SwingMan1937 Videos

Just a little show & tell on another one of the 78's Lionel Hampton autographed for me at the First Annual Phoenix Jazz Festival on Sunday, April 2, 1989. Great jiver, too. :) Dig.....

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Savage groove in the vein of "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" from the 4 record "Esquire All American Hot Jazz, Volume 2" album set. Dig.....

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Late cut before the 1st recording ban? ;) Still a good swinger with Gene & Roy Eldridge batting this flag waver back & forth. :) Dig.....

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Outstanding minor key swinger here - even RAY CONIFF is present and smokin' mute style!!!!! :) The personnel for this March 13, 1944 session are: Cozy Cole - drums Lamar Wright - trumpet Ray Coniff - trombone Ben Webster - tenor sax Teddy Walters - guitar Johnny Guarnieri - piano Billy Taylor - bass Dig.....

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You may have seen Slam do a variation of this cut with his own trio in the 1947 movie "Boy! What A Girl!" - great groover here with Erroll Garner setting a nice table & Don Byas' inimitable flourishes. :) The personnel for this April, 1945 session are: Don Byas - tenor sax Slam Stewart - bass Erroll Garner - piano Harold West - drums Dig.....

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Easy walkin' groove with that fat Glenn Miller sound on the Miller band's last civilian recording session. :) Dig.....

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One of the small band spinoffs by member's of Duke Ellington's outfit - including Duke himself. ;) Great, hazy feeling blus on a slow walk here. The personnel on this August 1, 1938 session are: Johnny Hodges - soprano sax Cootie Williams - trumpet Lawrence Brown - trombone Harry Carney - baritone sax Duke Ellington - piano Billy Taylor - bass Sonny Greer - drums Dig..... ... Johnny Hodges Cootie Williams Lawrence Brown Harry Carney Duke Ellington Billy Taylor Sonny Greer small band jazz yt ...

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Just a fun, bouncy little cut with the clown prince of jazz - and one of the fathers of stride piano. :) Dig.....

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A call for a little pep has been answered. :) In addition to the others' fine work here, Glenn Miller gets off a particularly hot solo here (nearly a full chorus!) while 20 year old Gene Krupa fits the feel nicely. ;) The personell for this landmark November 14, 1929 session are: Red McKenzie - comb Pee Wee Russell - clarinet Coleman Hawkins - tenor sax Glenn Miller (yes, THAT one!) - trombone Eddie Condon - banjo Jack Bland - Guitar Al Morgan - bass Gene Krupa - drums Dig..... ... Red ...

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Like Artie's "Stardust", this cut is just a classic that fits like a glove. LOVE Pee Wee's wheezing accompaniment here. IMO, it was this cut, this session, that really helped establish Hawk as a first rate ballad soloist, 10 years before his "Body and Soul". His tone and approach here are full, rich, and firm, yet silky smooth. Slow, no schmaltz and a bucketload of soul & feel here. :) The personell for this landmark November 14, 1929 session are: Red McKenzie - comb Pee Wee Russell ... Red ...

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