1942-1945

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This provides an excellent introduction to some of Earl Hines' best recordings over a 15-year period. The "international panel of experienced and respected specialists" has made a good selection.... Throughout, the piano-playing is the vital element, both in solo and in the contributions of a band pianist sui generis. Complicated though it sometimes is, there is much evidence here to show why Hines became the paramount influence on jazz piano in the '30s.

1942-1945,Earl Hines & His Orchestra,Classics,Big Band,Classic Jazz,Composer,Leader,Swing

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Average customer rating: Big Jim's Left hand Essential Piano Jazz

The Original James P. Johnson 1942-1945 James P. Johnson Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Stride Piano | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Snowy Morning Blues Luckey & the Lion: Harlem Piano King of Stride Piano 1918-1944 Stride Piano Summit: A Celebration of Harlem Stride & Classic Piano Jazz Lion Roars: His Greatest 1934-44 ASIN: B000001DM5 Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

1. Liza
2. Aunt Hagar's Blues
3. Sweet Lorraine
4. Jersey Sweet
5. Yamekraw-A Negro Rhapsody
6. Daintiness Rag
7. The Dream
8. The Dream (alternate)
9. Blue Moods
10. Keep Movin'
11. Woman Blues
12. Jazzamine Concerto
13. St. Louis Blues
14. Jungle Drums
15. Blue Moods, Sex
16. Euphonic Sounds
17. Twilight Rag
18. Snowy Morning Blues
19. Snowy Morning Blues (alternate)
20. Blues for Jimmy

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When James P. Johnson made these solo recordings for Moe Asch's Folkways label, Asch gave him the freedom to record what he wished. The pianist took the opportunity to document some pre-jazz piano music, a few favorite tunes, some improvised blues, and piano reductions of his own unperformed concert works. It's a remarkable release, including among the early piano music Jesse Pickett's "The Dream," Scott Joplin's "Euphonic Sounds," and two blues by W.C. Handy. While Johnson's ambitions to mount an indigenous concert music, one melding jazz and ragtime rhythms with classical forms, were frustrated, you'd never know it from these vibrant performances of "Yamekraw--A Negro Rhapsody," "Jazzamine Concerto," and a fragment from "Jungle Drums." The 1996 CD issue includes eight previously unissued tracks. --Stuart Broomer

Album Description

Seventy-four minutes of solo piano from the father of Harlem stride piano. Includes eight previously unreleased tracks, including Yamekraw and Jazzamine Concerto. 20 vibrant performances, including Joplin and Handy, a Gershwin hit, and Johnson's own compositions-1917 Classic rags, a 1923 show tune, newly discovered blues improvisations, and three of his pioneering "third stream" symphonic works. 28-page booklet contains wonderful reproductions of the original LP covers, historical and biographical annotation on the period, the artist, and the songs. Reissued from Folkways 2850. "It was me, or maybe Fats, who say down to warm up the piano. After that, James took over. Then you got real invention-magic, sheer magic." - Duke Ellington

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Big Jim's Left hand.......2001-07-27

I found out about James P. Johnnson just recently and I'm a senior. Wow! This album has better sound than some others and a real long serious number which was later orchestrated. Johnson's playing is pure magic, as Duke Ellington says, and if you play piano yourself, you must hear his left hand! Never too much or too little, always supportive of the top line and always just right. Maybe I'm just in the first flush of enthusiasm about this guys stuff, but this makes me want a time machine. I'da like to ah bin there.

Essential Piano Jazz.......2000-02-20

James P. Johnson is one of the most influential and neglected figues in 20th century American music. Best known as the teacher of Fats Waller, he was the composer of "Charleston", THE song that exemplified the 1920s, a writer of serious orchestral works, a magnificent accompanist of Bessie Smith and others, and the leading figure in the Harlem stride piano style. As such, he influenced Ellington, Basie and Thelonious Monk amongst others.

He recorded extensively, but for a long time little of his material was available on CD. Classics has now completed a reasonably comprehensive eight volume reissue, which is a must for Johnson fans. This CD, however, encapsulates most of Johnson's genius in one disc.

The recordings, made for Asch, cover most facets of Johnson's career. His ability as a stride virtuoso is demonstrated in "Liza" and "Twilight Rag", his ragtime roots in Scott Joplin's "Euphonic Sounds", and his empathy for the blues in a number of tracks, the best being "Snowy Morning Blues", given two markedly different performances and the poignant "Blue Moods Sex".

