1934-1937

• Artist: Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1990
• Total Time: 70:23
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

Cab Calloway, who first became popular in 1930, retained his popularity (despite a lot of competition) throughout the swing era. On this excellent CD (the fifth of 12 in the European label Classics' Complete Calloway series), highlights include "Keep That Hi-De-Hi in Your Soul," "Nagasaki," "Copper Colored Gal," "Frisco Flo" and a crazy "That Man Is Here Again." With fine soloists in trumpeters Lammar Wright and Shad Collins, trombonist Claude Jones and (by 1936) the great tenor Ben Webster (along with a top-notch rhythm section that includes bassist Milt Hinton), this was a much better swing orchestra than it is generally rated in jazz history books. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Weakness	Edwin Swayzee	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:09)
Good Sauce from the Gravy Bowl	Cabell "Cab" Calloway, Irving Mills, Edwin Swayzee	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:06)
Keep That Hi-De-Hi in Your Soul	Cabell "Cab" Calloway, Irving Mills, Morris White	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(2:56)
Miss Otis Regrets	Cole Porter	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:01)
I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me)	Roger Graham, Spencer Williams, Dave Peyton	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:01)
Nagasaki	Harry Warren, Mort Dixon	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(2:54)
Baby Won't You Please Come Home	Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:14)
I Love to Sing-A [From the Movie "The Singing Kid"]	Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:06)
You're the Cure for What Ails Me	Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:02)
Save Me, Sister	Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:02)
Love Is the Reason	Leon René, Otis Rene	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:13)
When You're Smiling	Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:17)
Jess's Natu'lly Lazy		Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:09)
Are You in Love With Me Again?		Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:08)
Copper Colored Gal	John Frederick Coots, Joe Davis	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(2:44)
Frisco Flo	John Frederick Coots, Joe Davis	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:25)
The Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Swing	John Frederick Coots, Benny Davis	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:17)
The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man	John Frederick Coots, Joe Davis	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:14)
Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin'	Lupin Fein, Lee Wainer	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(2:42)
My Gal Mezzanine	Leon René, Otis Rene, Ben Ellison	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(2:40)
That Man Is Here Again		Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(3:35)
Peckin'	Harry James, Ben Pollack	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(2:55)
Congo	Morris White	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	(2:33)

Credits

Walter "Foots" Thomas (Multi Instruments), Walter "Foots" Thomas (Sax (Tenor)), Morris White (Guitar), Benny Payne (Vocals), William Thornton Blue (Sax (Alto)), De Priest Wheeler (Trombone), Garvin Bushell (Sax (Alto)), Garvin Bushell (Clarinet), Shad Collins (Trumpet), Cabell "Cab" Calloway (Director), Edwin Swayzee (Trumpet), Lammar Wright, Sr. (Trumpet), Eddie Barefield (Multi Instruments), Doc Cheatham (Trumpet), Cab Calloway & His Orchestra (Performer), Benny Payne (Piano), Claude Jones (Trombone), Milt Hinton (String Bass), Ben Webster (Sax (Tenor)), Cabell "Cab" Calloway (Vocals), Anatol Schenker (Liner Notes), William Thornton Blue (Clarinet), Harry White (Trombone), Arville Harris (Clarinet), Leroy Maxey (Drums), Al Morgan (String Bass), Irving "Mouse" Randolph (Trumpet), Benny Payne (Cello), Arville Harris (Sax (Alto))