NEWSLETTER #139
Jazz, Dance Bands & Vocalists
Louis Armstrong ->
Clarence Williams
NOTE: Unless otherwise noted all
DVDs offered are in NTSC format which means that they will not play on a
European DVD players unless you have a multiple format player. |
DUKE ELLINGTON |
Eagle Eye 39100 |
Love You Madley/ A Concert Of Sacred Music
From Grace |
● DVD $14.98 |
Two Emmy nominated TV shows from 1965 on DVD for the firs
time. "Love You Madly" is a behind-the-scene profile of Ellington
including interviews with Ellington and performances by him at Basin
Street West, the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival and his first concert at
Grace Cathedral. The second show is entirely devoted to the Sacred Music
concert featuring compositions commisioned by The Dean Of Grace Cathedral
in San Francisco as part of a yearlong celebration for the completion and
consecration of the Cathedral.
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LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Proper BOX 93 |
King Louis |
● CD $24.98 |
Four CD set 99 of Armstrong's classic early recordings
from 1923 through 1928. The first disc covers his work as a sideman with
King Olver, Fletcher Henderson, Clarence Willism' Blue Five and other. The
second and third disc features the timeless sides with the Hot Fives and
Hot Sevens. The final disc features sides with his orchestra, Carroll
Dickerson's Savoyagers, his Savoy Ballroom Five and more. Includes 52 page
illustrated booklet.
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DAVE BRUBECK |
Proper Box 90 |
Time Was |
● CD $24.98 |
4 discs, 79 tracks, essential
The complete early works of
the "Time Out" man, starting with his experimental post-army group The
Octet with Paul Desmond, Bill Smith Dave Van Kreidt & Cal Tjader, with
strange voicings, inspired by the Miles Davis "Birth Of The Cool" band, as
well as strange time signatures, which would be Dave's trademark. Brubeck
preferred to play well-known tunes so that his expertise would really
stand out. Switching to a trio with Cal Tjader early on then his quartet
with Paul Desmond (as) in '51, this covers numerous LPs as well as a few
live radio-shots previously only available on bootlegs. The set ends with
the live recordings that made up his 1st Columbia LP, the classic "Jazz
Goes To College" from '54. With 44 page booklet. (GM)
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BUDDY CLARK |
Collectors' Choice 506 |
Remembering Buddy Clark |
● CD $15.98 |
24 tracks, 71 min, excellent
Known mostly as a Bing
sound-alike & original member of "Your Hit Parade", Buddy's mostly been
served by Greatest Hits compilations. This is the 1st set to step outside
that realm with lots of pleasant pop recorded for Vocalion '38-42 - I
especially like a little-known Cole Porter tune I Hate You Darling.
Buddy went to war in '43, & came back in '46 signed to Columbia where he
stayed until his death in a plane crash in '49. Includes a few seldom
heard duets with Doris Day (You Was/ Confess) & Dinah Shore (Easy
To Love/ Nobody's Home At My House.). (GM)
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ROSEMARY CLOONEY |
Acrobat 219 |
Greatest Hits, 1948-1954 |
● CD $9.98 |
25 tracks, 66 min, recommended
Rosie's Columbia hits,
First as singer with the Tony Pastor Orch including "A" You're Adorable
with sister Betty (they were originally billed as The Cloony Sisters),
then Rosie's' solo sides, many of which were pop covers of country hits.
