restaurant called The Wisconsin Roof. The band, known as The Wisconsin Roof Orch of Devine's Wisconsin Roof Orch, as big in the mid-west, especially Chicago, but never further than that. All of the band's recordings, done under both names from '26-29 are heard here, all for Broadway except an alternate take of Tiger Rag put out by EBW, & a never issued test pressing of Wherever You Go, Whatever You Do. By '29, Carlsen was top named (Bill Carlsen & His Orch) for these 4 '29-31 sides showing more jazz, including Milenburg Joys & Clarinet Marmalade. These are remarkably clean sounding (mastering is, of course, by The Master - John RT Davies), considering that Paramount pressings were notoriously poor. (GM)

 
HOAGY CARMICHAEL & OTHERS JSP JSPCD 918 The First Of The Singers Songwriters- Key Cuts -1924-46 ● CD $28.98
A four CD box set with 101 tracks in tribute to one of the great composers of American popular song. It includes performances of most of his best loved compositions such as Riverboat Shuffle/ Star Dust/ Rockin' Chair/ Georgia On My Mind/ (Up A) Lazy River/ Lazy Bones/ New Orleans/ Two Sleepy People/ Skylark and Hong Kong Blues. 40 of these recordings are by Carmichael himself with varying accompaniment, the other tracks are various interpretations of his works by singers and bands of the era, including Bix Beiderbecke & The Wolverine Orch., Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, the Paul Whiteman Orch., the Jean Goldkette Orch., Irving Mills Hotsy-Totsy Gang, Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Mildred Bailey, Ethel Waters, Nat Gonella, the Frankie Trumbauer Orch., Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch., the Dorsey Brothers Orch., and the Boswell Sisters and the set includes two previously unreleased tracks from 1928. Set has been remastered by John R.T. Davies and Doug Pomeroy and comes with an 84 page illustarted booklet with and essay written by Richard M Sudhalter, Carmichael's official biographer and each individual CDs have discographical info.

 
HOAGY CARMICHAEL & FRIENDS RCA Bluebird 63909 Stardust Melody ● CD $16.98
21 tracks, 67 min, essential
The good thing about when a biography comes out, the artists' material get reissued & re-evaluated. With Stardust Melody: The Life & Times Of Hoagy Carmichael now out, the newly revived Bluebird label gave its author, Richard Sudhalter, the go-ahead to do a CD. He selected the tunes & wrote the liner notes, which gives it the mark of a well-done CD, not something a studio hack slapped together. The tunes here mainly feature the composer playing the earliest versions of his greatest work, starting out with a gorgeous solo piano version of Stardust from '33, then going into 2 never-before heard Hoagy Carmichael Orch sides from '29, doing Rockin' Chair, with Hoagland on vocals, & March Of The Hoodlums. Rockin' Chair is also heard on 2 other recordings, one by Mildred Bailey from '32 that was such a big hit that she became known as The Rockin' Chair Lady, & again by the duo who are probably best known for it, Louis Armstrong & Jack Teagarden, heard here from a '47 All-Stars session. Bailey is also heard on a '31 version of Georgia On My Mind - in fact there are a few tunes here not to feature Hoagy, most notably Earl Hines' '42 version of Skylark, Hot Lips Page doing Small Fry from '38, & 2 '39 recordings by Ethel Waters - Old Man Harlem & Bread And Gravy. (GM)

 
RICHARD CARR & HOWARD ALDEN Audiophile 253 Just The Two Of Us ● CD $15.98
Versatile violinist with inventive guitarist
 
BENNY CARTER ASV CDAJA 5075 Symphony In Riffs ● CD $11.98
22 tracks of Carter's genius, with Coleman Hawkins, ben webster, teddy wilson + 1930-37
BENNY CARTER: Blue Interlude/ Blues In My Heart/ Bugle Call Rag/ Dee Blues/ Devil's Holiday/ Dream Lullaby/ Everybody Shuffle/ Just A Mood/ Lazy Afternoon/ Lonesome Nights/ Nightfall/ Once Upon A Time/ Pardon Me Pretty Baby/ Pastoral/ Shoot The Works/ Skip It/ Swing It/ Swingin' With Mezz/ Symphony In Riffs/ Waltzing The Blues/ When Lights Are Low/ You Understand

 
BENNY CARTER Classics 1043 1946-1948 ● CD $14.98
BENNY CARTER: An Old Love Story/ Baby You're Mine For Keeps/ Back Back Boogie/ Cadillac Slim/ Chilpanicingo/ Deep Purple/ Forever Blue/ Give Me Something To Remember You By/ He's Funny That Way/ I Can't Get Started/ June Comes Around Every Year/ Lady Be Good/ Let Us Drink A Toast Together/ Melodrama In A V-Disc Record Room (Jump Call)/ Mexican Hat Dance/ Moonglow/ Out Of My Way/ Prelude To A Kiss/ Re-Bop Boogie/ Reina (My Lovely Queen)/ Sweet Georgia Brown/ Twelve O'Clock Jump/ What'll Be/ You'll Never Break My Heart Again/ Your Conscience Tells You So

