1937-1940
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1937-1940
- Artist: Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra
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- Release Date: 1993
- Total Time: 55:18
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Jazz
Review
The third and final Claude Hopkins Classics CD has some really obscure and diverse music. The 1937 Hopkins big band included trumpeter Jabbo Smith and trombonist Vic Dickenson in its lineup, but of the six titles it cut, five are showcases for singer Beverly White; in all, the legendary Smith gets a single chorus. Better are eight titles by trumpeter Ovie Alston's orchestra, which includes Hopkins on piano in 1938 along with some of his sidemen. This CD concludes with six numbers by the pianist's struggling 1940 big band, decent swing performances that preceded the orchestra's complete breakup. A bit of a collector's item. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi| 1937-1939, Vol. 5 (1995 Album by Jimmy Lunceford) | |
| 1937-1940 (1993 Album by Teddy Grace) |
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