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| Live at Basin Street East [ ÉLŐ ] |
| Charlie Barnet |
| első megjelenés éve: 2006 |
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| (2006)
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CD |
| 6.201 Ft
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| 1. | Rabble Rouser
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| 2. | It Had to Be You
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| 3. | Mumbles
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| 4. | I Can't Get Started
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| 5. | Jeep's Blues
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| 6. | Cottontail
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| 7. | Satin Doll
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| 8. | Bali Bali Buck Dance
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| 9. | Basieville
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| 10. | Mab Medley: Cherokee/Southern Fried/East Side, West Side/Things ...
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| 11. | Introduction to an Ending
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| 12. | Deed I Do [Intro Partial]
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| 13. | Early Autumn
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| 14. | U.M.M.G.
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| 15. | It Had to Be You [Partial Sign Off]
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Jazz / Swing, Mainstream Jazz
Alastair Robertson Audio Production
Charlie Barnet Saxophone
Clark Terry Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Randy Brecker Trumpet
Snooky Young Trumpet
Some 40 years after Charlie "Mad Mab" Barnet led a big band in live performance at New York's Basin Street East, the amazing Scotland-based Hep record label brought out the only known recording of this ensemble, which included trumpeters Clark Terry, Randy Brecker, and Snooky Young; trombonist Jimmy Cleveland; saxophonists Barnet, Willie Smith, and Richie Kamuca, and pianist Nat Pierce, with arrangements by Bill Holman and Billy Byers. This recording, made in December 1966, appears to have been the last to feature altoist Smith, who rose to prominence with the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra in the '30s and would succumb to cancer only three months after this recording was made. Contrary to certain speculative reports currently circulating in cyberspace, this was not Barnet's final recording as a leader. That was taped in 1967, and he lived many years afterward in relative peace and comfort following a lengthy, industrious, and eventful career that began in 1933. This exciting live recording, which includes a salty rendition of Terry's signature tune "Mumbles," is fortified with several titles from the Ellington/Strayhorn book. Barnet was a lifelong devotee of the Duke, and at its best, this band sounds quite similar to Ellington's punchy orchestra as heard a few months earlier on the French Riviera and subsequently on the Verve album Soul Call. The biggest treat is an extended medley of Barnet staples, including Ray Noble's "Cherokee," Harlan Leonard's "Southern Fried," "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" by Ellington and Johnny Hodges; "Smiles," "East Side, West Side," the enduring hit "Pompton Turnpike," and the dependably exhilarating "Skyliner." ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide
Charlie Barnet
Active Decades: '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Oct 26, 1913 in New York, NY
Died: Sep 04, 1991 in San Diego, CA
Genre: Jazz
Charlie Barnet was unusual in several ways. One of the few jazzmen to be born a millionaire, Barnet was a bit of a playboy throughout his life, ending up with a countless number of ex-wives and anecdotes. He was one of the few white big band leaders of the swing era to openly embrace the music of Duke Ellington (he also greatly admired Count Basie). Barnet was a pioneer in leading integrated bands (as early as 1935). And, although chiefly a tenor saxophonist (where he developed an original sound out of the style of Coleman Hawkins), Barnet was an effective emulator of Johnny Hodges on alto in addition to being virtually the only soprano player (other than Sidney Bechet) in the 1930s and '40s.
And yet Charlie Barnet was only significant in jazz for about a decade (1939-1949). Although his family wanted him to be a lawyer, he was a professional musician by the time he was 16 and ironically in his career made more money than he would have in business. Barnet arrived in New York in 1932 and started leading bands on records the following year, but his career was quite erratic until 1939. Many of Barnet's early records are worthy but some are quite commercial as he attempted to find a niche. Best is a sideman appearance on a 1934 Red Norvo date that also includes Artie Shaw and Teddy Wilson.
In 1939, with the hit recording of "Cherokee" and a very successful run at the Famous Door in New York, Charlie Barnet soon became a household name. In addition to the fine trumpeter Bobby Burnet (who soloed on many of Barnet's Bluebird records), such sidemen as guitarist Bus Etri; drummer Cliff Leeman; singers Lena Horne, Francis Wayne, and Kay Starr; pianist Dodo Marmarosa; clarinetist Buddy DeFranco; guitarist Barney Kessel; and even trumpeter Roy Eldridge spent time with Barnet's bands. Although at the height of his popularity during 1939-1942 (when his orchestra could often play a close imitation of Ellington's), Barnet's recordings for Decca during 1942-1946 were also of great interest with "Skyliner" being a best-seller.
By 1947 Barnet was starting to look toward bop. Clark Terry was his star trumpeter that year, and in 1949 his screaming trumpet section included Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen, Rolf Ericson, and Ray Wetzel. Barnet, however, soon lost interest and near the end of 1949 he broke up his band. Semi-retired throughout the remainder of his life, Charlie Barnet occasionally led swing-oriented big bands during short tours and appearances, making his last recording in 1966.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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