Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Swinging 40s

Styles: Swing, Big Band 
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:57
Size: 101,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:17)  1. Russian Lullaby
(3:17)  2. 9:20 Special
(3:44)  3. The Very Thought Of You
(3:37)  4. Foo A Little Bally-Hoo
(2:28)  5. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
(3:57)  6. Frantic In The Atlantic
(3:07)  7. Blue Skies
(1:15)  8. Bojangles Steps In
(2:36)  9. Easy Joe
(6:22) 10. Ain't That Something
(1:16) 11. Everybody Dance
(2:57) 12. The Honeydripper
(3:07) 13. Let's Go Joe
(2:50) 14. The Jumpin' Jive

One of the great entertainers, Cab Calloway was a household name by 1932, and never really declined in fame. A talented jazz singer and a superior scatter, Calloway's gyrations and showmanship on-stage at the Cotton Club sometimes overshadowed the quality of his always excellent bands. The younger brother of singer Blanche Calloway (who made some fine records before retiring in the mid-'30s), Cab grew up in Baltimore, attended law school briefly, and then quit to try to make it as a singer and a dancer. For a time, he headed the Alabamians, but the band was not strong enough to make it in New York. The Missourians, an excellent group that had previously recorded heated instrumentals but had fallen upon hard times, worked out much better. Calloway worked in the 1929 revue Hot Chocolates, started recording in 1930, and in 1931 hit it big with both "Minnie the Moocher" and his regular engagement at the Cotton Club. Calloway was soon (along with Bill Robinson, Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington) the best-known black entertainer of the era. He appeared in quite a few movies (including 1943's Stormy Weather), and "Minnie the Moocher" was followed by such recordings as "Kicking the Gong Around," "Reefer Man," "Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day," "You Gotta Hi-De-Ho," "The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man," and even "Mister Paganini, Swing for Minnie." Among Calloway's sidemen through the years (who received among the highest salaries in the business) were Walter "Foots" Thomas, Bennie Payne, Doc Cheatham, Eddie Barefield, Shad Collins, Cozy Cole, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, Mario Bauza, Chu Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn, Panama Francis, and Ike Quebec. His 1942 recording of "Blues in the Night" was a big hit. With the end of the big band era, Calloway had to reluctantly break up his orchestra in 1948, although he continued to perform with his Cab Jivers. Since George Gershwin had originally modeled the character Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess after Calloway, it was fitting that Cab got to play him in a 1950s version. Throughout the rest of his career, Calloway made special appearances for fans who never tired of hearing him sing "Minnie the Moocher."

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Andy Brown, Chauncey Haughton, Hilton Jefferson, Jerry Blake; Baritone Saxophone – Greely Walton, Rudy Powell; Bass – Milton Hinton; Drums – Buford Oliver, Cozy Cole, J.C. Heard; Guitar – Danny Barker; Piano – Bennie Payne, Dave Rivera; Tenor Saxophone – Al Gibson, Ike Quebec, Teddy McRae, Walter Thomas; Trombone – Claude Jones, DePrieste Wheeler, Keg Johnson, Quentin Jackson, Tyree Glenn; Trumpet – Irving Randolph, Jonah Jones, Lamar Wright, Paul Webster, Russell Smith, Shad Collins

Swinging 40s

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Cab Calloway - Hi De Ho Man

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:23
Size: 138.2 MB
Styles: Swing, Jive, Big band
Year: 1974/2008
Art: Front

[2:56] 1. Nagasaki
[2:50] 2. Hoy Hoy
[2:49] 3. Jumpin Jive
[2:51] 4. Abi Gezunt
[2:50] 5. Fifteen Minutes Intermission
[2:54] 6. A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird
[2:44] 7. My Gal
[3:21] 8. St. James Infirmary
[2:50] 9. I Want To Rock
[3:05] 10. I'll Be Around
[3:17] 11. Minnie The Moocher (Theme Song)
[2:59] 12. The Honeydripper
[2:57] 13. Hey Now
[3:03] 14. Hi De Ho Man
[3:03] 15. Oh Grandpa
[3:18] 16. Jungle King
[3:15] 17. Two Blocks Down, Turn To The Left
[3:24] 18. San Francisco Fan
[3:05] 19. The Calloway Boogie
[2:46] 20. Everybody Eats When They Come To My House

This double LP from 1974 is a bit brief, including only 20 performances by Cab Calloway and his orchestra (around an hour of music). Several periods are covered, with titles from 1935 ("Nagasaki"), the 1938-1942 period, and nine fairly rare selections from 1945-1947. Highlights include "Jumpin' Jive," "Fifteen Minute Intermission," a 1941 version of "St. James Infirmary," "Hi De Ho Man," and a 1942 rendition of "Minnie the Moocher." On the later tracks, Calloway tries to adapt his sound to rhythm & blues but, despite his best efforts, his orchestra would not survive the '40s. ~Scott Yanow

