Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues Review by Scott Yanow (ALLMusic).
Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke's greatest recordings were mostly made in 1927. This definitive CD (reissued in 1990) has most of Beiderbecke's best-loved work, including "Singin' the Blues," "I'm Coming Virginia," "Ostrich Walk," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," and his solo piano classic "In a Mist." Most of the recordings were cut with Frankie Trumbauer's Orchestra, although there are also two titles from the Broadway Bellhops, a similar group. The beauty of Beiderbecke's horn outshone virtually every other brassman in the 1920s other than Louis Armstrong, and he never sounded better than on these records. Beiderbecke is joined by such notables as C-melody saxophonist Trumbauer, guitarist Eddie Lang, clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey, trombonist Bill Rank, and clarinetist Don Murray, among others. In addition to the titles mentioned, the renditions of "Clarinet Marmalade," Hoagy Carmichael's "Riverboat Shuffle," and "Wringin' and Twistin'" are among the other highlights. Essential music that in one form or another belongs in every serious jazz collection.
1. Trumbology.
2. Clarinet Marmalade.
3. Singin' The Blues.
4. Ostrich Walk.
5. Riverboat Shuffle.
6. I'm Coming Virginia.
7. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans.
8. For No Reason At All In C.
9. Three Blind Mice.
10. Blue River...(vocal) Seger Ellis.
11. There's a Cradle In Caroline...(vocal) Seger Ellis.
12. In a Mist.
13. Wringin' And Twisting'.
14. Humpty Dumbty.
15. Krazy Kat.
16. The Baltimore.
17. There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland To Me...(vocal) Sam Lanin.
18. There'a A Cradle In Caroline...(vocal) Sam Lanin.
19. Just An Hour Of Love...(vocal) Irvin Koulman.
20. I'm Wonderin' Who...(vocal) Irvin Koulman.
3. Singin' The Blues.
Music from the 1920's through to the 1970's in the next three posts !
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