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
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CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA – 1938-1939 | The Classics Chronological Series – 576 (1991) APE (image+.cue), lossless
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CHU BERRY – 1937-1941 (1994) The Chronogical Classics – 784 | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
One has to invest in a few discs to track down most of Chu Berry's
recordings as a leader. And while some of his best sides are available
from Commodore, there are still many cuts from throughout his career
that have been hard to come by. Now, Classics has collected a good chunk
of the tenor luminary's solo sides on this welcome collection -- in
lieu of a badly needed and thorough retrospective that should include
both solo material and tracks from Berry's numerous dates with Cab
Calloway, Fletcher Henderson, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Dizzy
Gillespie, and scores of other bandleaders and vocalists, this remains
the best roundup available. Bookended by a 1937 session with his Stompy
Stevedores and four 1941 sides featuring Charlie Ventura (including two
alternate takes), this disc's main attraction has to be the eight
numbers from Berry's respective 1938 and 1941 sessions with Roy Eldridge
and Hot Lips Page. A solid collection that's perfect for newcomers. Now
all we need is for the Smithsonian's music arm to resurrect its
invaluable, multi-label reissue series, so Berry can finally get his
due. Stephen Cook
Tracklist
1 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores - Now You're Talking My Language 2:55
Bass – Israel Crosby
Clarinet – Buster Bailey
Drums – Cozy Cole
Guitar – Lawrence Lucie
Piano – Horace Henderson
Trombone – George Matthews
Trumpet, Vocals – Hot Lips Page
Written-By – Stept, Mitchell, Koehler
2 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores - Indiana 2:46
Bass – Israel Crosby
Clarinet – Buster Bailey
Drums – Cozy Cole
Guitar – Lawrence Lucie
Piano – Horace Henderson
Trombone – George Matthews
Trumpet – Hot Lips Page
Written-By – MacDonald, Hanley
3 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores - Too Marvelous For Words 2:54
Bass – Israel Crosby
Clarinet – Buster Bailey
Drums – Cozy Cole
Guitar – Lawrence Lucie
Piano – Horace Henderson
Trombone – George Matthews
Trumpet, Vocals – Hot Lips Page
Written-By – Mercer, Whiting
4 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores - Limehouse Blues 2:52
Bass – Israel Crosby
Clarinet – Buster Bailey
Drums – Cozy Cole
Guitar – Lawrence Lucie
Piano – Horace Henderson
Trombone – George Matthews
Trumpet – Hot Lips Page
Written-By – Farber, Braham
5 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores - Chuberry Jam 2:17
Bass – Milton Hinton
Drums – Leroy Maxey
Guitar – Danny Barker
Piano – Benny Payne
Trombone – Keg Johnson
Trumpet – Irving Randolph
Written-By – Berry
6 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores - Maelstrom 2:47
Bass – Milton Hinton
Drums – Leroy Maxey
Guitar – Danny Barker
Piano – Benny Payne
Trombone – Keg Johnson
Trumpet – Irving Randolph
Written-By – Berry
7 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores - My Secret Love Affair 2:50
Bass – Milton Hinton
Drums – Leroy Maxey
Guitar – Danny Barker
Piano, Vocals – Benny Payne
Trombone – Keg Johnson
Trumpet – Irving Randolph
Written-By – Pollack, Mitchell
8 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores - Ebb Tide 2:45
Bass – Milton Hinton
Drums – Leroy Maxey
Guitar – Danny Barker
Piano – Benny Payne
Trombone – Keg Johnson
Trumpet – Irving Randolph
Written-By – Robin, Rainger
9 –Chu Berry And His "Little Jazz" Ensemble - Sittin' In 2:09
Bass – Artie Shapiro
Drums – Sidney Catlett
Guitar – Danny Barker
Piano – Clyde Hart
Trumpet – Roy Eldridge
Written-By – Milt Gabler
10 –Chu Berry And His "Little Jazz" Ensemble - Stardust 3:52
Bass – Artie Shapiro
Drums – Sidney Catlett
Guitar – Danny Barker
Piano – Clyde Hart
Trumpet – Roy Eldridge
Written-By – Carmichael, Parish
11 –Chu Berry And His "Little Jazz" Ensemble - Body And Soul 3:49
Bass – Artie Shapiro
Drums – Sidney Catlett
Guitar – Danny Barker
Piano – Clyde Hart
Trumpet – Roy Eldridge
Written-By – Heyman, Eyton, Green, Sour
12 –Chu Berry And His "Little Jazz" Ensemble - Forty-Six West Fifty-Two 2:28
Bass – Artie Shapiro
Drums – Sidney Catlett
Guitar – Danny Barker
Piano – Clyde Hart
Trumpet – Roy Eldridge
Written-By – Berry, Gabler
13 –Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble - Blowing Up A Breeze 2:38
Bass – Al Morgan
Drums – Harry Jaeger
Guitar – Albert Casey
Piano – Clyde Hart
Trumpet – Hot Lips Page
Written-By – Page, Berry, Gabler
14 –Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble - On The Sunny SIde Of The Street 3:50
Bass – Al Morgan
Drums – Harry Jaeger
Guitar – Albert Casey
Piano – Clyde Hart
Written-By – Fields, McHugh
15 –Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble - Monday At Minton's (What's It To You?) 2:53
Bass – Al Morgan
Drums – Harry Jaeger
Guitar – Albert Casey
Piano – Clyde Hart
Trumpet – Hot Lips Page
Written-By – Page, Berry, Gabler
16 –Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble - Gee, Ain't I Good To You? 4:05
Bass – Al Morgan
Drums – Harry Jaeger
Guitar – Albert Casey
Piano – Clyde Hart
Trumpet, Vocals – Hot Lips Page
Written-By – Redman
17 –Chu Berry And Charlie Ventura Dream Girl - Part 1 2:00
Traditional
18 –Chu Berry And Charlie Ventura Dream Girl - Part 2 2:25
Written-By – Redman
17 –Chu Berry And Charlie Ventura Dream Girl - Part 1 2:00
Traditional
19 –Chu Berry And Charlie Ventura Get Lost - Part 1 2:01
Written-By – Redman
17 –Chu Berry And Charlie Ventura Dream Girl - Part 1 2:00
Traditional
20 –Chu Berry And Charlie Ventura Get Lost - Part 2 2:02
Traditional
Credits :
Bass – Unknown Artist (tracks: 17 to 20)
Drums – Unknown Artist (tracks: 17 to 20)
Piano – Unknown Artist (tracks: 17 to 20)
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Ventura (tracks: 17 to 20),
Chu Berry, Unknown Artist (tracks: 17 to 20)
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