Исполнитель: Claude HopkinsНазвание альбома: Swing Time Год выпуска: 1963/1999 Формат файлов: MP3@320K/s Размер архива: 167,9 MB Скачать с: rusfolder.com Claude Hopkins is best-known for being a powerful stride pianist who led a big band in the 1930s; he is also known for his solo records of 1969-72. Barely on records at all from 1941-59, Hopkins cut three albums for Swingville from 1960-63; the second and third are reissued in full on this 1999 CD. The most surprising aspect to these combo dates is that Hopkins hardly strides at all and comes across as a Teddy Wilson-inspired swing pianist. Much of the time he is in the background, with the success of the sessions really due to the fine playing of the horns. Trombonist Vic Dickenson and tenor saxophonist Budd Johnson play at the high level one would expect on the Swing Time set, with the main revelation being the obscure trumpeter Bobby Johnson, a veteran of Erskine Hawkins' Orchestra, who holds his own with the stars. Hopkins' "Crying My Heart Out for You" from this date is well worth reviving again. The music from the other Swingville album, Let's Jam, gives tenor saxophonist Buddy Tate an opportunity to play his underrated clarinet on "Late Evening" and has several opportunities for the largely forgotten swing trumpeter Joe Thomas to show how lyrical a soloist he was. This CD is recommended even if Hopkins' role is much more minor than expected. ~Scott Yanow
1. I Cried For You 2. Somebody Loves Me 3. Stormy Weather 4. Love Me Or Leave Me 5. Mitzi 6. Crying My Heart Out For You 7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 8. Offbeat Blues 9. I Surrender, Dear 10. I Apologize 11. Late Evening 12. The Way You Look Tonight 13. (I Would Do) Anything For You 14. Safari Stomp
Piano – Claude Hopkins Bass – Wendell Marshall Drums – Ferdinand Everett Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson Trombone – Vic Dickenson Trumpet – Robert "Bobby" Johnson
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; May 22, 1963 (#1-7) & February 21, 1961 (#8-14)
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