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scotrace said:Holy Cats.
I'm OFF to find THAT one Baby.
(Also grabbing a bunch of Red Nichols off iTunes - he recorded over 4,000 pieces in the 1920's. Did Ken Burns mention him??)
Paul Whiteman needs to be in this list.
And Fats Waller.
Edit: Is there a digital version, Fletch?
Waller's Victor waxing of "Viper's Drag" is one of my favorites.
As far as Whiteman is concerned, whilst there are a great many fine soli on his discs, the organisation was a bit too large to really swing, save perhaps for his 1928 issue of "San"..
One of my favorite heavy swinging small band recorings is the test of the "Teschenmacher's Chicagoans" 1928 recording of "Jazz Me Blues", which I ahve in its initial release, on UHCA 61. it was subsequently issued on Decca, and has had many, many reissuses over the years. The Chicago Rhythm Kings recording of "I've Found a New Baby" is another hard-swinging gem.
The Victor "All-Star Orchestra" recorded a couple of fine sides in '29-31. my favorite of these is "Oh, Baby!", featuring the Dorsey's and Glen Miller.
Ben Pollack's 1928 sides, which star a young Benny Goodman are also great. Probably the best of these would be "He's The Last Word", "Bye, Bye for Baby", and "Singapore Sorrows".
The many reissues of the "Stomp Six" group's rare Autograph recording of "Everybody loves My Baby" have firmly affixed it in the firmament of swing classics.
For those who prefer the "sepia" side of music, the "Bubber Miley and his Mileage Makers" 1930 recording of "I Lost My Gal From Memphis" is a must-have, as is "The Washingtonians" (Duke Ellington) Wall Street Wail. "Erskine Tate and his Vendome Orchestra" recorded some wondwerfully hot titles, driven by the aggressive trumpet of a young Louis Armstrong. Most easily available of these would be "Stomp off, Let's Go!" and "Static Strut", both of which sold fairly well on Vocalion in 1926, and sold in immense quantites when reissued on the Brunswick label in the 1940's.
The1925 Fletcher Henderson recordings of "Sugar Foot Stomp" ("Dippermouth Blues"), "Prince of Wails", and "Money Blues", all of which feature Armstrong are must-haves, as are the hard swinging 1931 recordings of new arrangements of "Sugar foot Stomp" and "Hot and Anxious", a swinging large group arrangement of Wingy Manone's "Tar Paper Stomp", which he recorded in 1930 under he moniker "Barbecue Joe and his Hot Dogs" (when recorded by white orchestras, "hot and anxious" was translated in to the more polite "In The Mood")
Then there is the stellar recording of "St Louis Blues" by Bing Crosby accompanied by the Duke Ellington organsiation. Crosby was actually a fine jazz singer.