Hi De Ho Man

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Chu Berry and his Stompy Stevedores - Chu

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1974
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:19
Size: 139,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:00)  1. Now You're Taling My Language
(2:52)  2. Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
(3:00)  3. Too Marvelous For Words
(2:57)  4. Limehouse Blues
(2:23)  5. Chuberry Jam
(2:53)  6. Maelstrom
(2:56)  7. My Secret Love Affair
(2:49)  8. Ebb Tide
(3:22)  9. Warmin Up
(2:33) 10. At The Clambake Carnival
(3:02) 11. Jive (Page 1 Of The Hepster's Dictionary)
(3:20) 12. Topsy Turvey (Hard Times)
(3:00) 13. Come On With The "Come On"
(3:00) 14. (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (With You)
(3:04) 15. Lonesome Nights
(3:04) 16. Take The "A" Train

30s tenor sides from Chu Berry packaged here in a nice LP that mostly features work done with the Stompy Stevedores combo, but also includes sessions Chu cut with the bands of Cab Calloway and Teddy Wilson! The Berry style at this point is warm, but soulful – arcing out with some of the touches that would show up more strongly in tenorists of the 40s, but still also falling into more traditional modes at times. Titles include "Now You're Talking My Language", "At The Clambake Carnival", "Warming Up", "Maelstrom", "Chuberry Jam", "Come On With The Come On", and "Indiana". (Columbia Special Products pressing.) © 1996-2016, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/657683/Chu-Berry:Chu-Chu-Berry-His-Stompy-Stevedores

Chu

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Cab Calloway - The Swinging Big Band Leader with Chu Berry 1937-1944

Styles: Big Band, Swing
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:54
Size: 143,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:46)  1. Queen Isabella
(2:35)  2. Savage Rhythm
(2:29)  3. Bugle Blues
(2:17)  4. Three Swings and Out
(3:25)  5. Penguin Swing
(2:50)  6. Peck-A-Doodle-Do
(2:50)  7. Hoy Hoy
(2:59)  8. Jive
(2:24)  9. Do You Wanna Jump Children
(2:20) 10. Floogie Walk
(2:41) 11. Pluckin' The Bass n'2
(3:05) 12. Paradiddle
(2:31) 13. The Lone Arranger
(3:19) 14. Hardtimes (Topsy-Turvy)
(2:55) 15. Bye Bye Blues
(2:54) 16. A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird
(3:01) 17. Special Delivery n'2
(3:00) 18. The Great Lie
(2:41) 19. Tappin' Off
(2:53) 20. 105 In The Shade
(2:53) 21. Ghost Of a Chance n'2
(2:58) 22. Lonesome Nighns

One of the great entertainers, Cab Calloway was a household name by 1932, and never really declined in fame. A talented jazz singer and a superior scatter, Calloway's gyrations and showmanship on-stage at the Cotton Club sometimes overshadowed the quality of his always excellent bands. The younger brother of singer Blanche Calloway (who made some fine records before retiring in the mid-'30s), Cab grew up in Baltimore, attended law school briefly, and then quit to try to make it as a singer and a dancer. For a time, he headed the Alabamians, but the band was not strong enough to make it in New York. The Missourians, an excellent group that had previously recorded heated instrumentals but had fallen upon hard times, worked out much better. Calloway worked in the 1929 revue Hot Chocolates, started recording in 1930, and in 1931 hit it big with both "Minnie the Moocher" and his regular engagement at the Cotton Club. Calloway was soon (along with Bill Robinson, Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington) the best-known black entertainer of the era. He appeared in quite a few movies (including 1943's Stormy Weather), and "Minnie the Moocher" was followed by such recordings as "Kicking the Gong Around," "Reefer Man," "Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day," "You Gotta Hi-De-Ho," "The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man," and even "Mister Paganini, Swing for Minnie." Among Calloway's sidemen through the years (who received among the highest salaries in the business) were Walter "Foots" Thomas, Bennie Payne, Doc Cheatham, Eddie Barefield, Shad Collins, Cozy Cole, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, Mario Bauza, Chu Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn, Panama Francis, and Ike Quebec. His 1942 recording of "Blues in the Night" was a big hit. With the end of the big band era, Calloway had to reluctantly break up his orchestra in 1948, although he continued to perform with his Cab Jivers. Since George Gershwin had originally modeled the character Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess after Calloway, it was fitting that Cab got to play him in a 1950s version. Throughout the rest of his career, Calloway made special appearances for fans who never tired of hearing him sing "Minnie the Moocher." ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cab-calloway-mn0000532957/biography