His neglected serious compositions are demonstrated with "Yamecraw", "Jungle Drums" and "Jazzamine Concerto", all well worth hearing in the only recording opportunity Johnson ever received to air them. (They have since been rediscovered and recorded by the Concordia Orchestra, and are well worth hearing. They compare favourably with the grossly over-rated Gershwin).

All in all, this is a splendid disc that does justice to Johnson's multi-faceted genius. While it is a little short of full-blooded stride piano (why was Asch's version of "Carolina Balmoral" not included?), no one with more than a passing interestin jazz piano should be without it.

Average customer rating: Flyin' Home (1942-1945) - Lionel Hampton

Flyin' Home (1942-1945) Lionel Hampton Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008B58 Release Date: 1990-08-13

Tracks:

1. Royal Family
2. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
3. Flying Home
4. In the Bag
5. Loose Wig
6. Chop, Chop
7. Flying Home, No. 2
8. Hamp's Boogie Woogie
9. Million Dollar Smile
10. Lamplighter
11. Overtime
12. Doublin' With Dublin
13. Ribs and Hot Sauce
14. Blow Top Blues
15. Playboy
16. Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

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Flyin' Home (1942-1945) - Lionel Hampton.......2007-05-13

Good reproduction considering how old the masters must be.

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1942-1945 Sammy Price Manufacturer: Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Jump Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Boogie-Woogie | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004C4MK Release Date: 2000-02-15

Tracks:

1. Me And My Chauffeur - Sam Price's Blusicians
2. I've Got Too Many Blues - Sam Price's Blusicians
3. It's All Right, Jack - Sam Price And His Texas Blusicians
4. Blow, Katy, Blow - Sam Price And His Texas Blusicians
5. Teed Up - Sam Price And His Texas Blusicians
6. Frantic - Sam Price And His Texas Blusicians
7. That's Kicks - Sammy Price And His Blusicians
8. Pluckin' That Thing - Sammy Price And His Blusicians
9. Boogie Woogie Notion - Sammy Price And His Blusicians
10. House Rent Boogie - Sammy Price And His Blusicians
11. Big Joe - Sammy Price And His Blusicians
12. Boogin' A Plenty - Sammy Price And His Blusicians
13. Sweet Lorraine - Sammy Price And His Blusicians
14. Honeysuckle Rose - Sammy Price And His Blusicians
15. In A Mezz - Sam Price
16. Those Mellow Blues - Sam Price
17. Gully Low Blues - Sam Price
18. Cow Cow Blues - Sam Price
19. 133rd Street Boogie - Sam Price
20. I Finally Gotcha' - Sam Price
21. Boogin' With 'Mezz' - Sam Price
22. Callin' 'Em Home - Sam Price
23. Step Down, Step Up - Sam Price
24. Shakin' Loose - Sam Price
25. Boogin' With Big Sid - Sam Price

Average customer rating: A wonderful MGM Technicolor musical A Forgotten Gem

Yolanda And The Thief (1945 Film) / The Fleet's In (1942 Film) [2 on 1] Original Soundtrack , Victor Schertzinger , and Johnny Mercer Manufacturer: Great Movie Themes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Two Girls And A Sailor (1944 Film) ASIN: B00000I0JO Release Date: 1999-03-16

Tracks:

1. Yolanda And The Thief: Ov - Studio Orchestra/Lennie Hayton
2. Yolanda And The Thief: This Is A Day For Love - Chorus
3. Yolanda And The Thief: Angel - Lucille Bremer
4. Yolanda And The Thief: Will You Marry Me - Lucille Bremer/Fred Astaire
5. Yolanda And The Thief: Yolanda - Fred Astaire
6. Yolanda And The Thief: Coffee Time - Fred Astaire/Lucille Bremer
7. The Fleet's In: Opening Titles: The Fleet's In - Betty Jane Rhodes
8. The Fleet's In: Anchors Aweigh/Tangerine/When You Hear The Time Signal - Bob Eberly/Helen O'Connell/Dorothy Lamour
9. The Fleet's In: If You Build A Better Mousetrap - Betty Hutton
10. The Fleet's In: Not Mine - Dorothy Lamour/Betty Hutton
11. The Fleet's In: I Remember You - Dorothy Lamour
12. The Fleet's In: If You Build A Better Mousetrap - Bob Eberly/Helen O'Connell
13. The Fleet's In: Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry - Betty Hutton
14. The Fleet's In: I Remember You (Reprise) - Lorraine And Rognan Dance Team
15. The Fleet's In: Tomorrow You Belong To Uncle Sammy - Cass Dailey
16. The Fleet's In: Finale - All Cast

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A wonderful MGM Technicolor musical.......2005-09-26

If you love MGM color musicals, do give the underrated and neglected YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (1945) a chance. I am reviewing it from old videocassette, but am sure it is on DVD by now. It was made by the very prestigious Arthur Freed Unit and directed by Vincente Minnelli one year after both men did MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. And it stars Fred Astaire, Frank Morgan and, also one year after ST. LOUIS, both Leon Ames and Lucille Bremer.

