Some of These Days / Sophie Tucker

こんばんは、JazzyIsshiです。今夜は、1900年代から活躍するウクライナ生まれのポップスシンガーSophie Tuckerの全盛期の録音を集めたCDです。

Some of These Days / Sophie Tucker
PAST CD7807





1  My Yiddische Momma (Yellen-Polack)
2  The Man I Love (Gershwin-Gershwin)
3  Fifty Million Frenchman Can't Be Wrong (Fisher-Rose-Raskin)
4  Life Begins At Forty (unknown)
5  Complainin' (Roberts-Rogers)
6  Some of These Days (Brooks)
7  After You've Gone (Layton-Creamer)
8  Oh! You Have No Idea (Dougherty-Ponce)
9  He's A Good Man To Have Around (Ager-Yellen)
10 When A Lady Meets Gentleman Down South (Krakeur-Cleary-Oppemheimer)
11 There'll Be Some Changes Made (Overstreet-Higgins)
12 Washing The Blues From My Soul (Robison-Oppenheim)
13 The One I Love (Jones-Kahn)
14 You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night (Conrad-Rose)
15 Aren't Woman Wonderful? (Shapiro-Scott)
16 'Cause I Feel Low Down (Trent-deRose)
17 What'll I Do (Miller-Kahn)
18 Makin' Wicky-Wacky Down In Waikiki (Lane-Hoffman-Curtis-Powell-Cavanaugh)
19 Moanin' Low (Rainger-Dietz)
20 My Pet (Ager-Yellen)
21 I Ain't Got Nobody (Williams-Graham)
22 That man Of Dream (Beresford-Johnson)
23 Foolin' With The Other Womans' (Yeller-Ager)
24 You'll Have To Swing It

1   1928 June 20
Sophie Tucker (vo), Ted Shapiro and his Orchestra

2  1928 March 28
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro and his Orchestra

3  1927 April 15
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro(p),  Miff Mole's Mollers

4  1936 November 23
Sophie Tucker(vo), Orchestra conducted by Ted Shapiro

5  1922 March 24
Sophie Tucker(vo), with Orchestra

6  1926 November 23
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Lewis and his Band

7  1927 April 11
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro(p),  Miff Mole's Mollers

8  1928 April 16
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro(p)

9  1929 March 23
Sophie Tucker (vo), Ted Shapiro and his Orchestra

10  1936 November 23
Sophie Tucker (vo), Ted Shapiro and his Orchestra

11  1927 September 3
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro(p)

12  1930 December 2
Sophie Tucker(vo), Orchestra conducted by Ted Shapiro

13  1924  February 4
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro(p)

14  1923 March
Sophie Tucker (vo), The Riga Orchestra

15  1928 August 30
Sophie Tucker (vo), Ted Shapiro and his Orchestra

16  1928 April 16
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro(p)

17  1927 September3
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro and his Orchestra

18  1931 January 6
Sophie Tucker(vo), Orchestra conducted by Ted Shapiro

19  1929 June 27
Sophie Tucker (vo), Ted Shapiro's Orchestra conducted by Lenard Joy

20  1928 March 9
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro and his Orchestra

21  1927 April 11
Sophie Tucker(vo), Ted Shapiro(p),  Miff Mole's Mollers

22  1930 December 2
Sophie Tucker(vo), Orchestra conducted by Ted Shapiro

23  1936 November 23
Sophie Tucker(vo), Orchestra conducted by Ted Shapiro

24  1936 November 23
Sophie Tucker(vo), Orchestra conducted by Ted Shapiro

Sophie Tucker (1887-1966) はJazz歌手というわけではありません。しかしながら、Jazzのスタンダードとなった、Some of These Days, After You've Gone, The One I Love, There'll be Some Changes Made, そして後年Ellaの歌で傑作となったYou'll Have to Swingなどの名曲を歌っています。一部の曲ではMiff MoleのMollersやTed Lewis楽団が伴奏してJazzyな感じもしますが、主に伴奏しているTed ShapiroにはJazzっ気がほとんどありません。1920年代の普通のPopsはこのようなものだったということを知る上ではとても参考になる音源です。

