Product Description
The continuation of Glenn Miller's Wartime Band after his disappearance over the English Channel. Recorded at a pub frequented by the band while in France that had a disc cutter hooked up to the P.A. system. Completed May 20, 1943, just 12 days after the end of World War II, the band had now been aptly named "The Jazz Club Mystery Hot Band." Featuring Mel Powell (p), Bernie Privin (tp), Peanuts Hucko (cl, as, ts), Django Reinhardt (g), Joe Shulman (b), and Ray McKinley (d).
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Glenn Miller's G.I.'s in Paris,Glenn Miller,Timeless
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Average customer rating:
- Glenn's Guys on their own.
- Forgotten master
- GI's In France
- Great Music - Not Remastered
- Jazz Club Francaise - Paris 1945 - A Treasure
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G.I.'s in Paris 1945
Glenn Miller
Manufacturer: Timeless Holland
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
 General
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Swing General
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Classic Big Band
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Contemporary Big Band
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Jazz
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
ASIN: B00000DGDV
Release Date: 1998-11-17 |
Tracks:
- How High The Moon
- If Dreams come True
- Beatin' The Hallelujah Drum (Hallelujah)
- Stompin' At The Savoy
- I Must Have That Man
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
- S' Wonderful
- Someday Sweetheart
- Blue Skies
- Red Light
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Hommage A Fats Waller
- Hommage A Debussy
- For Miss Black (Poor Miss Black)
- Don't Blame Me
- Pennies From Heaven
- One, Two, Button Your Shoe
- At Sundown
- At Sundown
- Stealin' Smack's Apples (Stealin' Apples)
- Sugar
- After You've Gone
- Shoemaker's Apron
- China Boy
Album Description
The continuation of Glenn Miller's Wartime Band after his disappearance over the English Channel. Recorded at a pub frequented by the band while in France that had a disc cutter hooked up to the P.A. system. Completed May 20, 1943, just 12 days after the end of World War II, the band had now been aptly named "The Jazz Club Mystery Hot Band." Featuring Mel Powell (p), Bernie Privin (tp), Peanuts Hucko (cl, as, ts), Django Reinhardt (g), Joe Shulman (b), and Ray McKinley (d).
Customer Reviews:
Glenn's Guys on their own........2007-05-14
A wonderful addition to any collection of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band recordings. After Major Miller was lost during his flight to Paris, the Allied Expeditionary Force Orchestra went through a difficult time being without his leadership when they arrived in France. This is a recording of a group of the men from the band, getting together to record some tunes on their own time at a club in Paris. Originally, the recordings were released without disclosing who the band members were, and the fees they were paid helped bolster their Army Air Force pay. All cuts are excellent, and you'd never guess that this was music from the key Miller band members. The tunes are not Miller tunes, nor is the style. It reminds me a great deal of the Benny Goodman sextet's recordings of that era. It is a very refreshing find.
Forgotten master.......2006-01-03
This CD is a dream come true. It is a CD I thought would never come out. Alex Hill died at the age of 30, in 1937, right on the threshold of some kind of fame as a brilliant composer, arranger and pianist. In my listening to Jazz of this period, I have occasionally been struck by his name's coming up when I looked at composer credits. Almost invariably, his was the most interesting composition on the CD. This happened with a Willie Bryant disc and a King Oliver disc, and, most notably, with the classic Armstrong-Hines Hot Sevens. His amazing arrangement of his composition Beau Koo Jack is justly famed (see pages 127-29 of Schuller's Early Jazz). All of these minor masterworks are here plus 20 more. And the wonderful team of John R.T. Davies (remastering) and Sally-Ann Worsfold (liner notes) scores another triumph. This is a CD of highpoints, and if there were any justice in this world, attention would be paid to Hill as a kind of Herbie Nichols of the thirties. His compositions have very little which is eccentric about them (unlike Nichols'), but they have an innate musicality and sense of forward motion and drive which distinguish them. You Were Only Passing Time With Me (King Oliver) is, on the surface, no different from scores of other pop songs of the period (1930). But listen more carefully to the shout chorus. Hill was looking towards the later thirties, especially in his use of riffs, in a way that one hears in only the best music of this transitional moment. This aspect of his work is heard everywhere on this disc, from 'Long About Midnight to Functionizin', from I Would Do Anything For You to Baby Brown. There's something about his work that brings out the best in musicians, something which can also be heard on Volume 1 (don't miss Madame Dynamite, in which some of the greatest of the white Chicagoans confront riff-based Black music in a way that they rarely were forced to - piquant!). The difference between the two volumes is essentially that Hill is heard more as a player on Volume 1 and more as a composer being covered by Jazz stars on Volume 2. Both are essential. A major release.