YOLANDA has Bremer in the title role and Astaire as the thief. Actually, Astaire and Morgan are a pair of charming con artists in the fictitious South American country of Patria. Yolanda is a virgin princess who has never left the country and trusts everyone-especially Astaire when he claims to be Yolanda's personal guardian angel. She is about to turn eighteen, at which time she will inherit a fortune she doesn't seem to want. Ah. but Astaire and Morgan sure want it. Morgan is too greedy for his own good, but Astaire is...well, Astaire: suave, charming, elegant. As Yolanda's guardian angel, Astaire is delighted to remove both money and financial worry from her pretty young head. But something goes wrong, and Ames as a mystery figure gets all the money. Now Astaire has to get Yolanda's money away from HIM! Don't worry, this has a happy ending. It is an MGM musical, for heaven's sake. Or is that hell's sake?

YOLANDA has glorious Technicolor production design and costumes, as befitting a Freed and Minnelli musical. Elaborate, tuneful,. and colorful dance numbers include Astaire and Bremer dancing to "Marry Me" and the wondrous "Coffee Time", and the exquisite "This is a Day For Love" sung by children in the opening scene. This is a fun and lovely movie, one I often play on my birthday because it IS so colorful and happy. And if you can't guess who Ames is playing, that is taken care of in the last scene. Running 108 minutes, YOLANDA AND THE THIEF is one gorgeous piece of filmmaking from MGM's golden age.

YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (1945) appears to be on home video moratorium including, incredibly, used video. Request it on DVD, and watch for it on Turner Classic Movies. In the meanwhile, this sounds like a lovely CD of the soundtrack.

A Forgotten Gem.......2000-06-28

When I came across this CD I bought it Instantly for "Yolonda and the thief". The score is a little weak (which is one of the factors of it's faliure in theaters)but one good song is "coffee time" a swing-type number that has well written music and is a show stopper. The songs "angel" and "yolonda" are okay, but "this is a day for love" is cheesy and has absolutely nothing to do with the plot. "The fleets in" is great for any Betty Hutton fan and it has some good upbeat numbers like "if you build me a better mousetrap" and "Arthur Murry taught me a dance in a hurry". The quality isn't too good. It sounds like someone held a tape recorder to a TV and taped it off the movie. This is probably why the price it a steal. The only way I can see one would by it is for Betty Hutton or because they are a fan off the offbeat but forgotten movie "yolanda and the thief" with Fred Astaire(which is my reason).

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Lionel Hampton (1942-1945) Flying Home Manufacturer: Decca Jazz MCA Records, Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music ASIN: B000H7G5AA

Product Description

1990 MCA Records Decca Jazz Reissue produced by Orrin Keepnews. 16 tracks starting with Royal Family and ending with Hey! Ba Ba Re Bop. Excellent Jazz CD.

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The Swing Era (1942-1945) Manufacturer: Time Life/EMI ProductGroup: Classical Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000H113LC

Average customer rating: Louis Jordan soundtraps

Louis Jordan on Film 1942-1945 Louis Jordan Manufacturer: Krazy Kat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music East Coast Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Jump Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000020RF Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

1. Caldonia
2. Honey Chile
3. Tillie
4. Buzz Me
5. Jumpin' At The Jubilee
6. Please Don't Cry And Say No
7. Texas And Pacific/All For The Love Of Lil
8. Wham Sam
9. I Know What Your Putting Down
10. Let The Good Times Roll
11. Reet Petite And Gone
12. That Chick's Too Young To Fry/Ain't That Just Like A Woman/If It's Love You Want
13. Jack You're Dead
14. Caldonia
15. My New Ten Gallon Hat
16. Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends
17. Chicky Mo
18. We Can't Agree
19. Boogie In The Barnyard
20. Instrumental
21. You're Much Too Fat
22. Roamin' Blues
23. Early In The Morning
24. Down Down Down
25. Five Guys Named Mo

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Louis Jordan soundtraps.......2007-02-01

LOUIS JORDAN ON FILM contains some amazing celluloid performances, including a breathlessly-fast "Caldonia." This particular version (song #14) of the Jordan original clocks in at a minute and a quarter!

