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| Singin' the Blues - Volume 1 |
| Bix Beiderbecke |
első megjelenés éve: 1990
60 perc |
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| (2008)
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CD |
| 3.081 Ft
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| 1. | Trumbology
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| 2. | Clarinet Marmalade
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| 3. | Singin' the Blues
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| 4. | Ostrich Walk
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| 5. | Riverboat Shuffle
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| 6. | I'm Coming Virginia
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| 7. | Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
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| 8. | For No Reason at All in C
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| 9. | Three Blind Mice
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| 10. | Blue River
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| 11. | There's a Cradle in Caroline
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| 12. | In a Mist
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| 13. | Wringin' an' Twistin'
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| 14. | Humpty Dumpty
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| 15. | Krazy Kat
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| 16. | The Baltimore
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| 17. | There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland to Me
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| 18. | There's a Cradle in Caroline
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| 19. | Just an Hour of Love
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| 20. | I'm Wonderin' Who
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Jazz / Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Recorded: 1927, New York, New York
Bix Beiderbecke (cornet, piano)
Bill Challis (arranger); Seger Ellis, Irving Kaufman (vocals); Jimmy Dorsey, Bobby Davis (alto saxophone, clarinet); Stanley "Doc" Ryker (alto saxophone); Don Murray (tenor & baritone saxophones, clarinet); Adrian Rollini (bass saxophone); Frankie Trumbauer (C-melody saxophone); Bill Rank, Miff Mole (trombone); Joe Venuti (violin); Paul Mertz, Irving "Itzy" Riskin, Frank Signorelli (piano); Eddie Lang (guitar, banjo); Howdy Quicksell (banjo); Chauncey Morehouse (drums)
Includes liner notes by Michael Brooks.
Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke's greatest recordings were mostly made in 1927. This definitive CD (reissued in 1990) has most of Beiderbecke's best-loved work, including "Singin' the Blues," "I'm Coming Virginia," "Ostrich Walk," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," and his solo piano classic "In a Mist." Most of the recordings were cut with Frankie Trumbauer's Orchestra, although there are also two titles from the Broadway Bellhops, a similar group. The beauty of Beiderbecke's horn outshone virtually every other brassman in the 1920s other than Louis Armstrong, and he never sounded better than on these records. Beiderbecke is joined by such notables as C-melody saxophonist Trumbauer, guitarist Eddie Lang, clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey, trombonist Bill Rank, and clarinetist Don Murray, among others. In addition to the titles mentioned, the renditions of "Clarinet Marmalade," Hoagy Carmichael's "Riverboat Shuffle," and "Wringin' and Twistin'" are among the other highlights. Essential music that in one form or another belongs in every serious jazz collection. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Bix Beiderbecke
Active Decades: '20s and '30s
Born: Mar 10, 1903 in Davenport, IA
Died: Aug 06, 1931 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Swing, Early Jazz
Bix Beiderbecke was one of the greatest jazz musicians of the 1920s. His colorful life, quick rise and fall, and eventual status as a martyr made him a legend even before he died, and he has long stood as proof that not all the innovators in jazz history were black. Possessor of a beautiful, distinctive tone and a strikingly original improvising style, Beiderbecke's only competitor among cornetists in the '20s was Louis Armstrong but (due to their different sounds and styles) one really could not compare them.
Beiderbecke was a bit of a child prodigy, picking out tunes on the piano when he was three. While he had conventional training on the piano, he taught himself the cornet. Influenced by the original Dixieland Jazz Band, Beiderbecke craved the freedom of jazz but his straight-laced parents felt he was being frivolous. He was sent to Lake Forest Military Academy in 1921 but, by coincidence, it was located fairly close to Chicago, the center of jazz at the time. Beiderbecke was eventually expelled he missed so many classes. After a brief period at home he became a full-time musician. In 1923, Beiderbecke became the star cornetist of the Wolverines and a year later this spirited group made some classic recordings.
In late 1924, Beiderbecke left the Wolverines to join Jean Goldkette's orchestra but his inability to read music resulted in him losing the job. In 1925, he spent time in Chicago and worked on his reading abilities. The following year he spent time with Frankie Trumbauer's orchestra in St. Louis. Although already an alcoholic, 1927 would be Beiderbecke's greatest year. He worked with Jean Goldkette's orchestra (most of their records are unfortunately quite commercial), recorded his piano masterpiece "In a Mist" (one of his four Debussy-inspired originals), cut many classic sides with a small group headed by Trumbauer (including his greatest solos: "Singin' the Blues," "I'm Comin' Virginia," and "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"), and then signed up with Paul Whiteman's huge and prosperous orchestra. Although revisionist historians would later claim that Whiteman's wide mixture of repertoire (much of it outside of jazz) drove Beiderbecke to drink, he actually enjoyed the prestige of being with the most popular band of the decade. Beiderbecke's favorite personal solo was his written-out part on George Gershwin's "Concerto in F."
With Whiteman, Beiderbecke's solos tended to be short moments of magic, sometimes in odd settings; his brilliant chorus on "Sweet Sue" is a perfect example. He was productive throughout 1928, but by the following year his drinking really began to catch up with him. Beiderbecke had a breakdown, made a comeback, and then in September 1929 was reluctantly sent back to Davenport to recover. Unfortunately, Beiderbecke made a few sad records in 1930 before his death at age 28. The bad liquor of the Prohibition era did him in.
For the full story, -Bix: Man & Legend is a remarkably detailed book. Beiderbecke's recordings (even the obscure ones) are continually in print, for his followers believe that every note he played was special.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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