Description:
This CD consists of 24 numbers recorded during rehearsal in New York by the Woody Herman Orchestra for broadcasts on CBS Old Gold Cigarettes summer radio shows in 1944. The band had just undergone signifcant personel changes, marking the arrival of Pete & Conte Candoli on trumpets, Bill Harris on trombone, Flip Phillips on tenor sax and an exciting new rhythm group consisting of Ralph Burns on piano, Billy Baur on guitar, Chubby Jackson on bass and Dave Tough on drums. This renovated Woody Herman orchestra became known as “The First Herd.” The repertoire consists of many Woody Herman standards, some new tunes and popular favorites. Included are many great arrangements by Neal Hefti and Ralph Burns. The music on these rehearsal sessions reveals the Woody Herman Orchestra well on their way to a peak of musical artistry and public acclaim which they would never again attain. |
 Blue Flame
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
It Must Be Jelly 'Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That
Woodchopper's Ball
G.I. Jive
Red Top
Yeh, Man
Noah
Sweet Lorraine
The Gold Wedding
I've Got The World On A String
Jones Beachhead
Four Or Five Times
Somebody Loves Me
125th Street Prophet
T'ain't Me
There Is No Greater Love
Basie's Basement
There'll Be A Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin
1-2-3-4 Jump
Old Gold Commercial
Apple Honey
Bules On Parade
Blue Flame (Theme) |
Personnel: Neal Hefti, Billy Robbins, Ray Wetzel, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed Keifer, Sam Marowitz, Bill Shine, Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello, Skippy DeSair, Ralph Burns, Billy Bauer, Chubby Jackson, Dave Tough |
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