Time: 73:55
Size: 171.1 MB
Styles: Big Band, Swing
Year: 1999
Art: Front
[ 3:04] 1. Stop, Look and Listen
[ 3:00] 2. Tangerine
[ 3:16] 3. All of Me
[ 3:32] 4. On the Alamo
[ 3:14] 5. In a Little Spanish Town
[ 2:57] 6. Out of Nowhere
[ 3:29] 7. Green Eyes
[ 3:16] 8. Don’t Blame Me
[ 2:00] 9. Contrasts
[ 2:29] 10. A You’re Adorable
[ 2:30] 11. Everywhere You Go
[ 2:39] 12. Careless Hands
[ 2:40] 13. Bali Hai
[ 2:39] 14. Some Enchanted Evening
[ 2:40] 15. Always True to You In My Fashion
[ 2:39] 16. Once and for Always
[ 3:14] 17. Similau
[24:29] 18. Jimmy Dorsey Interview (With Guy Knight)
Seventeen radio transcription recordings made by Jimmy Dorsey around 1949, and particularly priceless as studio documents by a band that hardly ever had a chance to record. The vocalists are Claire Hogan and Larry Noble, taking over for Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly, respectively, on such classics as "Tangerine" and "Green Eyes," both of which are handled in a slower -- and, in this reviewer's outlook, more successful -- tempo than the originals. "All of Me" gets a gorgeous alto sax solo from Dorsey himself. A lot of the rest of the repertory includes the band's versions of such contemporary compositions as "Some Enchanted Evening" from the then new musical South Pacific. Charlie Teagarden, Herb Winfield, and pianist Al Waslohn all get their good solo moments as well, in what was a surprisingly fresh and lively-sounding band (with Carl Kress on the guitar and Ray Bauduc at the drums). If the audience for big band music was declining, you'd never know that the music was on the ropes by 1949 from the bright and spirited playing on these sides. Additionally, sound quality is a major virtue on these tracks -- they compare favorably, in fidelity and volume, with any 1949-vintage recordings that one cares to name, all apparently drawn from clean, or carefully cleaned up, sources. The disc concludes with an extended May 1956 interview with Jimmy Dorsey, 13 months before his death, in which he addresses a multitude of subjects concerning his career, including his past disputes with his brother and the 1947 biographical film in which they both participated. ~Bruce Eder
The Complete Standard Transcriptions
The text says seventeen recordings and the actual cd has seventeen tracks plus an interview with Jimmy Dorsey. The shared file has only 13+1 tracks. Furthermore they are wrongly listed. An example #12 Always True To You In MY Fashion is in fact #8 A You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song). And #8 is in fact #11.
ReplyDeleteNot complaining just letting you know.
thank you luis for alerting me to the discrepancy. you stay cool while i hunt down the missing tracks.
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ReplyDeletenew link has all the tracks intact. thank you to a siren who has come to the rescue. again.
ReplyDeleteThanks mt for this disc. Much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteHi please can you reupload....Jimmy Dorsey - The Complete Standard Transcriptions,thank you very much
ReplyDeletenew link. 23oct2017.
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