| Description |
7 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + program notes (36 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm) laid in container |
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digital stereo |
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audio file CD audio |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Mosaic Records: MD7-236 (on container spines: 236, additional no. on disc labels: A 706534--A 706537 and A 689040-A--A 689040-G). |
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Jazz and swing music, in part with big bands, dance orchestras, and vocalists. |
| Performer |
Leon "Chu" Berry, tenor saxophone ; with, variously: The Chocolate Dandies ; Bessie Smith Orchestra; Teddy Hill and his orchestra ; Henry Allen and his orchestra ; Putney Dandridge and his orchestra ; Mildred Bailey and her swing band ; Teddy Wilson and his orchestra ; Gene Krupa's Swing Band ; Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra ; Chu Berry and his Stompy Stevedores ; Cab Calloway and his orchestra ; Wingy Manone and his orchestra ; Billie Holiday and her orchestra ; Lionel Hampton and his orchestra. |
| Event |
Recorded Oct. 10, 1933-Sept. 10, 1941 in New York City and Chicago, Ill. |
| Note |
Most selections previously released on 78 rpm discs. |
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Compact discs. |
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Compact discs; 1 Program note, 4 containers and 4 guides, in box. |
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Program and biographical notes by Loren Schoenberg with discographical information. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Disc 1. Blue interlude / Carter, Kurtz, Mills (3:25) ; I never knew (2 takes) / T. FioRito, G. Kahn (3:03; 3:03) ; Once upon a time / Carter, Mills, Pease (3:24) ; Krazy kapers / Donald Parker (3:28) ; Do your duty / Wesley A. Wilson (3:25) ; I'm down in the dumps / L. Wilson, W. Wilson (3:10) ; (Lookie, lookie, lookie) Here comes Cookie / Mack Gordon (3:00) ; When the robin sings his song again / J. Coots, M. Parish (2:53) ; Rosetta / E. Hines, H. Woode (3:07) ; I'll never say 'never again' again / Harry Woods (2:57) ; Get rhythm in your feet / J. Russell Robinson, W. Livingston (2:44) ; Chasing shadows / B. Davis, A. Silver (2:33) ; When I grow too old to dream / O. Hammerstein, S. Romberg (2:38) ; I'd love to take orders from you / A. Dubin, H. Warren (2:40) ; I'd rather listen to your eyes / A. Dubin, H. Warren (3:06) ; When day is done / B.G. DeSylva, R. Katscher (3:27) ; Twenty four hours a day / J. Hanley, A. Swanstrom (2:59) ; Yankee Doodle never went to town / R. Freed, B. Hanighen (2:41) ; Eeny meeny meiny mo / J. Mercer, M. Malneck (3:10) ; I hope Gabriel likes my music / Dave Franklin (3:02) ; Mutiny in the parlor / E. Heyman, V. Lawnhurst (3:00) ; I'm gonna clap my hands / M. Riley, M. Farley (2:56) ; Swing is here / Berry, Eldridge, Krupa (2:53) -- |
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Disc 2. Christopher Columbus / L. Berry, A. Razaf (3:02) ; Grand terrace swing / Ferdinand Arbello (2:56) ; Blue Lou / I. Mills, E. Sampson (3:06) ; Stealin' apples / F. Waller, A. Razaf (2:55) ; Moonrise on the lowlands / J. Livingston, A. Neiburg (2:40) ; I'll always be in love with you / Green, Ruby, Stept (3:01) ; Jangled nerves / Fletcher Henderson (2:32) ; Mary had a little lamb / M. Symes, M. Malneck (2:54) ; Too good to be true / Clay Boland (3:08) ; Warmin' up / Teddy Wilson (3:14) ; Blues In C sharp minor / Teddy Wilson (3:20) ; Where there's you there's me / Goodhart, Hoffman, Sigler (2:25) ; Do you or don't you love me / S. Nesbitt, E. Smalle (2:59) ; Mary had a little lamb / M. Symes, M. Malneck (2:47) ; Shoe shine boy / S. Cahn, S. Chaplin (3:30) ; Sing, sing, sing / Louis Prima (2:31) ; Knock, knock who's there? (2 takes) / Davies, Lopez, Morris, Tipson (2:53; 2: 53) ; Jim Town blues / C. Davis, F. Rose (2:42) ; You can depend on me / Dunlap, Carpenter, Hines (3:27) ; Slummin' on Park Avenue (2 takes) / Irving Berlin (2:32; 2:25) ; Rhythm of the tambourine / Dave Franklin (2:37) ; Back in your own backyard / Jolson, Rose, Dreyer (2:31) ; Rose room / A. Hickman, H. Williams (2:59) ; Great Caesar's ghost / Dick Vance (2:19) -- |