Personnel:  1-20 - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra with Chu Berry (19, 20); Shad Collins, Irving Randolph, Lammar Wright, Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones (tp), Claude Jones, Keg Johnson, De Priest Wheeler, Tyree Glenn (tb), Garvin Bushell, Andrew Brown, Chauncev Haughton (cl, as), Walter Thomas, Chu Berry, Ted McRae (ts), Hilton Jefferson (as), Bennie Paine (p), Morris White, Danny Barker (g), Milton Hinton (b), Leroy Maxey, Cozy Cole, J. Heard (dm), Cab Calloway (vo) and others... New York, 1937/1944;  21-22 - Chu Berry with Cab Calloway & His Orchestra – 1940

The Swinging Big Band Leader with Chu Berry 1937-1944

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Cab Calloway - The Hi-De-Ho Man

Styles: Big band, Swing
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:18
Size: 110,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:55)  1. St Louis Blues
(3:12)  2. Minnie The Moocher
(3:05)  3. St James Infirmary
(3:19)  4. Nobody's Sweetheart
(3:23)  5. Six Or Seven Times
(3:15)  6. You Rascal, You
(3:10)  7. Kickin'The Gong Around
(3:02)  8. Between The Devil And The Deep Blues Sea
(3:13)  9. Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
(3:08) 10. The Seat Song
(2:30) 11. Bugle Call Rag
(2:56) 12. Blues In My Heart
(2:36) 13. Sweet Georgia Brown
(2:27) 14. Mood Indigo
(3:10) 15. Dinah
(2:48) 16. Aw You Dawg

Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands from the start of the 1930s to the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86. More..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Calloway

The Hi-De-Ho Man

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Cab Calloway - Are You Hep To The Jive?

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:07
Size: 146.8 MB
Styles: Big band, Swing
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:46] 1. Boo-Wah Boo-Wah
[3:01] 2. Are You All Reet
[2:53] 3. Hey Now, Hey Now
[2:44] 4. Everybody Eats When They Come To My House
[2:47] 5. Are You Hep To The Jive
[3:02] 6. The Calloway Boogie
[3:01] 7. Hep Cat's Love Song
[2:30] 8. Papa's In Bed With His Britches On
[2:40] 9. What's Buzzin' Cousin
[2:44] 10. Twee-Twee-Tweet
[2:53] 11. Come On With The Come On
[3:20] 12. Chant Of The Jungle
[2:46] 13. I Want To Rock
[3:01] 14. Oh Grandpa
[3:13] 15. The Jungle King (You Ain't Done A Doggone Thing)
[2:41] 16. Don't Falter At The Alter
[3:08] 17. Who's Yehoodi
[2:51] 18. A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird
[2:46] 19. Tarzan Of Harlem
[3:14] 20. Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
[2:54] 21. Boog It
[3:00] 22. Foo A Little Bally-Hoo

Cab Calloway was a gloriously outsized manifestation of all that was frantic in the first full flowering of prohibition-era jazz. Dressed with all the flash of a brand new Cadillac, leading a crack band who could swing and sway with both abandon and precision, and spinning demi-monde tales of wild good times complete with illegal party favors, Calloway was a joyous personification of America's id at a time when such celebrations were hardly the stuff of common currency. Calloway's most popular music was recorded during the early to mid-'30s, but when more polished swing sounds supplanted his earlier style, Cab wasn't afraid to move with the times and led a top-notch big band capable of playing more contemporary music while still delivering the free-wheeling punch Calloway's personality demanded. Are You Hep to the Jive? is a great compilation from Columbia's Legacy series that brings together 22 sides Calloway waxed for Vocalion, Okeh, and Columbia between 1939 and 1947, and shows beyond a doubt Cab's muse was still in fine fettle at this point in his career. Calloway's band was filled with first-class talent, and the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Chu Berry, Milt Hinton, and Jonah Jones can be heard on the selections included here, but as great as the band is (and they swing with potent, joyous force throughout this disc), it's Calloway's 100-proof charisma, his unabridged lexicon of jive speak and his top-shelf scatting skills that bring this collection to life, and the fine madness of "Are You All Reet?," "A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird," "Tarzan of Harlem," and "Who's Yehoodi?" is as satisfying as a cold drink on a warm day. If this isn't quite the definitive Cab Calloway disc, Are You Hep to the Jive? is an excellent overview of his work in the '40s, and it's solid fun from first note to last. ~Mark Deming

Are You Hep To The Jive?

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