Best of Big Band-Drum Boogie / Gene Krupa

おはようございます。JazzyIsshiです。今日は早朝開店です。店主が渡米していたため、このような時間の開店となりました。今朝はさわやかなBig Bandです。

Best oｆ Big Band-Drum Boogie / Gene Krupa
Columbia

1  Drm Boogie (Krupa-Eldridge)
2  Full Dress Hop (Krupa-Eldridge)
3  There'll Be Some Changes Made (Overstreet-Higgins)
4  No Name Jive (Wagner)
5  Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Raye-Prince)
6  The Babe Takes A Bow (Wagner-Krupa)
7  Rhumboogie (Raye-Prince)
8  St. Louis Blues (Handy)
9  Boog It (Calloway-Ram-Palmer)
10 Who? (Kern-Hammerstein)
11 Yes! My Darling Daughter (Lawrence)
12 Tuxedo Junction (Hawkins-Dash-Feyne-Jphnson)
13 Deep In The Blues (Parish-Lytle)
14 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Pinkard-Casey)
15 How 'Bout That Mess (Krupa-Eldridge-Carpenter)
16 Blue Rhythm Fantasy (Hill-Willet)

1,3,5  1941 January 17, Chicago
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Norman Murphy, Torg halten, Rudy Novak, Shorty Sherock (tp), Pat Virgadamo, Jay Keliher, Babe Wagner (tb), Clint Neagly, Musky Ruffo(as), Walter Bates (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Bob Kitsis (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds), Irene Day (vo)

2  1940 October 24, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Corky Cornelious, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak, Shorty Sherock  (tp), Pat Virgadamo, Jay Keliher, Babe Wagner (tb),  Clint Neagly, Musky Ruffo(as), Walter Bates (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Bob Kitsis (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds)

4  1940 May 21, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Corky Cornelious, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak (tp), Sid Brantley, Al Jordan, Floyd O'Brien  (tb), Clint Neagly, Bob Snyder (as,bs), Sam Donahue (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Tony D'Amore (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds), Irene Day (vo) with strings

6,8  1940 August 6, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Corky Cornelious, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak (tp), Jay Kelliher, Al Jordan, Babe Wagner (tb), Clint Neagly, Bob Snyder (as,bs), Walter Bates (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Tony D'Amore (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds)

7  1940 September 3 , NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Corky Cornelious, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak (tp), Jay Kelliher, Al Jordan, Babe Wagner (tb), Clint Neagly, Bob Snyder (as,bs), Walter Bates (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Tony D'Amore (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds),  Irene Day (vo)

9  1940 February 12, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Corky Cornelious, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak (tp), Sid Brantley, Al Jordan, Floyd O'Brien  (tb), Clint Neagly, Bob Snyder (as,bs), Sam Donahue (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Tony D'Amore (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds), Irene Day (vo), Jimmy Mundy (arr)

10  1940 July 12,  NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra

Corky Cornelious, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak (tp), Jay Kelliher, Al Jordan, Babe Wagner (tb), Clint Neagly, Bob Snyder (as,bs), Sam Donahue (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Tony D'Amore (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds)

11 1940 October 24, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Corky Cornelious, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak, Shorty Sherock  (tp), Pat Virgadamo, Jay Keliher, Babe Wagner (tb),  Clint Neagly, Musky Ruffo(as), Walter Bates (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Bob Kitsis (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds), Irene Day (vo)

12  1940 March 18, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Corky Cornelious, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak, Shorty Sherock (tp), Sid Brantley, Al Jordan, Floyd O'Brien  (tb), Clint Neagly, Bob Snyder (as,bs), Sam Donahue (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Tony D'Amore (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds), Elton Hill (arr)

