1934-1935

• Artist: Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1990
• Total Time: 68:15
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

The second of Classics' reissuance of all the master takes of Jimmie Lunceford's recordings finds the orchestra gaining in popularity and in power. Among the highlights (most of the songs were arranged by Sy Oliver or Ed Wilcox) are "Since My Beat Gal Turned Me Down," "Rhythm Is Our Business," "Shake Your Head," "Sleepy-Time Gal," "Four or Five Times" and "Swanee River." The high musicianship and clean ensembles (along with the showmanship) are most impressive and the concise solos (particularly from altoist Willie Smith, tenor saxophonist Joe Thomas and trumpeter Sy Oliver) are enjoyable and fit in logically as part of the arrangements. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Chillun, Get Up	Ted Koehler	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:12)
Solitude	Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:14)
Rain	Eugene Ford	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:16)
Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down	Howdy Quicksell, Ray Lodwig	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:29)
Jealous	Little Jack Little, Tommie Malie, Dick Finch	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:05)
Rhythm Is Our Business	Jimmie Lunceford, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:13)
I'm Walking Through Heaven With You	Jimmie Lunceford, Joe Turner	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:13)
Shake Your Head (From Side to Side)	Sammy Cahn	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(2:46)
Sleepy Time Gal	Richard A. Whiting, Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Reed Alden, Raymond Egan B.	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:11)
Bird of Paradise	Duke Ellington	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:17)
Rhapsody Junior	Duke Ellington	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:22)
Runnin' Wild	Arthur Gibbs, Leo Wood, Joe Grey	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:09)
Four or Five Times	Byron Gay, Marco H. Hellman	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:11)
(If I Had) Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes	Jimmie Lunceford, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Don Raye, Ed Chalpin	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:06)
Babs	Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:09)
Swanee River	Stephen Foster, Traditional	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(2:47)
Thunder	Sam M. Lewis	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:04)
Oh Boy	Jimmie Lunceford, Eddie Durham	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:11)
(You Take the East, Take the West, Take the North) I'll Take the South	Raymond Klages, Jack Palmer	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(2:41)
Avalon	Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva, Vincent Rose	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:08)
Charmaine	Lew Pollack, Erno Rapee	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(2:54)
Hittin' the Bottle	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	(3:04)

Credits

Paul Webster (Trumpet), Jimmie Lunceford (?), Joe Thomas (Clarinet), Jimmy Crawford (Vibraphone), Russell Bowles (Trombone), Edwin Wilcox (Piano), Dan Grissom (Sax (Alto)), Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra (Performer), Jimmy Crawford (Drums), Moses Allen (?), Jimmie Lunceford (Sax (Alto)), Al Norris (Guitar), Willie Smith (Arranger), Sy Oliver (Trumpet), Eddie Durham (Arranger), Eddie Durham (?), Henry Wells (Trombone), Dan Grissom (Vocals), Edwin Wilcox (Cello), Edwin Wilcox (Arranger), Willie Smith (Sax (Alto)), Willie Smith (Sax (Baritone)), Willie Smith (Clarinet), Earl Carruthers (Sax (Alto)), Laforest Dent (Sax (Alto)), Earl Carruthers (Clarinet), Sy Oliver (Arranger), Eddie Tompkins (Trumpet), Earl Carruthers (Sax (Baritone)), Edwin Wilcox (?), Sy Oliver (?), Jimmie Lunceford (Director), Eddie Durham (Guitar), Henry Wells (Vocals), Tommy Stevenson (Trumpet), Joe Thomas (Sax (Tenor)), Jimmie Lunceford (Arranger), Eddie Durham (Trombone), Anatol Schenker (Liner Notes), Moses Allen (Bass), Elmer Crumbley (Trombone), Dan Grissom (Clarinet), Willie Smith (Vocals), Sy Oliver (Vocals)