Release Date: 1934Genre: JazzLabel: ClassicsTotal Time: 122:59
Artist: Jimmie Noone Flags: Compilation (best of)Type: CompilationRating: Styles: New Orleans Jazz, Classic JazzSimilar Albums: 1936-1937 , 1936 , 1933 , Complete RCA Victor Recordings , 1937-1944 , 1933-1941 , 1936-1942 , Wingy Manone Collection, Vol. 4 (1935-36) , Louis Armstrong Collection, Vol. 7: You're Driving Me Crazy , 1933-1936 , 1931-1933 , 1936-1937 , 1934-1936 Review
On the fifth of
Jimmie Noone's five CDs on the Classics label, the New Orleans clarinetist is heard on his final 24 selections as a leader (with the exception of a slightly later live session). The first six numbers close the book on his Apex Club Orchestra, featuring
Eddie Pollack (in
Joe Poston's old place) playing the melody on alto and sometimes baritone behind
Noone's solos; trumpeter
Jimmy Cobb and pianist
Zinky Cohn get some solo space.
Noone is also heard in 1936 with a freewheeling New Orleans group featuring trumpeter
Guy Kelly and trombonist
Preston Jackson , holding his own the following year with the dynamic young trumpeter
Charlie Shavers and altoist
Pete Brown , and doing his best in 1940 to overcome the weak cornet playing of
Natty Dominique . The final four numbers (also from 1940) are dominated by Ed Thompson's dated vocals. No matter what the setting,
Noone (who passed away in 1944) is heard in prime form. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Tracks
Shine
... Lew Brown , Ford Dabney , Cecil Mack Jimmie Noone (2:53)
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
... George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin , Gus Kahn Jimmie Noone (2:54)
Soon
... Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart Jimmie Noone (2:38)
Lullaby of Broadway
... Al Dubin , Harry Warren Jimmie Noone (3:09)
(Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie
... Mack Gordon Jimmie Noone (2:40)
It's Easy to Remember
... Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart Jimmie Noone (2:45)
He's a Different Type of Guy
... Gideon Honore Jimmie Noone (3:12)
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
... Henry Creamer , Turner Layton Jimmie Noone (2:54)
The Blues Jumped a Rabbit
... Gideon Honore Jimmie Noone (3:01)
Sweet Georgia Brown
... Ben Bernie and His Orchestra , Maceo Pinkard , Kenneth Casey Jimmie Noone (2:57)
Sweet Lorraine
Carter Burwell , Mitchell Parish Jimmie Noone (3:14)
I Know That You Know
... Vincent Youmans , Anne CaldwellJimmie Noone (2:55)
Bump It (The Bumps)
... Jimmie Noone , J. Mayo WilliamsJimmie Noone (3:20)
Four or Five Times
... Byron Gay, Marco H. Hellman
Jimmie Noone (3:06)
Hell in My Heart
... Jimmie Noone , Spencer Williams Jimmie Noone (2:47)
Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear)
... Scott Dickerson
Jimmie Noone (2:52)
I'm Walkin' This Town
... Teddy Bunn Jimmie Noone (2:56)
Japansy
... John Klenner
Jimmie Noone (3:20)
New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
... George W. Thomas
Jimmie Noone (2:51)
Keystone Blues
... Spencer Williams Jimmie Noone (2:45)
Moody Melody
... Jimmie Noone Jimmie Noone (2:55)
Then You're Drunk
... Jimmie Noone (2:57)
I'm Going Home
... Joe McCoy Jimmie Noone (3:05)
They Got My Number Now
... Joe McCoy Jimmie Noone (3:09)
Credits
Lonnie Johnson (Guitar),
Charlie Shavers (Trumpet),
Pete Brown (Sax (Alto)),
Natty Dominique (Cornet),
Jimmie Noone (Clarinet),
Jimmie Noone (Director),
Jimmie Noone (Orchestra),
Jimmie Noone (Band),
Jimmie Noone (Ensemble),
Jimmie Noone (Main Performer), Eddie Thompson (Vocals),
Richard M. Jones (Piano),
Jimmy Cobb (Trumpet),
Teddy Bunn (Guitar),
Israel Crosby (Bass),
Wellman Braud (Bass),
Zinky Cohn (Piano),
Tubby Hall (Drums),
Preston Jackson (Trombone),
Guy Kelly (Trumpet),
Guy Kelly (Vocals),
John Lindsay (Bass),
Eddie Pollack (Sax (Alto)),
Eddie Pollack (Sax (Baritone)),
Eddie Pollack (Vocals),
O'Neill Spencer (Drums),
O'Neill Spencer (Vocals), Benny Washington (Drums),
Gideon Honore (Piano),
Frances Whitby (Sax (Tenor)), Jimmie Noone Band (Main Performer), Anatol Schenker (Liner Notes), John Henley (Guitar), Henry Fort (Bass), Frank Smith (Piano)
