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Blues On Parade

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Woodchopper's Ball
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:14
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Blues On Parade
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:01
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Blues On Parade
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:07
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Blue Prelude
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:15
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Blue Flame
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:16
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Doctor Jazz
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:57
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River Bed Blues
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:59
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Dallas Blues
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:59
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Blues Downstairs
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:47
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Farewell Blues
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:02
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Get Your Boots Laced Papa - Part 1
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:53
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Get Your Boots Laced Papa - Part 2
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:58
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Chips' Blues
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:14
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Fan It
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:58
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Everything Happens To Me
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:12
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Woodsheddin' With Woody
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:09
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Blues In The Night
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:12
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Yardbird Shuffle
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:40
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Las Chiapanecas
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
3:02
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Down Under
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
2:49
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Album Information

Total Tracks: 20   Total Length: 59:44

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eMusic Features

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Shorty Rogers and the Migration of the Cool

By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic Contributor

Some good music never goes out of style: Jazz fans everywhere revere the cooking hard bop of the 1950s. So why is the other big '50s trend, cool jazz, barely on modern radar? If you want to know how fresh and airy it still sounds, hear trumpeter/composer/arranger/cool exemplar Shorty Rogers on "Popo," "Didi," "Four Mothers" and "Sam and the Lady" from his first 1951 octet session: tightly arranged, swinging jazz with breezy orchestral colors, and… more »

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Hidden Treasure: Chase

By Dan Epstein, eMusic Contributor

Of all the popular music styles and sub-genres of the late '60s and early '70s, "horn rock" is perhaps the only one that hasn't been revived and revered by subsequent generations. A perhaps inevitable offshoot of mid-'60s "blue eyed soul" acts like Tom Jones, The Righteous Brothers and Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, the "horn rock" movement began in earnest in 1967 when Chicago pop group The Buckinghams, under the direction of producer James William… more »

They Say All Music Guide

This single CD gives a definitive look at Woody Herman’s first orchestra, the Decca ensemble he led during 1936-1942 billed “the Band That Plays the Blues.” Although he also recorded many vocal ballads during this era, the emphasis here is on hot swing with such highlights as the original version of “Woodchopper’s Ball,” “Blue Prelude,” “Blue Flame,” the humorous “Fan It,” and two takes of “Blues on Parade.” Also heard are performances by Herman’s early small combos (the Woodchoppers and the Four Chips) along with a Dizzy Gillespie composition/arrangement (“Down Under”) that hints at Woody Herman’s future. – Scott Yanow