The swing era may have been at its height during the time covered by this CD (the sixth of 12 put out by the Classics label that reissue all of Cab Calloway's 1930-42 recordings) but the colorful vocalist held onto his audience and remained a household name. With such soloists as Ben Webster or Chu Berry on tenor, trumpeters Shad Collins and Lammar Wright and a rhythm section including guitarist Danny Barker and bassist Milt Hinton, Calloway had a particularly strong (if generally overlooked) orchestra. Among the more memorable selections of the 24 included on this CD are "Swing, Swing, Swing," "She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific," "Bugle Blues" and "Hi-De-Ho Romeo." Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 Swing, Swing, Swing 2:43
Morris White
2 Wake up and Live 2:30
Mack Gordon / Harry Revel
3 Manhattan Jam 2:39
Cab Calloway
4 Moon at Sea 3:00
Harry Pease / Vincent Rose / Larry Stock
5 I'm Always in the Mood for You 2:58
J. Fred Coots / Joe Davis
6 She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific 2:35
J. Fred Coots / Benny Davis
7 Go South, Young Man 2:13
J. Fred Coots / Joe Davis
8 Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm 3:05
Richard Byron / Jerome Jerome / Walter Kent
9 Hi De Ho Romeo 2:50
J. Fred Coots / Joe Davis
10 Queen Isabella 2:46
Joe Davis / Paul Denniker
11 Savage Rhythm 2:35
J. Fred Coots / Benny Davis
12 Every Day's a Holiday 2:29
Sam Coslow / Barry Trivers
13 Jubilee 2:33
Stanley Adams / Hoagy Carmichael
14 In an Old English Village 3:12
Edward Pola / Albert Sendrey
15 (Just an) Error in the News 2:51
Will Hudson / Irving Mills / Henry Nemo
16 A Minor Breakdown (Rustle of Swing) 2:28
Unknown
17 Bugle Blues 2:28
Irving Mills / Jack Pettis / Elmer Schoebel
18 One Big Union for Two 2:56
Harold Rome
19 Doing the Reactionary 2:42
Harold Rome
20 Rustle of Swing 3:00
Cab Calloway / Ralph Yaw
21 Three Swings and Out 2:16
Cab Calloway / Ralph Yaw
22 I Like Music (Played With a Swing Like This) 2:37
Cab Calloway / Ralph Yaw
23 Foolin' With You 2:34
Morris White
24 Azure 2:48
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Credits :
Directed By – Cab Calloway
Orchestra – Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: 1 to 3, 7 to 24), Chu Berry (tracks: 4 to 6)
Vocals – Cab Calloway (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 9, 12 to 15, 18, 19, 22 to 24)
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CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA – 1937-1938 | The Classics Chronological Series – 568 (1991) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless
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CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA – 1938-1939 | The Classics Chronological Series – 576 (1991) APE (image+.cue), lossless
The seventh of the Classics label's 12 Cab Calloway CDs traces his progress during an 11-month period through 24 recordings. The band's main soloists at the time included trumpeters Shad Collins and Irving Randolph, trombonists Claude Jones and Keg Johnson and especially tenor great Chu Berry (the band gets four instrumentals on this set). Singer June Richmond has a couple of vocals but obviously Cab Calloway is the main reason that the orchestra was working so steadily. With such songs as "Shout Shout, Shout," "Do You Wanna Jump Children" and "F.D.R. Jones" among the more memorable tracks, this CD (along with the others in the valuable series) is well worth picking up. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 Skrontch 2:50
Ellington / Mills
2 We're Breakin' Up A Lovely Affair 2:57
unknown
3 Peck-A-Doodle-Do 2:51
Calloway / Jones / Mosby / Mills
4 At The Clambake Carnival 2:28
Chu Berry
5 Hoy-Hoy 2:49
Conrad
6 Miss Hallelujah Brown 2:21
Davis / Coots
7 The Congo-Conga 3:00
Davis / Coots
8 The Boogie-Woogie 2:37
Davis / Coots
9 There's A Sunny Side To Everything 2:25
Davis / Coots
10 Shout, Shout, Shout 2:36
Blake
11 Mister Paganini - Swing For Minnie 2:50
Lambert / Richards
12 Jive (Page One Of Hepster's Dictionary) 2:57
Calloway / Payne / Berry
13 Do you Wanna Jump, Children 2:23
Donahue / Heusen / Bryan / Selsman
14 I'm Madly In Love With You 2:58
Davis / Coots
15 April In My Heart 2:36
Melnardi / Carmichael
16 Blue Interlude 2:35
Carter / Kurtz / Mills
17 F.D.R. Jones 2:20
Rome
18 Deep In A Dream 2:58
DeLange / Heusen
19 Tee-Um Tee-Um Tee-I, Tahiti 2:09
Johnson / Shuster / Powell
20 Angels With Dirty Faces 2:56
Spitalny / Fisher
21 Long Long Ago 2:22
Unknown
22 Afraid Of Love 2:30
Fenderson / Miller / Spitalny
23 Ratamacue 2:25
Cole / Thomas / Battle
24 Ad-De-Dey 2:42
Hupfeld
CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA – 1940-1941 (1992) The Classics Chronological Series – 629 | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Cab Calloway is in superior form throughout this CD (the tenth of 12 Calloway releases from the European Classics label), but it is often the short solos by his sidemen that attract one's interest, particularly those of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and tenor Chu Berry. By the last ten numbers (including his feature "Jonah Joins the Cab"), trumpeter Jonah Jones had become a member of the powerful band which could rank at the top echelon of swing orchestras. Calloway is also heard near the peak of his powers, and the highlights of this fine set include Benny Carter's "Lonesome Nights" (one of six instrumentals among the 22 numbers), "A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird," "Ebony Silhouette," "Hep Cat's Love Song," and two versions of "St. James Infirmary." Scott Yanow
Tracklist :1 Goin' Conga 2:52
Alberto Iznaga
2 Hot Air 2:54
Cab Calloway / Gene Novello
3 Lonesome Nights 3:01
Benny Carter / Irving Mills
4 A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird 2:54
Emmett "Babe" Wallace
5 The Workers' Train 3:17
Cab Calloway / Arthur Shaftel / Sunny Skylar
6 North of the Mohawk Trail 3:26
7 Make Yourself at Home 2:52
Walter Bullock / Jule Styne
8 Run Little Rabbit 3:12
Andy Gibson
9 Willow Weep for Me 3:24
Ann Ronell
10 You Are the One in My Heart 3:12
Cab Calloway
11 Are You All Reet? 3:05
Cab Calloway / Jack Palmer
12 Ebony Silhouette 2:48
Milt Hinton / Benny Payne
13 Hep Cat's Love Song 3:05
Max Boyd / Cab Calloway / Andy Gibson
14 Jonah Joins the Cab 2:35
Cab Calloway
15 Geechy Joe 3:07
Cab Calloway / Andy Gibson / Jack Palmer
16 Special Delivery 2:58
Cab Calloway / Andy Gibson
17 Take the "A" Train 3:05
Billy Strayhorn
18 Chattanooga Choo Choo 2:41
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
19 My Gal 2:43
Al Bernard
20 St. James Infirmary 3:20
Joe Primrose / Traditional
21 St. James Infirmary 2:46
Joe Primrose / Traditional
22 We Go Well Together 3:07
Walter Kent / Leo Robin
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