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  • Artist: The Dorsey Brothers
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1955 06 03-1955 06 04
  • Total Time: 65:45
  • Type: Live
  • Genre: Jazz

Review

In 1955, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra was doing well, as the swing-era survivors satisfied a dancing audience with nostalgic remakes of hits and some newer charts in the swing idiom. This set of very well recorded live performances (released for the first time on this 1995 CD) alternates jazz-oriented tracks (with concise but worthy contributions from trumpeter Charlie Shavers and drummer Louie Bellson), spots for both trombonist Tommy and altoist Jimmy, and some vocal cuts featuring Lynn Roberts, Bill Raymond and Bruce Snyder. Nothing surprising occurs, and the music sounds conservative (even for the period), but swing fans will find the performances to be enjoyable. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
It Feels So Good Charlie Shavers The Dorsey Brothers (6:09)
On the Sunny Side of the Street Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields The Dorsey Brothers (3:01)
In a Little Spanish Town Mabel Wayne The Dorsey Brothers (2:46)
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart The Dorsey Brothers (4:29)
Ebb Tide Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman The Dorsey Brothers (3:02)
Marie Irving Berlin The Dorsey Brothers (4:00)
Tangerine Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger The Dorsey Brothers (2:46)
Song of India Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Dorsey Brothers (2:58)
King Size Ernie Wilkins The Dorsey Brothers (2:39)
Long Sam The Dorsey Brothers (2:28)
Romance Walter Donaldson, Edgar Leslie The Dorsey Brothers (3:36)
Danceably Yours The Dorsey Brothers (3:13)
Heart and Soul Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser The Dorsey Brothers (2:54)
Kicking the Blues Around Ernie Wilkins The Dorsey Brothers (4:34)
Let's Fall in Love Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler The Dorsey Brothers (4:44)
Harlem Express The Dorsey Brothers (3:18)
Maria Elena Bob Russell, Lorenzo Barcelata The Dorsey Brothers (2:44)
Moonlight in Vermont John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf The Dorsey Brothers (3:15)
Dippermouth Blues King Oliver The Dorsey Brothers (3:09)

Credits

Louie Bellson (Drums), Charlie Shavers (Trumpet), The Dorsey Brothers (Main Performer), Lynn Roberts (Vocals), Jimmy Dorsey (Clarinet), Jimmy Dorsey (Sax (Alto)), Tommy Dorsey (Trombone), John Frosk (Trumpet), Tak Takvorian (Trombone), Billy Cronk (Bass), Bruce Snyder (Sax (Tenor)), Bruce Snyder (Vocals), Teddy Lee (Sax (Baritone)), Red Press (Clarinet), Red Press (Flute), Red Press (Sax (Alto)), Carl A. Hällström (Reissue Producer), Bob Carter (Piano), Gail Curtis (Clarinet), Gail Curtis (Sax (Alto)), Gail Curtis (Sax (Tenor))
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1955
Studio album by Soul-Junk
Released Jan 01, 1998
Recorded DML Studios
Genre Pop / Indie rock / hip hop
Length 2:29:01
Label Jackson Rubio
Professional reviews
Soul-Junk chronology
1954
(1996)		 1955
(1998)		 1956
(2000)

1955 is the name of a 1998 hip-hop music album by Soul-Junk. Musically, the album is the most centred between the low-fi and hp hop eras of Soul-Junk; as put by CCM Magazine "trip-hop meets folk meets retro rock."[2] As with many Soul-Junk albums, the Biblical references from which the lyrics are drawn are listed in the liner.[3] 1955 has a length of about two-and-a-half hours, which was cut from about six hours of material.[4]

Track listing

Track Name Biblical Reference
DISK A
1. Rebel Syphon
2. Universal Two-Day City
3. Pack of Goons
4. May My Tongue Be Stuck Up On the Roof Psalms 137
5. Velodrome?
6. Prophecies
7. Old Dominion John 1:4-18
8. Straight From Neptune Luke 19:41-44, Matthew 16:1-3, Mark 1:14-15
9. Double-O Javelin Matthew 25:1-13
10. Blunderbuss
11. Thrown Down Revelation 18
12. Cherry Stereo Chariot Luke 10:25-37
13. Moonbeam?
14. All Men Are Grass John 1:23, Isaiah 40:1-11
15. Glowing Funeral
16. As the Rain Isaiah 55:6-11
17. Transubstantial Peel-Out
DISK AA
18. See His Face Numbers 6:22-27, 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 & 3:16
19. More of the Illusory Doorprize
20. Gorilla in the Mix
21. April 42nd Colossians 2:8-23
22. Numb Live & Looser
23. Quasars? John 2:13-16
24. Subwoof Ape Job
25. Yellow Tooth Youth Jeremiah 30:21-22, James 4:1-10
26. THE Auriginal Manglist
27. Down With Sounds Isaiah 30:27-32, Psalm 126:1-3
28. All Lids Psalms 63:1-5 & 62:1
29. Some True Blue Gum From Seething Teeth
30. Turn on the Solar Isaiah 32:13-33:11
31. Lazy Rattlesnake

Credits

  • Glen Galaxy (Guitar, vox)
  • Jon Galaxy (Bass, Science)
  • Ron Easterbrooks (Guitar, vox)
  • Nathan Poage (Drums)
  • Chuck P. (knobs)
  • Mia Af The Lion (vox)
  • Rachel Smith (vox)
  • Artwork (inside cover): Brian Galaxy

References

  1. ^ Wiitala, Christopher (1999). "Album Reviews / 1955". Cornerstone Magazine 28 (117): 59. ISSN 0275-2743. 
  2. ^ Greg Rumburg and Sarah Aldridge (November 2000). "Untwisting Soul-Junk". CCM Magazine 23 (5): 27. ISSN 1524-7848. 
  3. ^ (1998) Album notes for 1955 by Soul-Junk [liner]. Long Beach, California: Jackson Rubio (JRD111).
  4. ^ Wiitala, Christopher (1999). "Soul-Junk Interview". Cornerstone Magazine 28 (117): 61,64-65. ISSN 0275-2743. 
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