13  1940 November 28, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Norman Murphy, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak, Shorty Sherock (tp), Pat Virgadamo, Jay Keliher, Babe Wagner (tb), Clint Neagly, Musky Ruffo(as), Walter Bates (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Bob Kitsis (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds), Irene Day (vo)

14  1940 October 24, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Norman Murphy, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak, Shorty Sherock (tp), Pat Virgadamo, Jay Keliher, Babe Wagner (tb), Clint Neagly, Musky Ruffo(as), Walter Bates (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Bob Kitsis (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds)

15  1940 September 30, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Norman Murphy, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak, Shorty Sherock (tp), Pat Virgadamo, Jay Keliher, Babe Wagner (tb), Clint Neagly, Bob Snyder (as), Walter Bates (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Bob Kitsis (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds), Irene Day (vo)

16  1940 January 2, NYC
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Corky Cornelious, Torg Halten, Rudy Novak, Nate Kazebier (tp), Sid Brantley, Al Jordan, Floyd O'Brien  (tb), Clint Neagly, Bob Snyder (as,bs), Sam Donahue (ts), Sam Musiker (cl,ts), Tony D'Amore (p), Ray Biondi(g), Biddy Bastien(b), Gene Krupa (ds), Irene Day (vo), Jimmy Mundy (arr)

本盤は1940年のGene Krupa and his Orchestraの演奏を集めたもので、ColumbiaにおけるBest盤である"Drumin' Man”とは２曲だけ重複するでけです。やや地味な演奏が多いものの、メンバーのソロも多く聞かれるJazzyな演奏が主体です。Casa Lomaからの借り物No Name Jive、同じくCalloway からのBoog It, Earskin HawkinsからのTuxido Junction, Teddy Hillの名作 Blue Rhythm Fantasy　(6分近い長尺）など聞きごたえのあるBig Bandです。Anita O'Day参加以前に活躍したIrene Dayの歌も数刻聞かれるのも今では貴重でしょう。

Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra-1933

こんばんは、Jazzy Isshi です。今夜は有名かつ名盤です。Spike Hughes　(1908-1987)はイギリスのベーシスト兼編曲家で、1933年アメリカにわたって黒人のバンドに自らの編曲で演奏した録音を残しました。1-14 はその貴重な記録で、Allen, Wells, Carter, Berry, Hawkinsの全盛期のソロが次々に現れるマニア垂涎の名盤です。日本では1973年頃Londonレーベルから発売されましたが、ほとんど話題になりませんでした。その時はSpike Hughes and All American Orchestraという名前だったように記憶しています。

Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra-1933
Challenge Records made in Austria




1  Nocturn (Hughes)
2  Someone Stole Gabriels Horn (Mills-Wahington -Hayes)
3  Pastral (Hughes)
4  Bugle Call Rag (Pettis-Meyers-Schoebell)
5  Arabesque (Hughes)
6  Fanfare (Hughes)
8  Music At Sunrise (Hughes)
9  Sweet Sue Just You (Young)
10 Air in D Flat (Hughes)
11 Donegal Cradle Song (Hughes)
12 Firebird (Hughes)
13 Music At Sunrise (Hughes)
14 How Come You Do Me Like You Do (Austin)
15 Swing It (Carter)
16 Synthetic Love (Carter)
17 Six Bells Stampede (Hughes)
18 Love You're Not The One For Me (Carter)
19 Devil's Holiday (Carter)
20 Devil's Holiday (Carter)
21 Lonesome Night (Carter)
22 Symphony In Riffs (Carter)
23 Blue Lou (Sampson)

1,2,3,4  1933 April 18
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra
Shad Collins, Leonard Davis, Bill Dillard (tp), Dicky Wells, Wilbur De Paris, George Washington (tb), Benny Carter (as,cl), Wayman Carver(as,cl,fl), Howard Johnson (as,cl), Coleman Hawkins(ts), Red Rodriguez(p), Lawrence Lucie(g), Earnest Hill(b), Kaiser Marshall or Sidney Catlett(ds), Spike Hughes(arr,cond)

