Stan Kenton 1944-1948

Stan Kenton 1944-1948
Old Big Band Selection JB-108

1  Eager Beaver
2  Ride On 
3  I Know That You Know
4  Claire De Lune
5  Built It Up
6  Five O'Clock Drag (Ellington)
7  I Didn't Know About You
8  And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
9  More Than You Know
10  You Betcha
11 Taboo
12 Special Delivery
13 Sergent Mess
14 Death of Xavier Cugat
15 Three Mothers
16 I'm In The Mood For Love
17 Minor Riff
18 You Go To My Head
19 Styled For Christy
20 Concert To End All Concert

1,2,4,5,6,10  1944 May
7  1944 Nov.28,  9,13 1944 Nov. 
3,8,12,  1944 Dec.
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
John Caroll, Buddy Childers, Carl George, Dick Mose (tp), Harry Folbs, George Fear, Bert Barcelona(tb), Eddie Mayers, Chester Ball (as), Dave Mathews, Stan Gets (ts), Bog Gioga( bs), Stan Kenton (p), Bob Ahern (g), Gene England (b), Jese Price(ds), Anita O'Day, Gene Howard (vo)

14,15,16,17,18,19,20  1948 November 7
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvaretz, Ed Budkelly (tp), Milt Burnheart, Harry Folbs, Harry Bets, Harry DeVito, Bert Barcelona (tb), George Welder, Art Pepper (as), Bob Cooper, Warner Welder (ts), Bob Gioga (bs), Stan Kenton (p), Laurindo Almeida(g), Eddie Safranski(b), Shelly Mann (ds), June Christy (vo)

Willis Conover's House of Sounds,

Willis Conover's House of Sounds,
Willis Conover Presents The Orchestra
Joe Timer, musical director
JASMIN 1016 

Jazz評論家のWillis Conoverが東海岸の若手白人を中心に1951年に結成したBig Bandの演奏です。珍しい盤ではありますが、今一つ元気のない感じです。たぶん聞き込めば、味が出て良さが分かるのでしょう。

A
1  I've Got You Under My Skin (Porter)
2  One For Kenny (Timer)
3  The Song Is You (Kern-Hammerstein)
4  Pill Box (Potts)
5  Light Green (Potts)
6  Flamingo (Grouya-Anderson)
B
1  Something To Remember You (Schwartz-Dietz)
2  Sheriff Crane (Jack Holliday)
3  Playground (Potts)
4  The Tiger (Harvey Leonard)
5  Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf-Blackburn)
6  Willis (Potts)

The Orchestra Joe Timer Musical Director
New York, NY; December 30, 1955
Bob Carey, Ed Leddy, Marky Markowitz, Charlie Walp, (tp); Dan Spiker, Earl Swope, Rob Swope, (tb); Jim Riley, (as); Ben Lary, Jim Parker, Angelo Tompros,(ts); Jack Nimitz, (bs); Jack Holliday, (p); Merton Oliver, (b); Joe Timer (Theimer), (ds, cond.) ,Pill Potts (arr)

曲は有名曲とオリジナル曲半々です。アンサンブルはしっかりしており、ピアノフォルテも効いています。1950年台前半という感じがすごくするのはソロイストがクール派で固められているせいもあるのでしょう。

The Music of Ellington , Carter, Dorsey and Una Mae Carlisle

The Music of Ellington , Carter, Dorsey and Una Mae Carlisle

London Records  SLC(M)367

A

1  Harlm Speaks (Duke Ellington)

2  Scandal in A Flat

3  Tigar Rag (Trad-ODJB)

4  I Would Do Anything For You

5  Ain't Misbehavin' (Razaf-Waller)

6  I'm Just Wild About Harry (Razaf-Blake)

7  Big Ben Blues

B

1  Hyde Park

2  You Understand

3  I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (Waller)

4  St. Louis Blues (ahndy)

5  Chicago (Fisher)

6  Don't Try Your Jive On Me

7  After You've Gone (Creamer-Layton)

A3,6 B4,7  1930 July ,London

Jimmy Dorsey Quintet

Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), Claude Ivy (p), Alan Ferguson (g), Spike Hughes (b), Bill Harty (ds)

A1,5 B1,5  1933 July, London

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Arthur Wetsol, Cootie Williams, Freddy Jenkins (tp), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb), Johnny Hodges (as,ss), Berney Bigard (cl,ts), Otto Hardwicke (as,bass-s), Harry Carney (bs,cl),  Duke Ellington (p), Fred Guy (b, bjo), Wellman Braud (b), Sonny Greer (ds)

A2 B2 1936 May, London

Benny Carter and his Orchestra

Max Goldberg, Tommy McQuater, Leslie Thompson (tp), Ted Heath, Lew Davis (tb), Benny Carter (as,p), Freddy Gardner (as), Andy McDevitt(as,cl), Buddy Featherstonhaugh(ts), Billy Munn(p), Albert Harris(g), Willy Morris (b), George Elrick (ds)