GI's In France.......2003-10-03
A great find ,I was fortunate enough to be friend of Ray McKinley's and Mac spoke of the Sessions,but was'nt sure what happened to them , so I feel that eventhough the Quality may not be perfect the Music is more than worth the listening.A Wonderful find and a must for the Miller Collector. Great Samples of Django Reinhardt ,Mac and the guys having a great time doing what they do best.you will not stop listening to it once you have it. Good listening
Great Music - Not Remastered.......2001-04-05
While the music is the best, the recording is not. The people who released the CD did nothing to clean up the quality before release. That is disappointing. Also the cover leaves fails to mention that Ray McKinley is the drummer on the recording. Big oversight. The liner notes have some good information on the session. They were lifted from the book, "Next to a Letter from Home," a story of the Army Airforce Orchestra during World War II.
Jazz Club Francaise - Paris 1945 - A Treasure.......2001-03-09
This is one of the best jazz recordings ever. The boys were lifting the morale of the army that had just helped win the war, and they were swinging. Ray McKinley (drums & leader) and his pals, Peanuts Hucko (reeds), Mel Powell (piano), Bernie Priven (horn) and Joe Shulman (bass) joined Django Reinhardt (guitar)at a little hot Paris jazz spot. It was magic. Ray was always considered the jazzman's drummer because he could really keep time. You can hear his solid beat driving the Dorseys, Glenn Miller and his own great bands. In this recording, his beat is subtle and true. Peanuts' clarinet puts Benny Goodman to shame with tone and riffs that are flights of fancy. Bernie's horn is perfection. Joe's imaginative bass helps Mac keep the boys together. And Mel's piano is not to be believed. His homage to Fats and Debussy is music for the ages. Even Django fans will cheer this album. But the true jazz treasure is the gift of Mac and the boys.
Average customer rating:
- Glenn's Guys on their own.
- Forgotten master
- GI's In France
- Great Music - Not Remastered
- Jazz Club Francaise - Paris 1945 - A Treasure
|
Glenn Miller's G.I.'s in Paris
Glenn Miller
Manufacturer: Timeless
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Swing General
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Classic Big Band
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B00000C294
Release Date: 1998-09-01 |
Album Description
The continuation of Glenn Miller's Wartime Band after his disappearance over the English Channel. Recorded at a pub frequented by the band while in France that had a disc cutter hooked up to the P.A. system. Completed May 20, 1943, just 12 days after the end of World War II, the band had now been aptly named "The Jazz Club Mystery Hot Band." Featuring Mel Powell (p), Bernie Privin (tp), Peanuts Hucko (cl, as, ts), Django Reinhardt (g), Joe Shulman (b), and Ray McKinley (d).
Customer Reviews:
Glenn's Guys on their own........2007-05-14
A wonderful addition to any collection of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band recordings. After Major Miller was lost during his flight to Paris, the Allied Expeditionary Force Orchestra went through a difficult time being without his leadership when they arrived in France. This is a recording of a group of the men from the band, getting together to record some tunes on their own time at a club in Paris. Originally, the recordings were released without disclosing who the band members were, and the fees they were paid helped bolster their Army Air Force pay. All cuts are excellent, and you'd never guess that this was music from the key Miller band members. The tunes are not Miller tunes, nor is the style. It reminds me a great deal of the Benny Goodman sextet's recordings of that era. It is a very refreshing find.