Lots of #1's & standards including Come On A My House (written by
William Saroyan & his cousin Ross Bagdasarian, who would later be known as
David Saville)/ Tenderly/ Beautiful Brown Eyes/ Blues In The Night/
This Ole House/ Hey There, even the hit cover of Cliff Carlisle's
Too Old To Cut The Mustard as a duet with Marlene Dietrich. 12 page
booklet with pics & discographical info. (GM)
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NAT "KING" COLE |
Acrobat 4211 |
Jukebox Hits 1942-1953 |
● CD $13.98 |
26 tracks, 67 minutes, highly recommended
All 26 tracks
here hit the Top 10 - five of them #1's, including the opener That
Ain't Right done for Decca - the rest are from Capitol except for
I'm Lost, done for Excelsior & released in '44 when Nat hit the
majors. The majority is by the original King Cole Trio, with Nat on piano
& vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar & Wesley Prince replaced by Johnny Miller
on bass. By '49 there was the new Nat King Cole & The Trio with Irv Ashby
on guitar & Joe Comfort on bass, but after Nat hit the big time with the
orchestral-backed Nature Boy, starting with Mona Lisa in
1950 it was lush orchestration. But if you, like me, love the Trio sound,
19 of the 26 are in this setting, including I'm A Shy Guy/ Straighten
Up & Fly Right/ Route 66/ Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You. (GM)
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JOHN COLTRANE |
Shout Factory 37986 |
The Bethlehem Years |
● CD $24.98 |
2 CDs, 27 tracks, highly recommended
Not your typical Trane date as he is often heard as soloist in a big-band setting. This set
reissues two Bethlehem LPs, "Winners' Circle" (Bethlehem 6066 from '61), &
"Art Blakey's Big Band" (Bethlehem 6027 from '58). The Circle sides are 4
tracks with a mighty 9-piece band that includes Freddie Hubbard, Al Cohn,
Oscar Pettiford & Phillie Joe Jones, recorded during the last 3 months of
'57. The Blakey sides are make up the majority of this set - mostly a
15-piece band that includes Cohn, Donald Byrd, Sahib Shihab, Idrees
Sulieman, as well as a couple quintet tracks with Trane & Byrd in the
front line, recorded 12/57. However it's the second disc that's the
treasure, a whole disc of outtakes from the Blakey sessions including
Oasis which didn't make it to the original set & one to three
alternates of 7 of the other 8 tracks - you can hear Trane working on his
solos. (GM)
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DUKE ELLINGTON |
Shout Factory 37470 |
Duke Ellington Presents ... |
● CD $13.98 |
11 tracks, 42 min, highly recommended
CD issue of
Bethlehem 5019 from 1956. Now that Shout! Factory's got the Bethlehem
catalog, they're remastering stuff that came out the beginning of the
millennium with much improved sound. This set has Duke with a 15 piece orch., as usual all the all-stars - Hodges, Gonzalves, Carney, Procope,
Anderson, Nance, etc, on mostly Ellington arrangements of pop tunes.
Includes beautiful versions of such tunes as Laura/ My Funny Valentine/
I Can't Get Started/ Deep Purple, as well a few things from Duke's own
catalog - Cotton Tail, & a couple of new ones, Blues &
Everything But You. (GM)
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BUDDY EMMONS &
LENNY BREAU |
Art Of Life 1014 |
Minors Aloud |
● CD $15.98 |
Reissue of 1978 Flying Fish album featuring famed country
steel guitarist Emmons joining forces with jazz guitarist Breau on a
varied selection featuring original tunes, tunes from the repertoire of
Charlie Parker, Benny Golson and others as well as a tune based on Johan
Sebastian Bach's Bouree In E Minor. They are accompanied by string
bass, keyboards and drums. CD has been remastered from original master
tapes using 24-bit digital technology. The booklet includes original album
cover artwork and liner notes and new notes by Emmons. Also included is a
copy of the lead sheet for the title track handwritten by Lenny Breau
himself.
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THE FOUR ACES |
Proper Intro 2080 |
Heart And Soul |
● CD $9.98 |
24 tracks, 65 min., recommended
A post-war, pre-rock and
roll, white, close-harmony vocal group, The Four Aces, with leader Al Alberts, financed their own first single Sin (It's No Sin)
(Victoria V-101-A) and, following its success, signed with Decca, where
they hit it big with Three Coins InA Fountain, Heart And Soul,
Stranger In Paradise, and Mister Sandman. But with the rise
of doo wop and rock and roll came a corresponding drop in popularity for
The Four Aces and their more sedate style. In 1956, Alberts folded his
hand and went solo without wild success. The Four Aces replaced him and
carried on, but musical tastes had changed and left them behind. A nice
collection of their work at an even nicer price. (JC)
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ISHAM JONES &
HIS ORCHESTRA |
ASV CDAJA 5320 |
Swingin' Down The Lan |
● CD $11.98 |
26 track collection of sides recorded between 1921 and
1947 who was one of America's top bandleaders of the 20s and 30s whose
music paved the way for the swing era. He was also a noted songwriter
composing such popular favorites as It Had To Be You, I'll See
You In My Dreams and SWingin' Down The Lane - all of them on
this collection which also includes some of his biggest pre-electric hits
like Wabash Blues/ Spain and California, Here I Come - the
latter with a vocal by Al Jolson.
