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COUNT BASIE / BENNY CARTER

LEGENDARY RADIO BROADCASTS

Description:
2 CD set. It was in the 30's and 40's when the radio was the most important media before television took over. There were many different radio broadcasts all over USA. Live programs from different concerts and studio recordings. Count Basie had nightly broadcasts from Reno Club in Kansas City. When John Hammond heard a broadcast he went to Kansas City to hear the band in person. He then decided to bring it to New York City where they opened at the Roseland. To be regular featured on the radio was the best promotion an artist could get. Storyville has found many fine radio programs with various artists that will be released in the Legendary Radio Broadcasts series. The first 15 minutes of the oldest preserved broadcast from Chatterbox, Pittsburgh, February 10, 1937 are included on this CD. The titles are Moten Swing, King Porter Stomp, I’ll Always Be In Love With You, You do the Darnest Things, Baby and Swinging At The Daisy Chain. Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Walter Page, Jo Jones and vocalist Jimmy Rushing are members of the band. Two other broadcasts are included. CBS "American Dances" the complete broadcast, New York, July 9, 1938 and also the complete broadcast from Southland, Boston, 1940. Dicky Wells, Harry Edison and Helen Humes are now in the band. After a three year stay in Europe, Benny Carter Assembled and rehearsed a big band to perform at extended engagements at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. His nightly broadcasts from "The Home Of The Happy Feet" were recorded on at least ten different occasions. Five numbers, broadcast from the Savoy Ballroom on May 20, 1939, are included on this CD. Three other broadcasts are from Trianon Ballroom in California 1946 and Southern California Ballroom, late 1942 0r early 1943. The third is recorded in NBC Studios, Hollywood 1943. It is a swinging big band and Benny Carter can be heard on alto saxophone, trumpet and clarinet. Four of Benny Carter’s composition are also on the CD: Fish Fry, Back Bay Boogie, Opening Night and his theme song Melancholy Lullaby.

Songs:

Personnel

Details:

Moten Swing (a)

King Porter Stomp (a)

I’Ll Always Be In Love With You (a)

You Do The Darnest Things, Baby (a)

Swinging At The Daisy Chain (a)

One O’Clock Jump (a)

Every Tub (a)

Song Of The Wanderer (a)

Flat Foot Floogie (a)

Oh! Lady Be Good (a)

Boogie Woogie (a)

One O’Clock Jump (a)

I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (a)

One O’Clock Jump (a)

Ebony Rhapsody (a)

Riff Interlude (a)

Darn That Dream (a)

Take It, Prez (a)

Baby, Don’T You Tell On Me (a)

If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight (a)

I Got Rhythm (a)

Melancholy Lullaby (b)

Rose Room (b)

I Can’T Get Started (b)

Night And Day (b)

One O’Clock Jump (b)

Sleep (b)

I Used To Love You (b)

Ill Wind (b)

Fish Fry (b)

Swanee River (b)

All Of Me (b)

Honeysuckle Rose (b)

Midnight (b)

Back Way Boogie (b)

Opening Night (b)

Love’s Dream (b)

My Heart Has Wings (b)

Oh, Lady Be Good (b)

Big Wig In The Wigma (b)

Melancholy Lullaby (b)

Artists: a- Count Basie; b- Benny Carter

Label:	STORYVILLE
Number:	8411
Item Code:	62688
Format:	2-CD
Genre:
Dates:	(1937-1946)
Price:	$18.00 New!
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