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- Date Released: May 4, 1999
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Chronological Classics / Abeille Musique
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This is a very interesting CD full of rarities. Part of Classics' "complete" series, the disc features the Earl Hines big band after Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie had come and gone. Tenor-saxophonist Wardell Gray was still part of the band and has quite a few solos on their selections from 1945-46. The arrangements are sometimes uncomfortably boppish (they do not really mesh with the leader's piano and the repertoire) and in other spots swinging. Lord Essex has a few high-toned vocals that sound ten years out of date but singers Dorothy Parker and Hines himself (who is heard on "Ain't Gonna Give None Of This Jelly Roll" and the novelty "Oh My Aching Back") are much better. Fortunately there are quite a few instrumentals. While the first 14 numbers are from 1945-46, there is also a small group romp on "Sweet Honey Babe" from 1947 (featuring clarinetist Scoops Cary) and six big band selections from late in the year with four vocals from Johnny Hartman who is heard at the beginning of his career. Other than a few more numbers recorded in Dec. 1947, these were the last recordings of the Earl Hines Orchestra. The music (originally released by the ARA, French Jazz Selection, MGM, Sunrise and Bravo labels) had formerly been mostly quite scarce. Worth exploring.
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| 01. |  |
Nonchalant Man (Jackson)
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3:12 |
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| 02. | |
At The El Grotto (Hines-Scott)
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3:03 |
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| 03. | |
Spooks Ball (Hines)
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3:05 |
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| 04. | |
Rosetta (Hines-Wood)
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2:57 |
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| 05. | |
Now That You're Mine (Roberts-Hines)
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2:52 |
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| 06. | |
Straight Life (Roberts-Hines)
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2:50 |
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| 07. | |
Margie (Conrad-Robinson-Davis)
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2:43 |
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| 08. | |
Ain't Gonna Give None Of This Jelly Roll (Williams)
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2:57 |
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| 09. | |
Oh My Achin' Back (Hines)
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2:57 |
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| 10. | |
Let's Get Started (Hines)
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3:02 |
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| 11. | |
Throwing The Switch (Hines)
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3:09 |
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| 12. | |
Trickatrack (Hines)
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3:05 |
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| 13. | |
Bamby (Hines)
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2:59 |
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| 14. | |
Blues Keys (Hines)
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2:53 |
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| 15. | |
Sweet Honey Babe (Melrose)
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2:51 |
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| 16. | |
Midnight In New Orleans (Hines-Melrose)
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2:52 |
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| 17. | |
When I Dream Of You (Hines)
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3:10 |
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| 18. | |
Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller-Razaf-Brooks)
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2:48 |
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| 19. | |
Black And Blue (Waller-Razaf-Brooks)
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3:02 |
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| 20. | |
I Need A Shoulder To Cry On (unknown)
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2:50 |
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| 21. | |
Louise (Whiting)
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2:48 |
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21 Total Tracks, 62:05 Total Length
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Credits
- Wardell Gray - Sax (Tenor) // Wardell Gray - Sax (Tenor) // Earl Hines - Piano // Earl Hines - Piano // Earl Hines - Piano // Earl Hines - Piano // Earl Hines - Piano // Earl Hines - Violin // Earl Hines - Violin // Earl Hines - Violin // Earl Hines - Violin // Earl Hines - Violin // Earl Hines - Vocals // Earl Hines - Vocals // Earl Hines - Vocals // Earl Hines - Vocals // Earl Hines - Vocals // Earl Hines - Main Performer // Earl Hines - Main Performer // Earl Hines - Main Performer // Earl Hines - Main Performer // Earl Hines - Main Performer // Earl Hines - Direction // Earl Hines - Direction // Earl Hines - Direction // Earl Hines - Direction // Earl Hines - Direction // Budd Johnson - Sax (Tenor) // Budd Johnson - Sax (Tenor) // Oscar Pettiford - Bass // Willie Cook - Trumpet // Skeeter Best - Guitar // Charlie Anderson - Trumpet // Clifton Best - Guitar // Ernie Wilkins - Sax (Tenor) // John Harman - Vocals // Johnny Hartman - Vocals // Gus Johnson - Drums // Joe McLewis - Trombone // Dolores Parker - Vocals // Kermit Scott - Sax (Tenor) // Lloyd Smith - Sax (Alto) // Vernon Smith - Trumpet // Rudy Taylor - Drums // Arthur Walker - Trumpet // Arthur Walker - Violin // Arthur Walker - Vocals // John Williams - Bara // Chick Booth - Drums // Earl Hines & His Orchestra - Performer // Anatol Schenker - Liner Notes // Druie Bess - Trombone // George "Scoops" Carry - Clarinet // George "Scoops" Carry - Sax (Alto) // Walter Melrose - Producer // Lord Essex - Vocals // Calvin Ponder - Bass // Gordon Alston - Trombone // Bill Thompson - Vibraphone // Wallace Brodis - Bara // Melrose Colbert - Vocals // Bill Dougherty - Violin // Clifton Small - Trombone // Gene Thomas - Bass
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