B7 1936 April, London

Benny Carter and his Orchestra

Max Goldberg, Tommy McQuater, Duncan Whyte (tp), Ted Heath, Bill Mulraney (tb), Benny Carter (as,vo), E.O."Pogy" Pogson (as), Andy McDevitt(as,cl), Buddy Featherstonhaugh(ts), Pat Davis(p), George Elliott(g), Al Burke (b), Ronnie Gubertine (ds)

A4 B3,6  1938 May, London

Una Mae Carlisle

Dave Wilkins (tp), Bertie King (cl,ts), Una Mae Carlisle (p,vo), Alan Furguson (g), Len Harrison (b), Hymie Schneider (ds)

不思議な取り合わせのコンピだと思っていたら、アメリカから渡英した有名Jazzmenを捕まえてロンドンでの録音集ということでした。Ellington楽団だけは渡英メンバーそのままの録音ですが、他はサイドを現地ミュージシャンで固めた内容です。Unionの協定では、1933年の時点では、このメンバーだけでイギリスでは録音できなかったのではないかと思います。

中身はいずれも珍しいものです。特にJimmy DorseyのQuartetは、よくも1930年の時点でこの編成で吹き込んでくれたと思います。Benny Carterは可もなく不可もなくな内容ですが、Big Ben Bluesでは珍しいCarer自身の歌声が聞かれます。

Una Mae Carlisle (ウナメイカーライル）はFats Wallerに見いだされた黒人女性歌手ですが、ここでは,師の作曲を２曲歌っています。

Coleman Hawkins and Johnny Hodges in Paris

Coleman Hawkins and Johnny Hodges in Paris

RCA Victor 09026-68215-2

こんばんは、JazzyIsshiです。超久しぶりです。今夜はHawkinsとHodgesの肩のほぐれるJazzです。ジャケットだけ見ると共演に見えますが、別々のセッションです。

1  It's Only A paper Moon (Arlen-Hurberg)
2  Shi-Sha (Moody-Hawkins)
3  Bean's Talkin' Again (Hawkins-Clarke)
4  Bah-Uh-Bah (Dameron-Hawkins)
5  I Surrender Dear (Barris-Clifford)
6  Sophisticated Lady (Ellington)
7  Jump, That's All (Baker)
8  Last Legs Blues-Part1 (Hodges)
9  Last Legs Blues-Part2 (Hodges)
10 Nix It, Mix It (Hamilton)
11 Time On My Hands (Rodgers)
12 Run About (Hodges)
13 Wishing And Waiting (Hodges)
14 Get That Geet (Hodges)
15 That's Grand (Hodges)
16 Skip It (Hodges)
17 Perdido (Ellington-Tizol)
18 In A Shade of Old Apple Tree (trad.)
19 Mood Indigo (Ellington-Mills)
20 Sweet Lorraine (Parish-Burwell)
21 Bean Bug Boogie (Baker)
22 Hop, Skip and Jump (Hodges)

1,2,3,4  1949 December 21, Paris
Coleman Hawkins and his Rhythm
Nat Peck (tb), Hurbert Fol (as), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Jean-Paul Mengeon (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Kenny Clarke (ds)

5,6  1949 December 21, Paris

Coleman Hawkins and his Rhythm

Coleman Hawkins (ts), Jean-Paul Mengeon (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Kenny Clarke (ds)

7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16  1950 April 15 ,Paris

Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

Harold "Shorty" Baker (tp), Quentin Jackson (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Don Byas (ts), Raymond Fol (p), Wendell Marshall(b), Sonny Greer (ds)

17,18,19,20,21,22  1950 June 20 

Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

Harold "Shorty" Baker (tp), Quentin Jackson (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Don Byas (ts), Raymond Fol (p), Wendell Marshall(b), Butch Ballard (ds)

渡欧したColeman HawkinsとJohnny Hodges一党を捕まえて仏Vogueが録音した音源が何故かRCA-VictorからCDとなって出されたのがこの盤です。Nat PeckはGlenn Miller楽団で渡欧しそのままフランスに居残ったアメリカ出身のトロンボーン奏者です。Kenny Clarkeも1940年代以降フランス滞在が長かったのですが、帰米してからの方が活躍しました。

Hodgesの2つのセッションはEllingtonianが多く含まれていますが、Don Byas (1921-1972, ts)とRaymond Fol(1928-1979, p)だけは別系統です。ByasはSwing派ともModern派ともつかない不思議な活躍をした人ですが、根はSwingだったと思います。

演奏は、どうというものではありません。普通の箍の緩んだSwing Jazzです。