Swingin' with the Eel

• Artist: Bud Freeman
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• Release Date: November 17, 1998
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

This 24-track collection follows the career highlights of this much-in-demand session whiz in recordings made between 1927 and 1945 under his own name and working as a featured sideman. With tracks aboard from McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans, Wingy Manone, Joe Venuti, Eddie Condon, Tommy Dorsey, and Muggsy Spanier, as well as Freeman's trio and Summa Cum Laude Orchestra, Freeman's elegant tenor saxophone adds much sparkle to all of these varied sides. A little heralded figure in jazz history, Freeman left much remarkable work behind and here's a nice chunk of it. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
China Boy	Phil Boutelje, Dick Winfree		(2:48)
Nobody's Sweetheart	Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel, Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn		(3:10)
Fare Thee Well	Joe Manone, Ray Mayer	Bud Freeman & His Orchestra	(3:16)
Crazeology	Bud Freeman	Bud Freeman & His Orchestra	(3:00)
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern	Bud Freeman & His Orchestra	(3:25)
Sweet Lorrriane	Mitchell Parish, Clifford R. Burwell	Joe Venuti	(3:17)
Madame Dynamite	Alex Hill	Eddie Condon & His Orchestra	(2:56)
Home Cooking	Eddie Condon	Eddie Condon & His Orchestra	(2:50)
The Buzzard	Bud Freeman	Bud Freeman	(3:11)
Tillie's Downtown Now	Lawrence "Bud" Freeman	Bud Freeman & His Orchestra	(3:20)
Smoke Gets into Your Eyes	Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern	Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra	(3:16)
I Got Rhythm	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Bud Freeman	(2:49)
At Sundown	Walter Donaldson	Bud Freeman	(3:01)
Exactly Like You	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	Bud Freeman	(2:47)
Ja-Da	Bob Carlton	Eddie Condon & His Band	(2:43)
Love Is Just Around the Corner	Lewis Gensler, Leo Robin	Eddie Condon	(3:06)
I've Got a New Baby	Palmer Williams	Bud Freeman	(2:45)
Easy to Get	Bud Freeman, Brad Gowans	Bud Freeman	(2:52)
Sensation Rag	Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Eddie Edwards, Larry Shields, Nick LaRocca	Bud Freeman	(2:49)
You Took Advantage of Me	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Muggsy Spanier & His V-Disc All-Stars	(3:05)
Royal Garden Blues	Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams	Muggsy Spanier & His V-Disc All-Stars	(3:26)
Tin Roof Blues	Frank Melrose, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Leon Roppolo, Georg Brunis, Mel Stitzel	Muggsy Spanier & His V-Disc All-Stars	(2:53)
Tea for Two	Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar	Bud Freeman & His Orchestra	(2:54)
The Feel	Lawrence Freeman	Bud Freeman & His Orchestra	(2:43)

Credits

Skeets Herfurt (Sax (Alto)), Joe Sullivan (Piano), Joe Bauer (Trumpet), Hy White (Guitar), Mezz Mezzrow (Cymbals), Red McKenzie (Vocals), Trigger Alpert (Bass), Jess Stacy (Piano), Johnny Mueller (Bass), Jack Gardner (Piano), Fred Stulce (Sax (Alto)), Dave North (Piano), Muggsy Spanier & His V-Disc All-Stars (Performer), Dave Tough (Drums), Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (Performer), Vic Bellerby (Compilation), Adrian Rollini (Sax (Bass)), Bud Freeman & His Orchestra (Performer), Pete Peterson (Bass), Pee Wee Erwin (Trumpet), Earle H. Hagen (Trombone), Dave Bowman (Piano), Martin Haskell (Remastering), Clyde Newcombe (Bass), Frank Teschemacher (Clarinet), Claude Thornhill (Piano), Bunny Berigan (Trumpet), Gene Krupa (Drums), Jimmy McPartland (Cornet), Eddie Condon (Banjo), Georg Brunis (Trombone), Howard Smith (Piano), Peanuts Hucko (Clarinet), Johnny Mince (Sax (Tenor)), Floyd O'Brien (Trombone), Johnny Mendel (Trumpet), Jim Lanigan (Bass), Cozy Cole (Drums), Max Jones Files (Cover Photo), Vic Bellerby (Liner Notes), Lou McGarity (Trombone), Gene Traxler (Bass), Andrew Ferretti (Trumpet), Herman Foster (Banjo), Bobby Hackett (Cornet), Neil Marshall (Drums), Alex Hill (Piano), Artie Bernstein (Bass), Walter Mercurio (Trombone), Dick McDonough (Guitar), Big Sid Catlett (Drums), Bud Freeman (Sax (Tenor)), Bud Jacobson (Clarinet), George Wettling (Drums), Sid Weiss (Bass), Benny Goodman (Clarinet), Pee Wee Russell (Clarinet), Phil Duffy (Design), Les Jenkins (Trombone), Danny Alvin (Drums), Morey Feld (Drums), Carmen Mastren (Guitar)