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Part 2. Disc 3. Now you're talking my language / Koehler, Mitchell, Stept (2:49) ; Back home again in Indiana ; Back home again in Indiana (alt. take) / J.Hanley, B.MacDonald (2:49) ; Too marvelous for words / J. Mercer, R. Whiting (2:53) ; Too marvelous for words (alt. take) / J. Mercer, R. Whiting (2:52) ; Limehouse blues g (2:48) ; Limehouse blues (alt. take) / P. Braham, D. Furber (2:51) ; All God's chillun got rhythm / Jurmann, Kaper, Kahn (2:38) ; Chris and his gang / Dorsey, F. Henderson, H. Henderson (3:00) ; I'm always in the mood for you / B. Davis, J. Coots (2:52) ; She's tall, she's tan, she's terrific / B. Davis, J. Coots (2:30) ; Go south, young man / B. Davis, J. Coots (2:07) ; Mama, I want to make rhythm / Byron, Jerome, Kent (2:59) ; Queen Isabella / J. Davis, P. Denniker (2:42) ; Savage rhythm / B. Davis, J. Coots (2:31) ; Chuberry jam (2:16) ; Maelstrom (2:46) ; Maelstrom (alt. take) (2:45) / Chu Berry ; My secret love affair / S. Mitchell, L. Pollack (2:48) ; Ebb tide / L. Robin, R. Rainger (2:42) ; A minor breakdown (2 takes) / Cab Calloway (2:21; 2:26) ; Bugle blues / Schoebel, Pettis, Meyers, Mills (2:25) ; My first impression of you / S. Stept, C. Tobias (2:48) ; With a smile and a song (2 takes) / F. Churchill, L. Morey (3:05; 2:55) -- |
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Disc 4. When you're smiling / Fisher, Goodwin, Shay (2:54) ; I can't believe that you're in love with me / C. Gaskill, J. McHugh (2:33) ; Thanks for the memory (2 takes) / L. Robin, R. Rainger (2:40; 2:33) ; Lover come back to me (2 takes) / O. Hammerstein II, S. Romberg (3:07; 3:12) ; Annie Laurie (Scottish folk song) (2:48) ; Loch Lomond (Scottish folk song) (2:30) ; My Mariuccia take a steamboat / G. Ronklyn, A. Piantodosi (2:32) ; In the land of Yamo Yamo / F. Fisher, J. McCarthy (2:39) ; Rustle of swing (alt. take) (3:04) ; Rustle of swing (2:56) / Cab Calloway ; Three swings and out / Cab Calloway (2:12) ; I like music (With a swing like that) / Cab Calloway (2:33) ; Penguin swing / unknown (3:28) ; Peck-a-doodle-do / Calloway, Jones, Mosby, Mills (2:47) ; At the Clambake Carnival / Chu Berry (2:26) ; Hoy-hoy / Mona Conrad (2:46) ; Miss Hallelujah Brown / B. Davis, J. Coots (2:20) ; Shout, shout, shout / C. Calloway, J. Blake (2:33) ; Jive (Page "1" of The Hepster's dictionary) / Cab Calloway (2:55) ; Do you wanna jump, children? / Bryant, Donahue, Salsman, Van Heusen (2:21) ; Blue interlude / Carter, Kurtz, Mills (2:34) ; FDR Jones / Harold J. Rome (2:19) ; That's all I ask of you (2 takes) / R.E. Pope (2:57; 2:55) -- |
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Part 3. Disc 5. Floogie walk / T. Koehler, R. Bloom (2:18) ; I can give you love / L. Hampton, J. Evans (2:45) ; High society / A.J. Piron, C. Williams (3:11) ; Johnny get your horn / Hathaway, Hirsch, Hampton (3:08) ; Sweethearts on parade / C. Lombardo, C. Newman (2:58) ; Shufflin' at The Hollywood (2 takes) / L. Hampton, A. Reuss (3:07; 3:04) ; Denison swing / Lionel Hampton (3:13) ; Wizzin' the wizz (2 takes) / Lionel Hampton (2:22; 2:22) ; Downright disgusted blues / Freeman, Manone, Shand (2:27) ; Corrine Corrini / Williams, Chatman, Parish (2:12) ; I'm a real kinda papa / R. Graham, M. Pinkard (2:48) ; Jumpy nerves / W. Manone, J. Dale (2:46) ; Boogie woogie / W. Manone, P. Smith (2:29) ; Ain't cha comin' home? / Bernardi, Hampton, Hathaway (3:16) ; Royal Garden blues / S. Williams, C. Williams (2:33) ; In the barrel / Louis Armstrong (2:25) ; Farewell blues / Mares, Roppolo, Schoebel (2:35) ; Fare thee, my baby, fare-thee-well / Wingy Manone (2:33) ; Limehouse blues / P. Braham, D. Furber (2:16) ; Trylon swing / E. Bostic, I. Mills (2:45) ; Utt-da-zay / B. Ram, I. Mills (2:54) ; Crescendo in drums / E. Battle, H. Smith (2:44) ; Jumpin' jive / Calloway, Froeba, Palmer (2:48) -- |
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Disc 6. Pluckin' the bass (2 takes) / R. Eldridge, M. Hinton (2:40; 2:40) ; I ain't getting nowhere fast / Calloway, Grainger, Willet (2:44) ; Blue Lou / I. Mills, E. Sampson (2:50) ; When the saints go marching in / trad. (2:26) ; My honey's lovin' arms / J. Meyer, H. Ruby (2:44) ; When my sugar walks down the street / Austin, McHugh, Mills (2:49) ; Hot mallets / Lionel Hampton (2:13) ; A bee gezindt / Henry Nemo (2:48) ; Give, baby, give / Carroll, Shelley, Spencer (2:33) ; Do it again / K. Werner, S. Werner (2:50) ; Calling all bars (2 takes) / Leonard Feather (3:05; 2:44) ; Do I care? No, no (2 takes) / Calloway, Lee, Seelen, Shapiro (2:46; 2:44) ; Lone arranger (2 takes) / Wen d'Aury (2:40; 2:29) ; Hard times / Calloway, Battle, Noel (3:16) ; Who's Yehoodi? (2 takes) / M. Dennis, B. Seckler (3:09; 3:05) ; Come on with the 'come on' / C. Calloway, A. Gibson (2:53) ; A ghost of a chance (2 takes) / Crosby, Washington, Young (2:51; 2:57) ; Bye bye blues (2 takes) / Bennett, Gray, Hamm, Lown (2:49; 2:51) -- |
