Swing into Bebop / Earl Hines and his Orchestra

こんばんはJazzyIsshiです。今夜は久しぶりのBigBandです。1945-1946年のEarl Hinesが率いたBig Bandの最後期の録音です。

Swing into Bebop / Earl Hines his Orchestra
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1  At The El Grotto (Hines-Scott)
2  Nonchalant Man (Hines)
3  Spooke Ball (Hines)
4  Blue Skies (Berlin)
5  Rosetta (Hines)
6  Now That You're Mine (Hines)
7  Margie (Conrad-Davis-Robinson)
8  Straight Life (Roberts-Hines)
9  Straight Life (Roberts-Hines)
10  Let's Get Started (Cook)
11  Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll (Williams)
12  Oh My Aching Back (Hines)
13  Blue Keys (Hines)
14  Trick A Track (Hines)
15  Wambi (Cook)
16  Throwing The Switch (Hines)

1,2,3  1945 September  LA
Earl Hines and his Orchestra
Willie Cook, Fats Palmer, Arthur Walker, Billy Douglas (tp), Benny Green, Walter "Boogie" Harris, Cliff Smalls, Gus Chapel (tb), George "Scoops" Carry (as,cl), Lloyd Smith(as), Wardell Grey, Kermit Scott(ts), John Williams(bs), Bill Thompson (vib), Earl Hines (p,ldr), Rene Hall (g), Gene Thomas(b),  Chick Booth (ds), Essex Scott, Dolores Parker (vo), Bliggs Roberts(arr)


4  1945 October LA
Earl Hines and his Orchestra
Willie Cook, Fats Palmer, Arthur Walker, Billy Douglas (tp), Benny Green, Walter "Boogie" Harris, Cliff Smalls, Gus Chapel (tb), George "Scoops" Carry (as,cl), Lloyd Smith(as), Wardell Grey, Kermit Scott(ts), John Williams(bs), Bill Thompson (vib), Earl Hines (p,ldr), Rene Hall (g), Gene Thomas(b),  Chick Booth (ds), Essex Scott, Dolores Parker (vo), Bliggs Roberts(arr)

5,6,7,8  1946 April  LA
Earl Hines and his Orchestra
Willie Cook, Fats Palmer, Arthur Walker, Billy Douglas (tp), Benny Green, Walter "Boogie" Harris, Cliff Smalls, Joe McLewis (tb), George "Scoops" Carry (as,cl), Lloyd Smith(as), Wardell Grey, Kermit Scott(ts), John Williams(bs), Bill Thompson (vib), Earl Hines (p,ldr), Rene Hall (g), Gene Thomas(b),  Chick Booth (ds), Essex Scott, Dolores Parker (vo), Bliggs Roberts(arr)

9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16  1946 June LA
Earl Hines and his Orchestra
Willie Cook, Fats Palmer, Arthur Walker, Billy Douglas (tp), Benny Green, Walter "Boogie" Harris, Cliff Smalls, Joe McLewis (tb), George "Scoops" Carry (as,cl), Lloyd Smith(as), Wardell Grey, Kermit Scott(ts), John Williams(bs), Bill Thompson (vib), Earl Hines (p,ldr), Rene Hall (g), Gene Thomas(b),  Chick Booth (ds), Essex Scott, Dolores Parker (vo), Bliggs Roberts(arr)

Earl Hines は1920年代からBig Bandを維持してきました。1940年台半ばにはBeBopの影響を受けてModernな編曲と若手のsoloistを採用してBandの生き残りを図りました。その中でもHinesのピアノだけはどう考えても（聞いても）Modernな感じはしません。1947年末にはBandを解散して単身Louis ArmstrongのAll Starsに参加します。Hines楽団の末期は　Wardell Greyが登場するとModernな感じがしますが、Hinesの安易なBoogie Woogie調のSoloはコーニーというに相応しいアンバランス振りで、解散したのは正解だったのではないかと思われます。過渡期の演奏という興味はありますし、Hinesのsoloも一部の曲では極めて立派なものです。一度失われたバランスを取り戻すのは困難だったということでしょう。