Cont Basie and his Orchestra 1943-1949

こんばんはJazzyIsshiです。今夜もCount Basieです。スイング時代末期から不安定だった1948 年までのV Diskから集めた14曲です。

Cont Basie and his Orchestra 1943-1949
Tokuma Japan TKCF-77066

1  Sugar Hill Shuffle (Mundy)
2  Just Old Manuscript (Don Redman)
3  I'm Fer It Too
4  G.I.Stomp (Clayton)
5  Dance of The Cremlins
6  Yeah Man (Horace Henderson)
7  Rhythm Man (Mundy)
8  Jumpin' At The Woodside (Basie)
9  Its Sand Man (Lewis)
10 I Never Knew (FioRito)
11 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Stept-Clare)
12 Tush (Warren)
13 The King
14 Robins Nest (Thomson)

1,2,3  1944 november
Count Basie and his Orchestra
Harry Edison, Al Killian, Ed Lewis, Joe Newman (tp), Ted Donelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor, Dicky Wells (tb), Jimmy Powell, Earl Warren (as), Lucky Thompson, Buddy tate (ts), Rudy Rutherford (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Rodney Richardson (b), Shadow Wilson (ds)

4,5  1943 June
Count Basie and his Orchestra
Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Al Killian or Snooky Young (tp), Dicky Wells, Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, Louis Tylor (tb), Earl Warren, Caughey Roberts or Jimmy Powell (as), Buddy tate, Don Byas (ts), Jack Washington (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Vernon Alley (b), Jo Jones (ds)

6,7  1943 June

Count Basie and his Orchestra

Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Al Killian or Snooky Young (tp), Dicky Wells, Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, Louis Tylor (tb), Earl Warren, Caughey Roberts or Jimmy Powell (as), Buddy tate, Don Byas (ts), Jack Washington (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Vernon Alley (b), Jo Jones (ds)

8,9,10,11,12 1946
Count Basie and his Orchestra (collective peronel)
Ed Lewis, Emmett Berry, Snooky Young, Harry Edison, Joe Newman (tp), Ted Donelly, George Mathews, Eli Robinson, Dicky Wells, J.J.Johnson (tb), Preston Love, Jimmy Powell, Rudy Rutherford (as), Lucky Thompson, Buddy Tate, Paul Gonsalves, Illinois Jacquet (ts), Jack Washington (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Rodney Richardson (b), Shadow Wilson (ds), Jimmy Rushing (vo)

13,14 1948 September
Count Basie and his Orchestra
Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham, harry Edison, Emmett Berry (tp), George Mathews, Bill Johnson, Ted Donelly, Dicky Wells (tb), Bernie Peacock, Earl Warren (as), Wardell Gray, Paul Gonsalves (ts), Jack Washington (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green(g), Singleton Palmer (b), Shadow Wilson (ds)

元々のLPのタイトルがそうなっていたのか？CD化する際に誤ったのか分かりませんが、1943-1949は看板に偽りありで、実際は1943-1948とすべきでした。4,5と6,7は同年で全く同じメンバーですが、異なる日の録音故このような表記になったものと思われます。
Yeah Manは1930年代にHenderson楽団が録音したのと同じ編曲です。The KingはJumpin’ At The Woosdideを焼き直したような（というよりそのもの）の曲ですが、tsのWardell Greyが長いソロスペースを与えられています。8でも長いtsソロが出ますが、こちらはLucky Thompsonと思われます。

過渡期の演奏だけにちょっとどうなの？って感じのところもありますが、新旧のメンバーの入れ替わり具合も面白く聞けます。