ISHAM JONES: Blue Prelude/ California Here I Come/ For
All We Know/ I Wanna Be In Winchell's Column/ I'll Never Have To Dream
Again/ I'll See You In My Dreams/ It Had To Be You/ Junk Man/ Lazy Day/
Life Begins When You're In Love/ No Greater Love/ On The Alamo/ One I Love
Belongs To Somebody Else/ Remember/ Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia/
Some Other Day Some Other Girl/ Spain/ Stardust/ Stompin' At The Savoy/
Sweet Georgia Brown/ Swingin' Down The Lane/ Together We Two/ Wabash
Blues/ Who's Sorry Now/ World Is Waiting For The Sunrise/ You've Got Me
Crying Again
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JULIE LONDON |
Disky 883412 |
Cry Me A River |
● CD $18.98 |
Inexpensive three CD set featuring 42 tracks recorded in
the 50s and 60s by this sultry pop vocalist. Includes her hit Cry Me A
River plus Broken Hearted Melody/ Laura/ I Want To Find Out For
Myself/ Hard Hearted Hannah/ All Alone/ Blue Moon/ Charade/ Goody Goody,
etc.
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CHARLES MINGUS |
Shout Factory 37645 |
East Coasting |
● CD $13.98 |
8 tracks, 49 min, essential CD reissue of Bethlehem 5002
from '57. This one is best known for having one of the earliest
appearances of Bill Evans on piano, before he made history with Miles
Davis. The original LP is joined by two alternate takes, of the only
non-original Memories Of You & the title track. Though this was
just re-issued & remastered in '00 on Avenue Jazz, it is again remastered
with new liner notes. The sextet, with Shadi Hafi, Jimmy Knepper & Charles
Shaw in the front line also do West Coast Ghost/ Celia/ Conversation
& Fifty-First St Blues. Also includes the original liner notes by
Nat Hentoff. (GM)
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BENNIE MOTEN & HIS KANSAS CITY ORCHESTRA |
ASV CDAJA 5578 |
Moten Swing |
● CD $11.98 |
25 tracks recorded between 1923 and 1932 from band led by
this highly influential Kansas City pianist, composer and bandleader who
tragically died in 1932 at the age of 40 while having his tonsils removed.
His band was taken over by Count Basie, and the rest, as they say, is
history. Musicians and vocalist on these sessions include Basie, Hot Lips
Page, Ben Webster, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing, Walter Page and others.
BENNIE MOTEN: Band Box Shuffle/ Blue Room/ Ding Dong
Blues/ Elephant's Wobble/ Jones Law Blues/ Kansas City Breakdown/ Kansas
City Shuffle/ Lafayette/ Let's Get It/ Midnight Mama/ Milenberg Joys/
Missouri Wobble/ Moten Blues/ Moten Stomp/ Moten Swing/ New Orleans/ New
Tulsa Blues/ New Vine Street Blues/ Prince Of Wails/ Small Black/ Somebody
Stole My Gal/ South/ That Too Do/ Thick Lip Stomp/ Toby
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CHARLIE PARKER |
Proper Intro 2077 |
Star Eyes - A Proper Introduction To
Charlie Parker |
● CD $9.98 |
25 tracks, 78 min, essential
As usual, the problem with
any Charlie Parker anthology is that all his studio recordings (Savoy,
Dial, Norgram-Verve) are in print all are essential. This set touches on
all three labels &, if this is your introduction to Bird, you'll
eventually want to get 'em all. This is a nice taster, with classics from
Savoy (Now's The Time/ Billie's Bounce/ Parker's Mood), Dial (Yardbird
Suite/ Moose The Mooche/ Relaxin' At Camarillo) & Norgram/Verve (Just
Friends/ Star Eyes). Sidemen include Diz, Miles, Red Rodney, Max
Roach, Bud Powell, Erroll Garner, & on the "strings" session, Buddy Rich &
Mitch Miller! (GM)
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LES PAUL & HIS TRIO |
Varese 66672 |
Crazy Rhythm |
● CD $11.98 |
18 tracks, 46 min, essential
15 rare radio transcriptions
done for McGregor Transcriptions 1944-45 which were never commercially
available & feature the guitar great cookin' on such tunes as Who's
Sorry Now/ Crazy Rhythm/ Nice Work If You Can Get It & Melodic Meal.
