Fields, Eustis Moore, Leo Parker, Tab Smith (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Ray Abrams, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Henry Allen, Joe Guy, Bill Coleman, Roy Eldridg...
Fields, Eustis Moore, Leo Parker, Tab Smith (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Ray Abrams, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Henry Allen, Joe Guy, Bill Coleman, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Vic Coulsen (trumpet); J.C. Higgenbotham, Earl Hardy, Benny Green (trombone); Andy Fitzgerald (clarinet); Horace Henderson, Stanley Black, Gene Rodgers, Ellis Larkins, Teddy Wilson, Clyde Hart, Johnny Guarnieri, Al Haig, Sir Charles Thomas (piano); Bernard Addison, Al Casey (guitar); John Kirby, William Oscar Smith, Oscar Pettitford, Billy Taylor, Israel Crosby (bass); Walter Johnson, Arthur Herbert, Sid Catlett, Shelley Manne, Cozy Cole, Max Roach (drums).Recorded between 1933 & 1949. Includes liner notes by Peter Dempsey.All tracks have been digitally remastered.n
Album Notes: Personnel includes: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Thelma Carpenter (vocals); Jackie Fields, Eustis Moore, Leo Parker, Tab Smith (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Ray Abrams, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Henry Allen, Joe Guy, Bill Coleman, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Vic Coulsen (trumpet); J.C. Higgenbotham, Earl Hardy, Benny Green (trombone); Andy Fitzgerald (clarinet); Horace Henderson, Stanley Black, Gene Rodgers, Ellis Larkins, Teddy Wilson, Clyde Hart, Johnny Guarnieri, Al Haig, Sir Charles Thomas (piano); Bernard Addison, Al Casey (guitar); John Kirby, William Oscar Smith, Oscar Pettitford, Billy Taylor, Israel Crosby (bass); Walter Johnson, Arthur Herbert, Sid Catlett, Shelley Manne, Cozy Cole, Max Roach (drums).
Advantages: Some really good tracks Disadvantages: Some are "so-so"
...-talented and multi-styled ColemanHawkins and His All Star Jam Band. It is still a swinging example of jazz, yet has more than a touch of elegant sophistication about it.
The next track on the CD is by Nat King Cole and the Jazz All Stars. What's that? Nat King Cole? Singing jazz? Wasn't he a sophisticated crooner? Well, yes, towards the later years of his illustrious career, yet here we have a fine, stomping prime example of jazz with the Bugle Call Rag. In fact, Nat (Nathanial) Cole does not sing on this tune, he provides some of the hottest jazz piano I have heard in ages. Nat was, first and foremost, a fantastic jazz pianist. This version of the tune was recorded in 1944. Listen to this and you will now EXACTLY where Bill Hailey and the rest of the rock and rollers got their inspiration from! And also some of their licks, too!
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Advantages: Great jazz tunes from the Golden Age Disadvantages: None
...-performed and fluid love song. Sadly the female singer with the honey-dripping tones is not credited on this CD.
There's Harry James and his Orchestra with a waltz time piece called Carnival of Vencie, with some trumpet playing that is straight out of the trumpet section of a classical orchestra.
There's Moonlight in Vermont sung by Ella Fitzgerald. If you haven't heard her sing, hear this song and you'll know why Ella Fitzgerald is so well-loved to this day by people from all over the year.
Prisoner of Love by Teddy Wilson is good, solid jazz fare. A simple rhythm, slightly muted trumpet and lilting piano. Eventually, the music is joined by a female singer with a voice that is slightly reminiscent of Mae West.
Closing Hour Blues by Meade Lux Lewis is a blues jazz cross-over. Somehow the crackles from the original master recording just add a little...
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Advantages: Original . earthy , leaves you wanting more . Disadvantages: May not be to everyones taste .
...Bessie Smith-born 15th April1894-died 26th September1937.
Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee . She started her career in minstrelsy & vaudeville , she went on to record The St Louis blues & was accompanied by Louis Armstrong on the cornet & Fred Longshaw on the harmonium. The track was written and recorded by the great W.C. Hardy.
Bessie Smith ,Vol 2 - St Louis blues is a C.D of originalrecordings from 1924-1925-featuring Fletcher Henderson .
When you listen to this C.D. you can imagine yourself sitting in the front row of the audience watching & listening to some of the greatest musiciansof all time-including :-
Fletcher Henderson/piano
Don Redman/clarinet
Robert Robbins/violin
Irving Johns/piano
Charlie Green/trombone
Joe Smith/cornet
Fred Longshaw / piano
Louis Armstrong /cornet and piano.
Buster Bailey/ clarinet...
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