5,6,7,8 1933 May 18
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra
Henry Red Allen(tp,vo), Leonard Davis, Bill Dillard (tp), Dicky Wells, Wilbur De Paris, George Washington (tb), Benny Carter (as,cl), Wayman Carver(as,cl,fl), Howard Johnson (as,cl), Chu Berry(ts), Coleman Hawkins(ts), Louis Russell(p), Lawrence Lucie(g), Earnest Hill(b), Sidney Catlett(ds), Spike Hughes(arr,cond)

9  1933 May 18   14  1933 May 19 
Henry Red Allen(tp,vo),Dicky Wells, Benny Carter (as,cl), Wayman Carver(as,cl,fl), Chu Berry(ts), Coleman Hawkins(ts), Red Rodriguetz(p), Lawrence Lucie(g), Spike Hughes(b,arr), Sidney Catlett(ds)

10,11,12,13  1933 May 19
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra
Henry Red Allen(tp,vo), Leonard Davis, Howard Scott(tp), Dicky Wells, Wilbur De Paris, George Washington (tb), Benny Carter (as,cl,ss), Wayman Carver(as,cl,fl), Howard Johnson (as,cl), Chu Berry(ts), Coleman Hawkins(ts), Louis Russell(p), Lawrence Lucie(g), Earnest Hill(b), Sidney Catlett(ds), Spike Hughes(arr,cond)

15,16,17,18   Benny Carter and his Orchestra 
Benny Carter and his Orchestra 
Shad Collins, Leonard Davis, Bill Dillard (tp), Wilbur De Paris, George Washington (tb), Benny Carter (as,cl,arr,vo),  Howard Johnson (as,cl), Coleman Hawkins(ts), Red Rodriguez(p), Lawrence Lucie(g), Earnest Hill(b), Sidney Catlett(ds)

19,20,21,22,23,  1933 October 16
Benny Carter and his Orchestra 
Eddie Mallasory, Bill Dillard, Dick Clarke(tp), J.C.Higginbotham, Fred Robinson, Keg Johnson(tb), Benny Carter(as,cl,arr), Wayman Carver(as,fl), Glyn Pasque(as), Johnny Russell(ts), Teddy Wilson(p), Lawrence Lucie(g), Earnest Hill(b), Sid Catlett(ds)


15-23はSpike Hughesの録音の主体となったBenny Carter楽団の同時代の録音です。10月16日の録音は、フルートのJazz soloが初めて録音されたDevils Holidayが含まれています。しかしそれ以上に、Lonesome Night, Symphony in Riffsといった後年までいろんな楽団が演奏した傑作曲の初演です。Goodmanの演奏で有名になったBlue Louもこれが初演と思われます。

















個人的に最高傑作はピックアップメンバーで演奏されたSweet Sue, Just Youと思います。Victor Young作曲のバラード曲ですが、ここでは相当早いテンポで、Allen, Wells, Carter, Berry, Carver, Allen, Hawkinsの正しく若々しいソロが聞かれます。歴史に残る傑作と思いますが、なぜか文献に取り上げられることもほとんどありません。

Just Friends / Earl Hines

こんばんは、Jazzy Isshiです。今夜はEarl Hines (1903-1983)の晩年のPiano Soloです。

Just Friends / Earl Hines
JHR-73506




1  Just Friend
2  I Cover The Waterfront (Green)
3  The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (Kahn)
4  East of The Sun (Bowman)
5  Can't We Talk It Over
6  Indian Summer (Herburt)
7  You Made Me Love You (Monaco)
8  If I Had You
9  Velvet Moon (Hines)

1977 September 22 , NYC
Earl Hines (p solo)

Eral Hinesは1920年代から活躍するJazz PianoのPioneerです。 Hines以前にもJames P. JohnsonやJelly Roll Morton等の先駆者が居ましたが、われわれがJazz Pianoと認識する直接の始祖はHinesです。晩年まで精力的に活躍し、1972年来日してNHKに出演してBoogie Woogie On St. Louis Bluesを演奏したのは鮮明な記憶として残っています。

