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- Artist: Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
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- Release Date: August 29, 2000
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Jazz
Review
Jasmine presents 24 classic big-band swing performances recorded between June 12, 1936 and September 3, 1940 by Decca recording artists Bob Crosby & His Bobcats. Ace players include trumpeters Yank Lawson, Billy Butterfield and Sterling Bose; trombonists George Brunies, Floyd O'Brien and Ray Conniff; reedmen Hank D'Amico, Irving Fazola, Matty Matlock, Deane Kincaide and Eddie Miller; singing guitarist Nappy Lamare; bassist Bob Haggart, drummer Ray Bauduc and pianists Jess Stacy, Joe Sullivan and Bob Zurke. Someone went through this band's discography and filtered out all of the sweet pop tunes, resulting in one of the jazziest and best Bob Crosby compilations in existence. Not everything played here is Dixieland but with the emphasis upon traditional jazz, boogie woogie and solid swing, even Emile Waldteufel's "Skater's Waltz" and the Parisian pop tune "Vieni, Vieni" are transformed into jitterbugging material. The authentic New Orleans/Chicago styled selections are marvelously well done; high points are "Panama," "Sugar Foot Strut," "Royal Garden Blues," and Kid Ory's "Savoy Blues," taken at exactly the right tempo which in this case is slow and easy but with guts and gumption. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Come Back, Sweet Papa | Paul Barbarin, Luis Russell | Bob Crosby | (2:38) |
| Sugar Foot Strut | Bob Crosby | (3:18) | |
| Savoy Blues | Kid Ory | Bob Crosby | (3:09) |
| Royal Garden Blues | Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams | Bob Crosby | (3:13) |
| The Old Spinning Wheel | Bob Crosby | (3:02) | |
| Gin Mill Blues | Joe Sullivan | Bob Crosby | (3:25) |
| Little Rock Getaway | Joe Sullivan | Bob Crosby | (2:35) |
| Vieni, Vieni | Bob Crosby | (2:59) | |
| South Rampart Street Parade | Bob Crosby, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart | Bob Crosby | (3:35) |
| Panama | Bob Crosby | (2:43) | |
| Wolverine Blues | Bob Crosby | (2:58) | |
| At the Jazz Band Ball | Henry Ragas, Larry Shields, Johnny Mercer, Tony Sbarbaro, Nick LaRocca, Eddie Edwards | Bob Crosby | (3:08) |
| Honky Tonk Train Blues | Meade "Lux" Lewis | Bob Crosby | (3:14) |
| Loopin' the Loop | Nappy Lamare | Bob Crosby | (3:01) |
| The Skater's Waltz (In Swingtime) | Emile Waldteufel | Bob Crosby | (2:58) |
| Smokey Mary | Ray Bauduc, Matty Matlock, Bob Haggart | Bob Crosby | (3:02) |
| The Song of the Wanderer | Bob Crosby | (2:57) | |
| Boogie Woogie Maxixe | Bob Crosby, Gil Rodin, |
Bob Crosby | (2:39) |
| High Society | Frankie Trumbauer, |
Bob Crosby | (2:48) |
| Air Mail Stomp | Bob Haggart, Ray Bauduc | Bob Crosby | (3:16) |
| Angry | Bob Crosby | (3:02) | |
| Over the Waves | Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, |
Bob Crosby | (2:22) |
| Ja-Da | Bob Crosby | (3:05) | |
| Cow Cow Blues | Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport | Bob Crosby | (3:04) |
