Benny Goodman
The Harry James Years, Volume 1
Bluebird
66155-2
(1993)
Jazz
CD, 21
Tracks, 66:09
Length
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01 |
I Want To Be Happy |
Irving Caesar; Vincent Youmans |
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02:40 |
02 |
Chloe |
Gus Kahn; Neil Moret |
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03:12 |
03 |
Rosetta |
Earl Hines; Henri Wood |
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02:40 |
04 |
Peckin' |
Ben Pollack; Harry James |
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03:29 |
05 |
Can't We Be Friends |
Kay Swift; Paul James |
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03:01 |
06 |
Sing, Sing, Sing - Part 1 |
Louis Prima |
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04:03 |
07 |
Sing, Sing, Sing - Part 2 |
Louis Prima |
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04:40 |
08 |
Roll 'Em |
Mary Lou Williams |
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03:11 |
09 |
When It's Sleepy Time Down South |
Clarence Muse; Leon Rene; Otis Rene |
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02:43 |
10 |
Changes |
Walter Donaldson |
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02:25 |
11 |
Sugarfoot Stomp |
King Oliver; Lester Melrose |
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02:47 |
12 |
I Can't Give You Anything But Love |
Jimmy McHugh; Dorothy Fields |
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03:34 |
13 |
Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day |
Harold Arlen; Ted Koehler |
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02:58 |
14 |
Camel Hop - Take 1 |
Mary Lou Williams |
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02:47 |
15 |
Camel Hop - Take 2 |
Mary Lou Williams |
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02:40 |
16 |
Life Goes To A Party - Take 2 |
Benny Goodman; Harry James |
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03:05 |
17 |
Life Goes To A Party - Take 3 |
Benny Goodman; Harry James |
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03:07 |
18 |
Don't Be That Way - Take 1 |
Benny Goodman; Edgar Sampson; Mitchell Parish |
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03:19 |
19 |
Don't Be That Way - Take 2 |
Benny Goodman; Edgar Sampson; Mitchell Parish |
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03:22 |
20 |
One O'Clock Jump - Take 1 |
William "Count" Basie |
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03:14 |
21 |
One O'Clock Jump - Take 2 |
William "Count" Basie |
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03:12 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Clarinet |
Benny Goodman |
Trumpet |
Harry James |
Trumpet |
Ziggy Elman |
Trumpet |
Gordon Griffin |
Trombone |
Red Ballard |
Trombone |
Murray McEachern |
Saxophone |
Hymie Schertzer |
Saxophone |
Dick DePew |
Saxophone |
Arthur Rollini |
Saxophone |
Vido Musso |
Piano |
Jess Stacy |
Guitar |
Allen Reuss |
Bass |
Harry Goodman |
Drums |
Gene Krupa |
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Index |
#
1344 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Big Band, Swing |
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This is a really cool mid-price collection, the first of two assembling all of the Goodman band's work with Harry James. There are 21 tracks, covering a 13-month period that saw the Goodman band at the peak of its personnel and popularity, every day breaking new ground for swing even as that music had already swept the country. And, as Loren Schoenberg points out in his superb notes, with Harry James in the lineup, the band had a trumpet man who could match Goodman himself, plus a drummer in Gene Krupa who kept the rhythm section tight. Most of this material ("Sing Sing Sing," etc.) has been out before somewhere, although it's been very carefully remastered here using the CEDAR system, placing it a cut above other reissues for sound quality. Additionally, there are three distinctly different, newly discovered outtakes of "Camel Hop" and "One O'Clock Jump," plus alternate takes on "Life Goes to a Party" and "Don't Be That Way." One couldn't pick better tracks to have become available in variant forms, representing the Goodman band at its most accessible and swinging. -- Bruce Eder (allmusic.com)