Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Volume 1: The Early Years 1930-1934 [Box]

Artist:

Calloway, Cab

UPC:

788065900823

See Also:

Bechet, Sidney Basie, Count

Description:

Personnel: Cab Calloway (vocals); Benny Payne (vocals, piano, celesta); Chick Bullock (vocals); Morris White (guitar, banjo); Roy Smeck (guitar); Eddie Barefield (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Walter Thomas (flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Arville Harris, William Thornton Blue (clarinet, alto saxophone); Doc Cheatham, Edwin Swayzee, Lammar Wright, Sr., R.Q. Dickerson, Reuben Reeves (trumpet); De Priest Wheeler, Harry White (trombone); Earres Prince (piano); Leroy Maxey (drums).
Audio Remasterer: John R.T. Davies.
Liner Note Author: Sally-Ann Worsfold.
Recording information: Chicago, IL (07/24/1930-09/04/1934); New York, NY (07/24/1930-09/04/1934).
Director: Cab Calloway.
This excellent collection presents Cab Calloway at the very beginning of his career. All the hallmarks of Calloway`s style are here: his rakish wit, his precise, elastic singing, and his irrepressible exuberance. Whereas the age of these recordings might discourage some listeners (due to the potentially poor sound quality), VOLUME ONE: THE EARLY YEARS boasts superior restoration and remastering that help these sides from the early 1930s truly sparkle.
The set list includes Calloway originals like "Aw You Dog" and the first recording of the Cabman`s signature tune, "Minnie the Moocher," as well as spirited versions of classics like "St. Louis Blues" and "Basin Street Blues." As a bandleader, Calloway was notoriously strict, and his group from this era is as talented, tight, and swinging as any in his career. With a stunning 94 tracks, there is plenty of music to appreciate, and the top-quality sound restoration makes it impossible not to do so.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Gotta Darn Good Reason Now (For Bein` Good)
2. St. Louis Blues
3. Sweet Jennie Lee
4. Happy Feet
5. Yaller
6. Viper`s Drag, The
7. Is That Religion?
8. Some of These Days
9. Nobody`s Sweetheart
10. St. James Infirmary
11. Dixie Vegabond
12. So Sweet
13. Minnie the Moocher
14. Doin` the Rumba
15. Mood Indigo
16. Farewell Blues
17. I`m Crazy `Bout My Baby
18. Creole Love Song (Creole Love Call)
19. Levee Low-Down, The
20. Blues in My Heart
21. My Honey`s Lovin Arms
22. Nightmare, The
23. It Looks Like Susie
24. Sweet Georgia Brown
25. Basin Street Blues

DISC 2:

1. Black Rhythm
2. Six or Seven Times
3. Bugle Call Rag
4. You Rascal, You
5. Stardust
6. You Can`t Stop Me from Lovin` You
7. You Dog
8. Somebody Stole My Gal
9. Ain`t Got No Gal in This Town
10. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
11. Trickeration
12. Kickin` the Gong Around
13. Downhearted Blues
14. Without Rhythm
15. Corrine, Corrina
16. Stack O` Lee Blues
17. Scat Song, The
18. Cabin in the Cotton
19. Strictly Cullud Affair, A
20. Aw You Dawg
21. Minnie the Moocher`s Wedding Day
22. Dinah
23. How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
24. Old Yazoo

DISC 3:

1. Angeline
2. I`m Now Prepared to Tell the World It`s You
3. Swanee Lullaby
4. Reefer Man
5. Old Man of the Mountain, The
6. You Gotta Ho-De-Ho (To Get Along with Me)
7. Strange as It Seems
8. This Time It`s Love
9. Git Along
10. Hot Toddy
11. I`ve Got the World on a String
12. Harlem Holiday
13. Dixie Doorway
14. Wah-Dee-Dah
15. Sweet Rhythm
16. Beale Street Mama
17. That`s What I Hate About Love
18. Man from Harlem, The
19. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
20. My Sunday Gal
21. Eadie Was a Lady
22. Gotta Go Places and Do Things
23. Hot Water

DISC 4:

1. Evenin`
2. Harlem Hospitality
3. Lady with the Fan, The
4. Harlem Camp Meeting
5. Zaz Zuh Zaz
6. Father`s Got His Glasses On
7. Minnie the Moocher
8. Scat Song
9. Kickin` the Gong Around
10. There`s a Cabin in the Cotton
11. I Learned About Love from Her
12. Little Town Girl
13. `Long About Midnight
14. Moon Glow
15. Jitter Bug
16. Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz
17. Margie
18. Emaline
19. Chinese Rhythm
20. Moonlight Rhapsody
21. Avalon
22. Weakness

Album Information

Release Date:

08/20/2001

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Jazz Vocal

Label:

JSP (UK)

Catalog Number:

JSPCD 908

Original Release Year:

2001

# of Discs:

4

Studio/Live:

Mixed

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

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