このCDが録音された1970年台後半は、さすがに同じような演奏が多くなっていますが、Discographyで見る限り非常に多くの録音を残しています。演奏のタッチは鮮やかの一言に尽きますが、1930年代からの特徴であったフレーズの途中でつんのめる感じは希薄になっています。あまり冒険的なフレーズを弾かなくなったせいなのでしょうか？

10分30秒に及ぶCan't We Talk It Overはいくつかのスタンダードを組み合わせた曲のようです。

Sentimental Journey / Yuzuru Sera

こんばんは、Jazzy Isshiです。今夜は日本を代表する（した）ピアニストの世良譲さん(1932-2004)です。このLPはLove Touch Seriesと銘打って6名のピアニストが有名曲ばかりを録音したシリーズの中の１枚です。曲の出だしは神妙に、プロデューサーの意向に沿った演奏で始めますが、半ばから、ベースとドラムのジミー竹内（1930-2009)ががんがん弾きだすのでJazzにならざるを得ない不思議なレコードです。

Sentimental Journey / Yuzuru Sera
TP-60299




A
1  Sentimental Journey (Brown-Homer)
2  Tennessee Wartz (King)
3  The End of The World (Dee-Durby)
4  It's Only A Paper Moon (Arlen)
5  Blue Canary (Fiorino)
6  Any Time (Lawson)
7  Moonlight Serenade(Miller)

B
1  Too Young (Lippman)
2  On The Sunny Side of The Street (McHugh-Fields)
3  Again (Newman)
4  Pretend (Douglass-Parman-Lavere)
5  You Are My Sunshine (Davis-Mitchell)
6  Oh My Papa (Burkhard)
7  I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Bassman)

1978
世良　譲 (p), 河上　修(b),　ジミー竹内(ds)

世良　譲さんのピアノはEroll GarnerとTeddy Wilsonを合わせて豪華にしたような感じです。選曲も一見軟弱路線ですが、演奏はややハードです。ベースとドラムの反骨精神？が一夜のお楽しみ以上のものにしてくれています。

Love Is An Action Verb / Helane Fontaine

こんばんは、JaazyIsshiです。今夜は21世紀の初頭に活躍したHelane Fontaineです。2002年の時点で40代半ばかなといった感じですが、生年は本人のwebでも不明です。
http://helanefontaine.com/splash2.html

Love Is An Action Verb / Helane Fontaine
Curly Girl Records, USA




1  'Deed I Do (Rose-Hirsch)
2  You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Porter)
3  Route 66 (Troup)
4  Besame Mucho (Velasquez)
5  Summertime (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward)
6  We Laughed At Love (Kahn-Messenheimer)
7  I'm Confessin' That I Love You (Daugherty-Nieburg-Reynolds)
8  How High The Moon (Hamilton-Morgan)
9  Lullaby of Birdland (Shearing)
10 Blue Moon (Rodgers-Hart)
11 Crazy (Willie Nelson)
12 La Vie En Rose (Gassion-Guglielmi)

2002 17&18 September,
Hod O'Brien (p), Royce Campbell(g), Elias Bailey(b), Mark Carson(ds), Helane Fontaine(vo)




Helaneの歌声は、ここではやや古風な（曲が古風なので）感じがします。やや不安定なところもありますが、頑張っています。しかしながら、大成する素材でもなかったようで、2000年代の半ばで活動は休止しているようです。伴奏陣ではピアノのHod O'Brien（1936-2016)が有名なだけなことはあります。Royce Campbell(1952- )は目立たないながら渋い伴奏に徹します。

選曲はいずれも古いスタンダードです。聞きなれないWe Laughed At Love はGus Kahnの古い曲、Crazyはカントリーの歌手Willie Nlsonの1961年のヒット曲です。