If it can get any better than this, it's the final 3 tracks - 1945
McGregor transcriptions by Kay Starr & The Joe Venuti Orch, which is
actually Starr & the violin virtuoso fronting Les & His Trio on My
Future's Just Passed/ There's A Lull In My Life & What A Difference
A Day Made which recalls the amazing Venuti-Lang interplay of the 30s!
(GM)
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OSCAR PETERSON |
Proper BOX 94 |
Piano Power |
● CD $24.98 |
Four CD set with 84 tracks recorded between 1950 and 1954
tracing the early career of one of the greatest pianists in the history of
jazz. From his Canadian recorded debut in 1945, via early triumphs in duet
with Ray Brown and Jazz At The Philharmonic to his piano, bass guitar
trios with Ray Brown, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis.
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SHORTY ROGERS |
Proper BOX 92 |
West Coast Jazz |
● CD $24.98 |
Four CD set with 76 tracks by one of the leading figures
in the West Coast jazz style during the 1950s.He was active in many roles
during those years as bandleader, trumpeter, composer, arranger and
concert organizer and this set covers many of those roles. Includes 40
page booklet.
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ARTIE SHAW |
Proper BOX 85 |
The Artie Shaw Story |
● CD $24.98 |
4 discs, 97 tracks, essential
There's always been a battle
who was the greatest clarinetist of the Swing Era, & as there's never been
a shortage of Benny Goodman discs, here's a chance to get all the best
Shaw sides in one great & inexpensive package. The First disc covers his
early bands, the '36 band with Lee Castaldo & Zeke Zarchy in the trumpet
chairs & future band leader Tony Pastor (see the Rosemary Clooney disc
above) on tenor sax & vocals, then on to Artie Shaw & His New Music. Disc
2 starts with the immortal Begin The Beguine & features his
vocalist Billie Holiday on Any Old Time. By '39 Helen Forrest was
on vocals & Buddy Rich on drums. Disc 3 has some of his huge groups with
strings, as well as the small sub-group The Gramercy 5 that played more
traditional jazz & included Billy Butterfield & Ray Coniff, then back to a
"regular" orch with Hot Lips Page on trumpet. The final disc finds a large
band with Roy Eldridge now on trumpet, Barney Kessel on guitar & Dodo
Mamarosa on piano, all of whom were in the more modern Gramercy 5, &
finally the huge string-laden band with the addition of Mel Torme' with
his vocal group The Mel-Tones. Also a 54 page booklet with tons of info.
(GM)
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FRANK SINATRA |
Proper Intro 2081 |
Young At Heart - A Proper Introduction To
Frank Sinatra |
● CD $9.98 |
28 tracks, 79 min, essential
Thanks to the European law
that anything over 50 years old is in the public domain, Proper is now
starting to delve into Frank's Capitol recordings. Wish I could say there
was rhyme or reason for what's here, but it's mostly everything
chronologically. In Frank's first year with Capitol, From 4/2/53 - 4/19/54
Frank recorded 38 songs & 28 are here. Except for his first single Lean
Baby, the only tune here from his first session & arranged by Axel
Stordahl, the remaining tunes are all done by Nelson Riddle & include some
of the recordings that defined "The Great American Songbook" - I've Got
The World On A String/ My Funny Valentine/ They Can't Take That Away From
Me/ I Get A Kick Out Of You/ Young At Heart/ All Of Me, etc. (GM)
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SOPHIE TUCKER |
Take Two 404 |
Jazz Age Hot Mamma - 1922 - 1929 |
● CD $18.98 |
20 tracks, highly recommended
Early sides from this fine
vaudeville performer whose repertoire included a diversity of material -
much of it in the jazz and blues tradition - and often with a bawdy
flavor. Included here are 6 songs from the soundtrack of her 1928 movie
"Honky Tonk". Songs on this set include Compalinin' (It's Human Nature
To Complain)/ Papa Better Watch Your Step/ Seven Or Eleven (My Dixie Pair
O' Dice)/ I Ain't Got Nobody/ There'll Be Some Changes Made/ Blue River/
Moanin' Low/ he's A Good Man To have Around and, of course, her most
popular song Some Of These Days. Decent sound, informative notes by
Jim Stettler and some nice vintage photos. (FS)
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Archeophone 9010 |
The Phonographic Yearbook - 1916: The
Country Found The |
● CD $14.98 |
24 tracks, 77 min, highly recommended
Archeophone, the
label that specializes in collecting & making listenable pre-electric
recordings has another in it's "Yearbook" series. With the tracks here & &
the 24 page booklet, the set re-creates the sound & news on 1916, where
the big news was Hawaii & the first trans-oceanic phone calls - the two
are tied together on the year's novelty hit Hello Hawaii, How Are You?,
heard in a vocal version & part of an instrumental medley, with Collins &
Harlan doing Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wacki Woo (That;s Love
In Honolulu) & Al Jolson checking in with Yaka Hoola Hicky Doola.