Many of the selections featured on this set were originally "SOUNDIES," a unique but short-lived video jukebox format popular in 1943-'45. Soundies circumvented wartime restrictions against new record releases by presenting musicians on brief pay-per-view movie loops.

Unfortunately, a well-intentioned album concept is spoiled here by audio limitations. Some tracks have extraneous clicks while others fade abruptly. Much of this collection is midrange-only, muffled, distorted in places and somewhat unpleasant to listen to. Only recommended for Jordan fans who don't already have these takes on other albums.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 66:58

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Merenguito 1942-1945 Orquesta Chepin-Chovin Manufacturer: Tumbao Cuban Classix ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Con la Orquesta de Belisario Prueba Mi Sazon 1942-1948 Orquesta en Nueva York, Vol. 1 Un Cubano En Mexico 1942-52 Rhumbas and Mambos 1948-1951 ASIN: B000027WK3 Release Date: 2004-11-16

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1942-1945 Teddy Wilson Manufacturer: Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00007GXEQ Release Date: 1997-03-25

Tracks:

1. These Foolish Things
2. You're My Favorite Memory
3. B Flat Swing
4. How High The Moon
5. Russian Lullaby
6. I Know That You Know
7. Blues
8. Stompin' At The Savoy
9. Undecided
10. China Boy
11. Every Time We Say Goodbye
12. Just You, Just Me
13. Just For You Blues
14. This Heart Of Mine
15. Bugle Call Rag
16. Running Wild
17. I Surrender Dear
18. Memories Of You
19. If Dreams Come True
20. I Can't Get Started
21. Stompin' At The Savoy
22. Blues Too

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The R & B Hits: 1942-1945 Various Artists Manufacturer: Indigo UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music East Coast Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music West Coast Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Jump Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002XSE Release Date: 1997-11-05

Tracks:

1. Take It and Git - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy
2. I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
3. Stormy Monday Blues - Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines
4. Let's Be Friends - Lillian "Lil" Green
5. What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)? - Louis Jordan
6. See See Rider Blues
7. That Ain't Right - King Cole Trio
8. Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Tampa Red
9. Let's Beat Out Some Love - Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra
10. Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder, Lucky Millinder Orchestra
11. Why Don't You Do Right? - Peggy Lee
12. Riffette - Freddie Slack & His Orchestra
13. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton
14. Rusty Dusty Blues - Count Basie Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing
15. Hey Lawdy Mama - June Richmond
16. Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan
17. Ration Blues - Louis Jordan
18. Hurry Hurry - Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Savannah Churchill
19. When My Man Comes Home - Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra, Ella Johnson
20. Straight up and Fly Right - King Cole Trio
21. Evil Gal Blues - Dinah Washington
22. G.I. Jive - Louis Jordan

Tracks:

1. Cherry Red - Cootie Williams, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
2. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? - Louis Jordan
3. Hamp's Boogie Woogie No. 1 - Lionel Hampton
4. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You - King Cole Trio
5. I Wonder - Cecil Gant
6. Somebody's Gotta Go - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
7. Mop! Mop! - Louis Jordan
8. You Can't Get That No More - Louis Jordan
9. S.K. Blues, Pt. 1 - Joe Turner
10. Strange Things Happening Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
11. Rock Me Mama - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
12. Caldonia - Louis Jordan
13. Lover Man - Billie Holiday
14. Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well? - Wynonie Harris, Lucky Millinder, Lucky Millinder Orchestra
15. Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door - Louis Jordan
16. That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch - Buddy Johnson
17. Honeydripper, Pt. 1 - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
18. Honeydripper, Pt. 2 - Joe Liggins & His Orchestra
19. Jimmy's Blues - Count Basie Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing
20. Things Have Changed - Big Maceo Merriweather
21. Blues at Sunrise - Ivory Joe Hunter
22. Be-Baba-Leba - Helen Humes

Album Description

Digitally remastered 1997 compilation featuring 44 tracks from the likes of Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Billy Eckstine & Earl Hines, Lil Green, Bea Booze, Nat 'King' Cole Trio, Tampa Red, Budd Johnson Orchestra, Lucky Millinder Orchestra, Peggy Lee & many more. Indigo/Pinnacle.

Jazz Music:

1. 1945-1946
2. Alto Madness
3. Avenue Blue
4. Best Of Out Of The Cool, Vol. 2
5. Blue Lou
6. Body and Soul
7. Bop Redux
8. Chase
9. Childish Dreams
10. Classic Concert [Import] [Live]

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