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Part 4. Disc 7. Papa's in bed with his britches on (3 takes) / Jesse Stone (2:34; 2:31; 2:30) ; Boo-wah boo-wah (2 takes) / Larry Clinton (3:02; 2:48) ; Cupid's nightmare / Don Redman (2:40) ; Are you hep to the jive? / C. Calloway, B. Ram (2:47) ; Hot air / C. Calloway, E. Novello (2:52) ; Lonesome nights (2 takes) / B. Carter, I. Mills (2:55; 2:56;) ; A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird (3 takes) / Emmett Wallace (2:53; 2:34; 2:51) ; Worker's train / Calloway, Skyler, Shaftel (3:17) ; Worker's train (breakdown) / Calloway, Skyler, Shaftel (3:04) ; Run, little rabbit (2 takes) / Andy Gibson (4:25; 3:10) ; Are you all reet? (2 takes) / C. Calloway, J. Palmer (3:04; 3:03) ; Special delivery (3 takes) / C. Calloway, A. Gibson (2:58; 2:56; 2:55) ; Take the 'A' Train / Billy Strayhorn (3:03) ; Hey Doc! / K. Gannon, E. Sampson (3:14) ; My coo-coo bird (could swing) / Buster Harding (2:44). |
| Subject |
Jazz -- 1931-1940.
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Jazz. |
| Chronological Term |
1931-1940 |
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Jazz -- 1941-1950.
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| Chronological Term |
1941-1950 |
| Genre/Form |
Swing (Music)
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Swing (Music)
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Jazz vocals.
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Big band music.
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Big band music. |
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Big band music.
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| Subject |
Dance orchestra music.
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Dance orchestra music. |
| Genre/Form |
Dance orchestra music.
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Alternate takes (Sound recordings)
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Alternate takes (Sound recordings)
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| Subject |
Alternate takes (Sound recordings) |
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Jazz vocals. |
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Swing (Music) |
| Chronological Term |
1931 - 1950 |
| Added Author |
Berry, Chu, performer, saxophone.
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Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937, performer.
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Hill, Teddy, 1909-1978, performer.
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Allen, Henry, 1908-1967, performer.
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Dandridge, Putney, 1902-1946, performer.
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Bailey, Mildred, performer.
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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959, performer.
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Schoenberg, Loren, 1958- performer.
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Chocolate Dandies (Benny Carter), performer.
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Teddy Wilson Orchestra, performer, arranger of music.
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Gene Krupa's Swing Band, performer, arranger of music.
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Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, performer, arranger of music.
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Stompy Stevedores, performer.
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Cab Calloway Orchestra, performer, arranger of music.
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Wingy Manone Orchestra, performer.
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Lionel Hampton Orchestra, performer.
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| Added Title |
Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions |
| Music No. |
MD7-236 Mosaic Records |
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236 Mosaic Records |
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A 706534--A 706537 Mosaic Records |
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A 689040-A--A 689040-G Mosaic Records |
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