Forgotten master.......2006-01-03
This CD is a dream come true. It is a CD I thought would never come out. Alex Hill died at the age of 30, in 1937, right on the threshold of some kind of fame as a brilliant composer, arranger and pianist. In my listening to Jazz of this period, I have occasionally been struck by his name's coming up when I looked at composer credits. Almost invariably, his was the most interesting composition on the CD. This happened with a Willie Bryant disc and a King Oliver disc, and, most notably, with the classic Armstrong-Hines Hot Sevens. His amazing arrangement of his composition Beau Koo Jack is justly famed (see pages 127-29 of Schuller's Early Jazz). All of these minor masterworks are here plus 20 more. And the wonderful team of John R.T. Davies (remastering) and Sally-Ann Worsfold (liner notes) scores another triumph. This is a CD of highpoints, and if there were any justice in this world, attention would be paid to Hill as a kind of Herbie Nichols of the thirties. His compositions have very little which is eccentric about them (unlike Nichols'), but they have an innate musicality and sense of forward motion and drive which distinguish them. You Were Only Passing Time With Me (King Oliver) is, on the surface, no different from scores of other pop songs of the period (1930). But listen more carefully to the shout chorus. Hill was looking towards the later thirties, especially in his use of riffs, in a way that one hears in only the best music of this transitional moment. This aspect of his work is heard everywhere on this disc, from 'Long About Midnight to Functionizin', from I Would Do Anything For You to Baby Brown. There's something about his work that brings out the best in musicians, something which can also be heard on Volume 1 (don't miss Madame Dynamite, in which some of the greatest of the white Chicagoans confront riff-based Black music in a way that they rarely were forced to - piquant!). The difference between the two volumes is essentially that Hill is heard more as a player on Volume 1 and more as a composer being covered by Jazz stars on Volume 2. Both are essential. A major release.
GI's In France.......2003-10-03
A great find ,I was fortunate enough to be friend of Ray McKinley's and Mac spoke of the Sessions,but was'nt sure what happened to them , so I feel that eventhough the Quality may not be perfect the Music is more than worth the listening.A Wonderful find and a must for the Miller Collector. Great Samples of Django Reinhardt ,Mac and the guys having a great time doing what they do best.you will not stop listening to it once you have it. Good listening
Great Music - Not Remastered.......2001-04-05
While the music is the best, the recording is not. The people who released the CD did nothing to clean up the quality before release. That is disappointing. Also the cover leaves fails to mention that Ray McKinley is the drummer on the recording. Big oversight. The liner notes have some good information on the session. They were lifted from the book, "Next to a Letter from Home," a story of the Army Airforce Orchestra during World War II.
Jazz Club Francaise - Paris 1945 - A Treasure.......2001-03-09
This is one of the best jazz recordings ever. The boys were lifting the morale of the army that had just helped win the war, and they were swinging. Ray McKinley (drums & leader) and his pals, Peanuts Hucko (reeds), Mel Powell (piano), Bernie Priven (horn) and Joe Shulman (bass) joined Django Reinhardt (guitar)at a little hot Paris jazz spot. It was magic. Ray was always considered the jazzman's drummer because he could really keep time. You can hear his solid beat driving the Dorseys, Glenn Miller and his own great bands. In this recording, his beat is subtle and true. Peanuts' clarinet puts Benny Goodman to shame with tone and riffs that are flights of fancy. Bernie's horn is perfection. Joe's imaginative bass helps Mac keep the boys together. And Mel's piano is not to be believed. His homage to Fats and Debussy is music for the ages. Even Django fans will cheer this album. But the true jazz treasure is the gift of Mac and the boys.
Jazz Music:
- Glenn Miller: Strike up the Band
- Good Vibes
- Groovin With [Import]
- Happy Again
- In Concert [Live]
- In the Beginning
- In the Mood with Artie Shaw
- In the Mood with Bunny Berigan
- In the Mood with Freddy Martin
- Jackie McLean and Co.
Jazz Music
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