Artist: Cab Calloway Rating: Release Date: January 26, 1999Type: Compilation (best of)Genre: Jazz
Review This
Giants of Jazz compilation assembles the greatest years in Cab Calloway's history as a bandleader. It's not simply the jump and jive sides such as "The Hi-De-Ho Man," or the wooly "Hoy Hoy" or "Hep! Hep!" (all here). In fact, the soul of
Calloway lies as deeply in his readings of tunes like "St. James Infirmary," "San Francisco Fan," and "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You." There are 24 tracks here -- including the now infamous "Nagasaki" -- that reveal
Calloway 's deep swinging groove. The breadth and depth of the selections chosen from these years (all original recordings) is pretty remarkable, and the fine sound is indeed worth bellowing about. This is, perhaps, the only
Calloway collection you need. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Tracks
Minnie the Moocher (Lyrics) Irving Mills , Clarence Gaskill , Cabell "Cab" Calloway Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:15)
Honeydripper
Joe Liggins Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:56)
The Hi De Ho Man
Cabell "Cab" Calloway , Jack Palmer , Buster Harding Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:01)
St. James Infirmary
Traditional , Joe Primrose Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:19)
Hey Now, Hey Now
Cabell "Cab" Calloway , Stanley Hill Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:55)
The Calloway Boogie
Cabell "Cab" Calloway Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:03)
San Francisco Fan
Sammy Mysels , Dick Sanford Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:21)
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
Bing Crosby , Ned Washington , Victor Young Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:55)
Jungle King (You Ain't Done a Doggone Thing)
Mort Dixon Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:15)
Oh Grandpa
Cabell "Cab" Calloway Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:03)
Two Blocks Down Turn Left
Alex Rogers , Teddy Powell Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:13)
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
Emmet "Babe" Wallace Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:53)
Pluckin' the Bass
Roy Eldridge Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:40)
Hoy-Hoy
Mona Conrad Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:46)
(Hep! Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive
Jack Palmer , Frank Froeba , Cabell "Cab" Calloway Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:46)
Abi Gezunt (A Bee Gezindt)
Molly Picon , Abraham Ellstein , Itzik Manger Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:48)
Fifteen Minute Intermission
Sunny Skylar , Buddy Cannon Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:49)
Everybody Eats When They Come to My House (Lyrics) Jeanne Burns Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:45)
I Want to Rock
Larry Clinton , Buster Harding Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:48)
My Gal
Al Bernard Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:38)
I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me)
Roger Graham , Dave Peyton , Spencer Williams Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:01)
I'll Be Around
Alec Wilder Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:04)
Nagasaki
Mort Dixon , Harry Warren Cabell "Cab" Calloway (2:53)
Weakness
Edwin Swayzee Cabell "Cab" Calloway (3:07)
Credits Edwin Swayzee (Trumpet), Rob "LB" Dorsey (Sax (Alto)) , Leroy Maxey (Drums) , Hilton Jefferson (Sax (Alto)) , Jerry Blake (Sax (Alto)) , Roger James (Trumpet) , Morris White (Guitar) , Quentin Jackson (Trombone) , Walter "Foots" Thomas (Clarinet) , Paul Webster (Trumpet) , Ike Quebec (Sax (Tenor)) , Walter "Foots" Thomas (Sax (Tenor)) , Shad Collins (Trumpet) , Dave Francis (Drums) , John Smith (Guitar) , Eddie Barefield (Sax (Alto)) , Al Gibson (Sax (Tenor)) , Fred Robinson (Trombone) , Milt Hinton (Bass) , Rudy Powell (Sax (Alto)) , Benny Payne (Piano) , Eddie Barefield (Clarinet) , Chu Berry (Sax (Tenor)) , Charlie Frazier (Bass) , Eddie Barefield (Bars) , Russell Smith (Trumpet) , Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet) , Tyree Glenn (Trombone) , John Letman (Trumpet) , Danny Barker (Piano) , Rob "LB" Dorsey (Clarinet) , Chauncey Haughton (Clarinet) , Dave Rivera (Piano) , Chauncey Haughton (Sax (Alto)) , Lammar Wright, Sr. (Trumpet) , Jimmy Buxton (Trombone) , Earl Hardy (Trombone) , Buford Oliver (Drums) , Mario Bauzá (Trumpet) , Doc Cheatham (Trumpet) , De Priest Wheeler (Trombone) , Cozy Cole (Drums) , Jerry Blake (Clarinet) , Jonah Jones (Trumpet)
