Artist: Various Artists Rating: Release Date: October 01, 2002Type: Collection (various artists)Genre: Blues
Review While most other volumes in the
P-Vine compilation series Jive & Swing focus on obscure groups doing popular material, The Very Best of Swingin' Jive Transcriptions flips the coin, presenting some of the biggest artists of the '30s and '40s heard on very rare recordings. Making appearances are
the Ink Spots ,
Nat King Cole ,
the Mills Brothers ,
Louis Jordan ,
Slim & Slam ,
Cab Calloway ,
Lucky Millinder , even Duke Ellington's Famous Orchestra on a hilarious toss-off called "Blip-Blip." Though the sound quality here doesn't match that of their more famous output, each of these artists excelled in more informal circumstances, and the results prove it. Highlights include
Nat King Cole 's "Got a Penny Benny,"
Slim & Slam 's rendition of their most famous track ("The Flat Foot Floogie"),
the Mills Brothers swinging through "Lulu's Back in Town," and Timmie Rogers' hilarious "Bring Enough Clothes for Three Days." ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
Tracks
No Wonder
The Ink Spots (2:50)
A Stairway to the Stars
Mitchell Parish , Matty Malneck The Ink Spots (3:07)
Pork Chops and Gravy
Deek Watson The Ink Spots (2:22)
Drink Hearty
Danny Baxter , Fleecie Moore Henry Allen & His Orchestra (3:00)
The Shunk Song
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra (3:03)
I Want a Big Fat Mama
Lucky Millinder (3:03)
Ta-De-Ah
King Cole Trio (2:38)
Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It)
Lester Young , Sy Oliver King Cole Trio (2:54)
Got a Penny
Robert Scherman , Henry May King Cole Trio (2:51)
Bring Enough Clothes for Three Days
Timmie Rogers (3:12)
Mop Mop
Cee Pee Johnson (2:33)
Is My Baby Out for No Good [Promo for Twenty Million Sweethearts]
The Mills Brothers (2:55)
Lulu's Back in Town [Promo for Broadway Gondolier]
The Mills Brothers (3:16)
Chinatown, My Chinatown
William Jerome , Jean Schwartz Slim & Slam (2:16)
Dark Eyes
Slim & Slam (1:53)
Flat Foot Floogie [From the Rudy Vallee Show]
Slim & Slam (2:32)
Swinging on the Strings
(2:44)
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?
(3:19)
Down, Down, Down
Louis Jordan (3:04)
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Louis Jordan (2:52)
Five Guys Named Moe (Lyrics) Jerome Bresler , Larry Wynn Louis Jordan (2:48)
Bli-Blip (Lyrics) Duke Ellington , Sid Kuller Duke Ellington (2:56)
Killin' Jive [From Duke Is Top]
The Cats & the Fiddle (2:30)
Baby Brown
Alex Hill Fats Waller (1:28)
I'm Crazy 'Bout You
Fats Waller (2:13)
Tea for Two
Vincent Youmans , Irving Caesar Fats Waller (3:03)
Believe It, Beloved
J.C. Johnson , George Whiting , Nat Schwartz Fats Waller (2:10)
Credits Bull Moose Jackson (Sax (Tenor)), Bull Moose Jackson (Vocals) , Joe Liggins (Piano) , Cab Calloway (Vocals) , Johnny Hodges (Reeds) , Jonah Jones (Trumpet) , Ray Nance (Trumpet) , Rex Stewart (Cornet) , Slam Stewart (Bass) , Slam Stewart (Vocals) , Fats Waller (Piano) , Fats Waller (Vocals) , Ben Webster (Reeds) , Lawrence Brown (Trombone) , Cozy Cole (Drums) , Tyree Glenn (Trombone) , Tyree Glenn (Vocals) , Oscar Moore (Guitar) , Oscar Moore (Vocals) , Slim Gaillard (Guitar) , Slim Gaillard (Vocals) , Sam "The Man" Taylor (Sax (Tenor)) , Quentin Jackson (Trombone) , Jimmy Blanton (Bass) , Sonny Greer (Drums) , Buddy Banks (Sax (Tenor)) , Chuck Barksdale (Bass) , Dallas Bartley (Bass) , Barney Bigard (Reeds) , Jerry Blake (Reeds) , Teddy Buckner (Trumpet) , Alvin Burroughs (Drums) , Harry Carney (Reeds) , Nat King Cole (Piano) , Nat King Cole (Vocals) , Shad Collins (Trumpet) , Duke Ellington (Piano) , Fred Guy (Guitar) , Edward Hale (Sax (Alto)) , J.C. Higginbotham (Trombone) , Milt Hinton (Bass) , Hilton Jefferson (Reeds) , Keg Johnson (Trombone) , Money Johnson (Trumpet) , Walter Martin (Drums) , Teddy McRae (Reeds) , Johnny Miller (Bass) , Donald Mills (Vocals) , Harry Mills (Baritone (Vocal)) , Herbert Mills (Guitar) , Herbert Mills (Tenor (Vocal)) , Benny Payne (Piano) , Rudy Powell (Clarinet) , Wesley Prince (Bass) , Eddie Roane (Trumpet) , Theodore Shirley (Bass) , Rabon Tarrant (Drums) , Arnold Thomas (Piano) , Walter Thomas (Reeds) , Juan Tizol (Trombone (Valve)) , Chuck Walker (Sax (Alto)) , Chuck Walker (Sax (Baritone)) , Deek Watson (Baritone (Vocal)) , Paul White (Vocals) , William B. Woodman, Jr. (Sax (Tenor)) , Wallace Jones (Trumpet) , Charlie Fuqua (Tenor (Vocal)) , Orville "Hoppy" Jones (Bass (Vocal)) , John Mills, Jr. (Guitar) , John Mills, Jr. (Bass (Vocal)) , Earl Brooks (Piano) , Lamar Wright (Trumpet) , Frank Humphries (Trombone) , Cee Pee Johnson (Tom-Tom) , Cee Pee Johnson (Vocals) , Timmie Rogers (Vocals) , Timmie Rogers (Tiple) , Don Stovall (Sax (Alto)) , Marie Bryant (Vocals) , Jerry Daniels (Tenor (Vocal)) , Austin Powell (Guitar) , Austin Powell (Vocals) , Chris Frazer Smith (Liner Notes) , Chris Frazer Smith (Transcription) , R.J. Ross (Drums) , Ernie Price (Tiple) , Dr. Prof. Yasuhiro Uozumi (Compilation) , Sam Nanton (Trombone) , Clarence Moten (Bass)