Among the standards getting an early airing here includes Pretty Baby,
Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano, & M-O-T-H-E-R ("M is for the
many things she gave me"). Artists include such early superstars as Henry
Burr, John McCormack, Billy Murray & The Peerless Quartet. (GM)
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Harlequin HQCD 187 |
Brodway's Gone Hawaii |
● CD $16.98 |
A delightful collection 25 tracks from the late 20s
through the early 60s featuring popular performers tackling Hawaiian
themes. Album title comes from Woody Herman's 1937 recording and among the
artists featured are The Varsity Eight, The Radiolites, Cliff Edwards with
Andy Iona & His Islanders, Frank Sinatra, The Andrews Sisters, Trudy
Richards, Rudy Valee, Frances Langford, Fats Waller, Jo Stafford, Dinah
Shore, Alvino Rey (live in 1962), Anne Shelton, George Lewis & His New
Orleans Music. Not a whole lot of actual Hawaiian music though a number of
tracks feature some nice steel guitar work. Superb sound and 20 page
booklet with extensive notes by John Marsden.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
JSP JSPCD 923 |
Away From Base - Basie Sidemen With Other
Leaders |
● CD $28.98 |
4 discs, 100 tracks, essential
They could have called this
a Billie Holiday box, as it seems that the singer of choice here is Lady
Day, hard on over half the tunes here & singing at her peak. These
vacationing Basie-ites (which also includes many Ellingtonians &
Goodmaniacs) are often heard on small group recordings initially done to
fill jukeboxes, with the nominal leader being Billie or Teddy Wilson.
There are other singers featured here, including Mildred Bailey, Helen
Humes, Joe Turner & Una Mae Carlisle, guesting with Lionel Hampton, Harry
James, & Benny Goodman, as well as bands put together for labels such as
Commodore including the Kansas City 5 & 6, & Joe Sullivan's Caf‚ Society
Orch. Recorded between '36 & '41, all these cats are DEFINITELY in their
prime! Some of the Wilson sides have Teddy with the other _ of the
All-American Rhythm Section (Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones).
Besides Teddy & Bille, the most-often heard voice is Lester Yong, but
there are plenty of others including Herschal Evans, Buck Clayton, Don
Byas, Eddie Durham, Sweets Edison, along with other greats as Benny
Carter, Cozy Cole, John Kirby, Edmund Hall, Buster Bailey & Johnny Hodges.
Small group jazz at its peak! (GM)
MILDRED BAILEY & HER ORCHESTRA: Heaven Help This Heart
Of Mine/ If You Should Ever Leave/ It's The Natural Thing To Do/ The Moon
Got In My Eyes/ UNA MAE CARLISLE: Beautiful Eyes/ Blitzkrieg Baby (you
Can't Bomb Me)/ It's Sad But True/ There'll Be Some Changes Made/ BENNY
GOODMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA: He Ain't Got Rhythm/ Make Believe/ The Blue Room/
Ti-pi-tin/ LIONEL HAMPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Any Time At All/ I'm In The
Mood For Swing/ Muskrat Ramble/ Shoe Shiner's Drag/ GLENN HARDMAN & HIS
HAMMOND FIVE: China Boy/ Exactly Like You/ Jazz Me Blues/ On The Sunny
Side Of The Street/ Upright Organ Blues/ Who?/ BILLIE HOLIDAY: All Of Me/
Georgia On My Mind/ I'm Pulling Through/ Laughing At Life/ Let's Do It/
Night And Day/ Romance In The Dark/ Tell Me More/ The Man I Love/ Time On
My Hands/ You're A Lucky Guy/ You're Just A No Account/ A Sailboat In The
Moonlight/ Back In Your Own Back Yard/ Born To Love/ Getting Some Fun Out
Of Life/ He's Funny That Way/ I Can't Get Started/ I've Got A Date With A
Dream/ Me Myself And I/ Now They Call It Swing/ On The Sentimental Side/
The Very Thought Of You/ Trav'lin' All Alone/ When A Woman Loves A Man/
Who Wants Love?/ Without Your Love/ You Can't Be Mine/ HARRY JAMES & HIS