 
BENNY CARTER Classics 1297 1948-1952 ● CD $14.98

 
BENNY CARTER Neatwork 2019 The Alternative Takes, Vol. 1 : 1936-1940 ● CD $13.98
30 tracks, 66 min, highly recommended
The 1st 9 sides are from Carter's European travels in '36 /37, with Benny & local musicians from London, Stockholm & The Hague, with one of the of the latter sessions featuring Coelman Hawkins. However, the rest of the disc is very fascinating - showing complete sessions for Vocalion 1/30/40, with 3 takes each of Sleep & Among My Souveniers & 9 takes of Fish Fry, including bits & breakdowns, done with an orch that includes such greats as Hawkins, Vic Dickenson, & Joe Thomas. Finally there's 5 takes of Smack from 5/25/40 dome for Commodore with an all-star sextet with Hawkins, Roy Eldridge & John Kirby. (GM)

 
BENNY CARTER Neatwork 2030 The Alternative Takes, Vol. 2 : 1940-1946 ● CD $13.98
21 tracks, 69 minutes, essential
Wonderful mostly small-group recordings. The first six tracks are from '40. Starting with an all-star sextet The Chocolate Dandies for Commodore from 5/25/40, with Carter on alto sax & piano (!) in a front line with Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge. Then there's two originally unissued OKeh sides by Carter & His All-Star Orch,, a 9 piece group including Georgie Auld, Benny Morton & Bill Coleman, with Big Joe Turner on vocals. The remaining tune are from 2 4/46 session done for Keynote - with Carter as part of pianist Arnold Ross Quintet including multiple takes of The Moon Is Low & Bye Bye Blues, & The Benny Carter Quintet, with carter & pianist Sonny White backed by unknown rhythm section. (GM)

 
BENNY CARTER Neatwork 2063 More Alternative Takes In Chronological Order,1936-1937 ● CD $13.98
24 tracks, 71 min, highly recommended
The latest volume, subtitled "More Alternate Takes In Chronological Order" finds Benny in Europe, recording in London for Vocalion with an Orch including such British greats as Tommy McQuater & Buddy Featherstonebaugh, with vocals by Elisabeth Welch & later with The Ramblers in Holland for Decca. All tunes are versions originally unreleased. Swingin' At The Maida Vale/ When Day Is Done/ Scandal In A Flat/ Gin & Jive/ Rambler's Rhythm., etc. (GM)

 
BENNY CARTER Original Jazz Classics 167 Jazz Giant ● CD $12.98

 
BENNY CARTER Original Jazz Classics 339 Swingin' The 20's ● CD $12.98

 
BENNY CARTER Original Jazz Classics 374 Live - Montreux '77 ● CD $12.98

 
BENNY CARTER Original Jazz Classics 736 Live & Well In Japan ● CD $12.98

 
BENNY CARTER Proper BOX 68 The Music Master ● CD $25.98
Alto saxist Benny Carter had a long and productive career. This four CD set with 88 tracks recorded between 1930 and 1952 includes his work with small groups as well as big bands and include performing with Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson, Dexter Gordon and others. Includes 52 page illustrated booklet with extensive notes and discographical information.
BENNY CARTER: Accent On Swing/ All Of Me/ Back Bay Boogie/ Blue Interlude/ Blue Interlude/ Blue Light Blues/ Blue Lou/ Blues In My Heart/ Boogie Woogie Sugar Blues/ Bugle Call Rag/ Bye Bye Blues/ Cadillac Slim/ Cloudy Skies/ Cuddle Up, Huddle Up/ Dee Blues/ Deep Purple/ Devil’s Holiday/ Dream Lullaby/ Everybody Shuffle/ Farewell Blues/ Fish Fry/ Forever Blues/ Funky Blues/ Gin And Jive/ Give Me Something To Remember You By/ Gone With The Wind/ Goodbye Blues/ Got Another Sweetie Now/ I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me/ I Can’t Escape From You/ I Can’t Get Started/ I Dont Know Why I Love You, Like I Do/ I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good/ I Never Knew/ I Surrender Dear/ Isn’t It Romantic?/ I’ll Never Give In/ I’m In The Mood For Swing/ Jam Blues/ Jump Call/ Key Largo/ Krazy Kapers/ Lady Be Good/ Lazy Afternoon/ Lonesome Nights/ Looking For A Boy/ Love For Sale/ Love, You’re Not The One For Me/ Lullaby To A Dream/ Malibu/ Melancholy Lullaby/ Midnight/ Mighty Like The Blues/ Moonglow/ My Buddy/ Nagasaki/ Night Hop/ O.K. For Baby/ Once Upon A Time/ Out Of My Way/ Pardon Me, Pretty Baby Rose,/ Poinciana/ Pom Pom/ Riff Romp/ Rose Room/ Shoot The Works/ Shufflebug Shuffle/ Six Bells Stampede/ Skip It/ Sleep/ Slow Freight/ Smack/ Somebody Loves Me/ Stairway To The Stars/ Sunday/ Sweet Georgia Brown/ Sweet Sue, Just You/ Swing It Bretz/ Symphony In Riffs/ Synthetic Love/ The Moon Is Low/ There’s A Small Hotel/ These Foolish Things/ What A Difference A Day Made/ What Is This Thing Called Love?/ What’ll It Be/ When Lights Are Low/ When Lights Are Low