 Исполнитель: Ben SelvinНазвание альбома: The Columbia House Bands Год выпуска: 1995, Old Masters Формат файлов: Mp3, 192 Размер архива: 101 Mb, 101 Mb Скачать с: rusfolder
Ben Selvin - The Columbia House Bands. Volume One (1930-1932)
During 1919-42, Ben Selvin led more sessions than anyone else, resulting in around 5,000 titles. His busiest period was probably the 1929-33 Depression years, during which he contracted a series of melodic dance band records that featured songs rather than distinctive soloists. Clarinetist Benny Goodman was a regular, if anonymous, member in Selvin's orchestras, as were (to a lesser degree) trombonist Tommy Dorsey and altoist/clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey. This CD reissue from the late 1990s has some of the highlights from Selvin's huge output of 1931-32 (one number is from 1930) with OK vocals from Dick Robertson, Paul Small, Helen Rowland, Eddie Walters, Orlando Roberson (who would become a member of Claude Hopkins' Orchestra), the Wallace Trio, Jack Miller, the Rollickers and even (on "You Can Make My Life a Bed of Roses") Kate Smith. The jazz content is mostly fairly light on these dance band numbers, usually a half-chorus after the vocal, but the ensembles are clean and (for the period) swinging.
Scott Yanow
1. Last Doller
2. I 'Wanna' Sing About You
3. You're My Everything
4. You Can't Stop Me From Loving You
5. Makin' Faces At The Man In The Moon
6. Lucille
7. Was That The Human Thing To Do?
8. Hot-Cha Medley: You Can Make My Life A Bed Of Roses/Say & There I Go, Dreaming Again
9. You Try Somebody Else
10. When We're Alone
11. Happy Days Are Here Again
12. When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba
13. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
14. It's The Darndest Thing
15. Little Mary Brown
16. She Didn't Say 'Yes'
17. My Sweet Tooth Says 'I Wanna'
18. Take It From Me
19. Who Am I?
20. You Call It Madness
21. When The Rest Of The Crowd Goes Home
Recording DateFebruary 3, 1930 - March 22, 1932
Ben Selvin - The Columbia House Bands. Volume Two (1929-1921)
During the early years of the Depression, bandleader Ben Selvin (who was very prolific in general during a 15-year period) led an enormous quantity of jazz-influenced dance band recording dates. The TOM label's second Ben Selvin CD is, if anything, even better than their first. There are short spots on some selections for clarinetist Benny Goodman, trombonist (and, in one case, scat singer) Jack Teagarden, trombonist Tommy Dorsey, and trumpeters Leo McConville and Manny Klein, plus vocals from Eddie Walters, Irving Kaufman, Smith Ballew and Helen Rowland, among others. Although the jazz aspects of the music are not dominant, the arrangements swing well for the period, the singing is tolerable, and the 23 selections bring back the atmosphere of the times. Among the better selections are "The Free and Easy," "'Tain't No Sin," "Thank Your Father," "I'm In the Market for You" and "Cheerful Little Earful." This hot dance band style has often been overlooked in jazz history books, so it is good that at least some of the countless performances of Ben Selvin's ensembles have been made available to today's listeners.
Scott Yanow
1. The 'Free And Easy' (take 1)
2. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile
3. Why?
4. Mona
5. Do Ya Love Me? (take 1)
6. Why Do You Suppose?
7. I Miss A Little Miss
8. Do Ya Love Me? (take 2)
9. 'Tain't No Sin
10. Thank Your Father (take 1)
11. When I'm Housekeeping For You
12. Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
13. Thank Your Father (take 2)
14. I'm In The Market For You (take 1)
15. The Whole Darned Thing's For You (take 1)
16. Why Have You Forgotten Waikiki?
17. My Man From Caroline
18. I'm In The Market For You (take 2)
19. The 'Free And Easy' (take 2)
20. Cheerful Little Earful
21. The Whole Darned Thing's For You (take 2)
22. It's Easy To Fall In Love
23. You Said It
Recording DateDecember 9, 1929 - February 27, 1931
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