ORCHESTRA WITH HELEN HUMES: (i Can Dream) Can't I?/ It's The Dreamer In
Me/ Jubilee/ Life Goes To A Party/ One O'clock Jump/ Song Of The Wanderer/
Texas Chatter/ When We're Alone (penthouse Serenade)/ THE KANSAS CITY SIX:
'way Down Yonder In New Orleans/ Countless Blues/ THE KANSAS CITY FIVE:
Good Mornin' Blues/ I Know That You Know/ THE KANSAS CITY SIX: I Want A
Little Girl/ THE KANSAS CITY FIVE: Laughing At Life/ Love Me Or Leave Me/
THE KANSAS CITY SIX: Pagin' The Devil/ Them There Eyes/ JERRY KRUGER & HER
ORCHESTRA: Rain, Rain, Go Away/ Summertime/ SAM PRICE & HIS TEXAS
BLUSICIANS: Just Jivin' Around/ The Goon Drag (gone Wid De Goon)/ TIMME
ROSENKRANTZ & HIS BARRELHOUSE BARONS: A Wee Bit Of Swing/ Is This To Be My
Souvenir?/ JOE SULLIVAN & HIS CAFE SOCIETY ORCHESTRA: Oh, Lady Be Good/
Solitude/ TEDDY WILSON & HIS ORCHESTRA WITH BILLIE HOLID: April In My
Heart/ Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man/ Easy Living/ Everybody's Laughing/
Foolin' Myself/ He Ain't Got Rhythm/ Here It Is Tomorrow Again/ TEDDY
WILSON & HIS ORCHESTRA: I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me/ I
Must Have That Man!/ I'll Get By/ I'll Never Be The Same/ I'll Never Fail
You/ I've Found A New Baby/ If Dreams Come True/ Mean To Me/ My First
Impression Of You/ My Man (mon Homme)/ Nice Work If You Can Get It/ Say It
With A Kiss/ Sun Showers/ They Say/ Things Are Looking Up/ This Year's
Kisses/ When You're Smiling/ Why Was I Born?/ Yours And Mine
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SARAH VAUGHAN |
Proper Intro 2082 |
Shulie A Bop - A Proper Introduction To
Sarah Vaughan |
● CD $9.98 |
17 tracks, 71 min, essential
The follow-up the box set
"Young Sassy" (Proper BOX 27 - $25.98), this set comprises her 2 two
'54
LPs "Swing Easy" from EmArCy has Sassy with a piano trio led by John
Malachi - besides such great standards as Lover Man/ Prelude To A Kiss
& Body & Soul, the track Shulie A Bop gives Sarah a chance
to introduce each member & gives each member a chance to solo. The
12/18/54 session that brought the "Lullaby Of Birdland" LP on EmArCy has
backing by an incredible all-star band including Clifford Brown (t),
Basie-ite Paul Quinichette (ts) & Herbie Mann (fl) on a set that later was
reissued on Verve as "Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown" - Lullaby Of
Birdland/ April In Paris/ Embraceable You., etc. (GM)
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DINAH WASHINGTON |
EMI Gold 34218-2 |
The Collection |
● CD $14.98 |
2 discs, 40 tracks, highly recommended
If you don't want
to spring for Mosaic's massive "Complete Roulette" recordings, this two
disc set is a wonderful sampling from her last years, delving a bit more
into orchestrated pop than previous, but also with plenty of jazz, R&B &
even, with her tackling of tunes like Key To The Highway, blues.
Recruited from Mercury by Morris Levy during his wholesale courting of
great black performers (also including Count Basie), these were recorded
between '62 & her death in 12/63. Includes such greats as Drinking
Again/ Destination Moon/ The Blues Ain't Nothing (But A Woman Crying For
Her Man)/ Is You Is Is You Ain't My Baby/ Coquette/ That's My Desire/ Do
Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me/ I'll Be Around/ / Don't Come Running Back
To Me/ Me & My Gin/ Drown In My Own Tears. (GM)
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CLARENCE WILLIAMS |
Frog DGF 57 |
1930-1941 : Thriller Blues |
● CD $16.98 |
25 track collection of sides recorded between 1930 and
1941 featuring Williams with his Orchestra, the Alabama Jug Band,
Birmingham Serenaders, his trio and his Blue Five. Includes three
previously unissued tracks.
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