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- Artist: Fletcher Henderson
- Rating:
- Release Date: 1991
- Total Time: 68:39
- Type: Compilation (best of), Instrumental
- Genre: Jazz
Review
With its high musicianship and many talented soloists (including trumpeters Rex Stewart and Bobby Stark, trombonist Jimmy Harrison, Coleman Hawkins on tenor, and altoist Benny Carter), the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra should have prospered during this period, but unaccountably, its leader (never a strong businessman) seemed to be losing interest in the band's fortunes and made several bad decisions. The result is that by 1931, Henderson's orchestra was struggling while Duke Ellington's was becoming a household name. This Classics CD, in covering over three years, demonstrates how few recordings this band made (only four songs apiece in both 1929 and 1930), although the quality largely makes up for the quantity. The original band version of "King Porter Stomp" and an explosive "Oh Baby" are the high points of this satisfying collection. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Dear, on a Night Like This | Con Conrad | (2:48) | |
| There's a Rickety Rackety Shack (By a Rickety Rockety Road) | Roy Turk | (3:09) | |
| Sorry | (3:05) | ||
| King Porter Stomp | Jelly Roll Morton | (2:52) | |
| D-Natural Blues | Fletcher Henderson | (3:25) | |
| Oh Baby | (2:43) | ||
| Feelin' Good | (3:24) | ||
| I'm Feelin' Devilish (Oh by Golly Oh) | Maceo Pinkard | (2:41) | |
| Hop Off | Fats Waller | (2:46) | |
| Old Black Joe's Blues | Fletcher Henderson | (2:20) | |
| Come on Baby | Maceo Pinkard, Sidney Clare | (2:50) | |
| Easy Money | Gene Austin | (3:03) | |
| Freeze and Melt | Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields | (3:03) | |
| Raisin' the Roof | Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields | (2:38) | |
| Blazin' | Joe Sanders | (2:53) | |
| The Wang Wang Blues | Henry Busse, |
(3:00) | |
| Chinatown, My Chinatown | (3:00) | ||
| Somebody Loves Me | George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald | (3:00) | |
| Keep a Song in Your Soul | Fats Waller, Alexander Hill | (3:18) | |
| What Good Am I Without You? | Milton Ager | (2:36) | |
| I've Found What I Wanted in You | (3:18) | ||
| My Gal Sal | Paul Dresser | (3:25) | |
| My Pretty Girl | Charles Fulcher | (3:22) |
