Jazz
CD 1: Minnie The Moocher - 63:25 min.
Gotta Darn Good Reason Now
St. Louis Blues
New York, July 24, 1930
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra: Cab Calloway (vcl)(dir), R. Q. Dickerson – Lammar Wright – Wendell Cully (tp), De Priest Wheeler (and Harry White?) (tb), William Thornton Blue (cl)(as), Andrew Brown (bcl)(ts), Walter Thomas (as)(ts)(bar)(fh), Earres Prince (p), Morris White (bjo), Jimmy Smith (bb)(sb), Leroy Maxey (d)
Sweet Jenny Lee
New York, October 14, 1930
Same
The Viper's Drag
New York, November 12, 1930
Same
Is That Religion?
Some Of These Days
Nobody’s Sweetheart
St. James Infirmary
New York, December 23, 1930
Same
Dixie Vagabond
So Sweet
Minnie The Moocher
Doin' The Rhumba
New York, March 3, 1931
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra: Cab Calloway (vcl)(dir), R.Q. Dickerson - Lammar Wright - Reuben Reeves (tp), De Priest Wheeler - Harry White (tb), Arville Harris (cl)(as), Andrew Brown (bcl)(ts), Walter Thomas (as)(ts)(bar)(fh), Earres Prince (p), Morris White (bjo), Jimmy Smith (bb)(sb), Leroy Maxey (d)
Farewell Blues
I'm Crazy' Bout My Baby
New York, March 9, 1931
Same, except Bennie Payne (p)(vcl) replaces Prince
Creole Love Song
The Levee Low Down
Blues In My Heart
New York, May 6, 1931
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra: Cab Calloway (vcl)(dir), R.Q. Dickerson - Lammar Wright - Reuben Reeves (tp), De Priest Wheeler - Harry White (tb), Arville Harris (cl)(as), Andrew Brown (bcl)(ts), Walter Thomas (as)(ts)(bar)(fh), Earres Prince (p), Morris White (bjo), Jimmy Smith (bb)(sb), Leroy Maxey (d)
Black Rhythm
Six Or Seven Times
New York, June 11, 1931
Same
My Honey's Lovin' Arms
The Nightmare
New York, June 17, 1931
Same
CD 2: Somebody Stole My Gal - 63:50 min.
It Looks Like Susie
Sweet Georgia Brown
Basin Street Blues
New York, July 9, 1931
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra: Cab Calloway (vcl)(dir), Edwin Swayzee, Lammar Wright, Reuben Reeves (tp), De Priest Wheeler, Harry White (tb), Arville Harris (cl)(as), Andrew Brown (bcl)(ts), Walter Thomas (as)(ts)(bars)(fh), Bennie Payne (p), Morris White (bjo), Jimmy Smith (bb)(sb), Leroy Maxey (d)
Bugle Call Rag
You Rascal, You
New York, September 23, 1931
Same
Stardust
You Can't Stop Me From Lovin’ You
You Dog
Somebody Stole My Gal
New York, October 12, 1931
Same
Ain't No Gal In This Town
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Trickeration
Kickin' The Gong Around
New York, October 21, 1931
Same
Down - Hearted Blues
Corinne Corinna
New York, November 18, 1931
Same
The Scat Song
Cabin In The Cotton
Chicago, February 29, 1932
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
Cab Calloway (vcl)(dir), Edwin Swayzee, Lammar Wright, Reuben Reeves (tp), De Priest Wheeler, Harry White (tb), Arville Harris (cl)(as), Andrew Brown (bcl)(ts), Walter Thomas (as)(ts)(bars)(fh), Bennie Payne (p)(vcl), Morris White (bjo), Jimmy Smith (bb)(sb), Leroy Maxey (d)
Strictly Cullud Affair
Aw You Dawg
Chicago, March 14, 1932
Same
Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
New York, April 20, 1932
Same
Dinah
New York, June 7, 1932
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
Cab Calloway (vcl)(dir), Edwin Swayzee, Lammar Wright, Doc Cheatham (tp), De Priest Wheeler, Harry White (tb), Arville Harris (cl)(as), Andrew Brown (bcl)(ts), Walter Thomas (as)(ts)(bars)(fh), Bennie Payne (p)(vcl), Morris White (bjo), Al Morgan (sb), Leroy Maxey (d), Eddie Barefield (cl)(as)(bars)
Buchformat 2 CD + 20 page booklet
Cab Calloway was one of the finest, and one of the most popular and most successful, entertainers of the 20th century. Few people can fail to recognise 'Minnie The Moocher' or Calloway's trademark 'Hi-De-Ho' phrase. Calloway was a talented singer and bandleader; he was also a showman, a master of the magical traditions of vaudeville, one of the very roots of jazz music. |
