Freddie Slack - Freddie Slack & His Orchestra

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:35
Size: 127,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:07)  1. Introduction / Riffette
(4:09)  2. Don't Ever Change
(3:33)  3. Slightly Barbaric
(2:43)  4. Furlough Fling
(4:39)  5. Harlem Debutant
(3:50)  6. Dubonnet
(4:19)  7. Loose Wig
(3:43)  8. A Small Batch Of Nod
(4:14)  9. Come Jump With Me
(4:00) 10. Sweet Sorrow
(5:23) 11. Body And Soul
(3:01) 12. I've Heard That Song Before
(3:11) 13. Southpaw Serenade
(2:31) 14. Brazil
(1:06) 15. Strange Cargo

Originally a drummer, he switched to piano soon after moving to Chicago in 1927. Slack worked early on with Johnny Tobin. After moving to Los Angeles in 1931, he appeared with bands led by Henry Halstead, Earl Burtnett, Archie Rosate, and Lennie Hayton. Slack gained some recognition for his playing with Ben Pollack (1934-1936) and Jimmy Dorsey (1936-1939). As a key piano soloist with Will Bradley & His Orchestra during 1939-1941, Slack was well showcased on the famous recording of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" that helped launch the boogie-woogie fad. Slack was a key voice on many other Bradley recordings in the same vein; he also played quite effectively on some Big Joe Turner records. In 1942 Slack formed his own orchestra, which soon scored with the very successful "Cow Cow Boogie" and "Strange Cargo." Initially featuring singer Ella Mae Morse, for a short time Freddie Slack & His Orchestra were one of the more popular swing big bands, appearing in several films and recording for Capitol during 1942-1947. Freddie Slack was based in California in the 1950s and '60s, but he faded from the spotlight at the end of the 1940s, recording a final small-group album for EmArcy in 1955. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/freddie-slack-mn0000183083/biography

Freddie Slack & His Orchestra

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Freddie Slack And His Orchestra - Freddie Slack's Boogie Woogie

Styles: Jazz, Big Band 
Year: 1945
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 22:16
Size: 52,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:55)  1. Rib Joint
(2:46)  2. Behind The Eight Beat
(3:01)  3. Strange Cargo
(2:45)  4. Southpaw Serenade
(2:40)  5. A Cat's Nineth Life
(2:33)  6. Blackout Boogie
(2:54)  7. Bashful Baby Blues
(2:37)  8. Kitten On The Keys

Frederick Charles Slack (August 7, 1910 – August 10, 1965) was an American swing and boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader. Slack was born in Westby, Wisconsin. He learned to play drums as a boy. Later he took up the xylophone, and at the age of 13 he changed to the piano. He studied with a local teacher throughout high school. At the age of 17 he moved with his parents to Chicago, where he continued his musical training. He met Rosy McHargue, a well-known clarinetist, who took him to hear many leading musicians, including Bix Beiderbecke and Earl Hines. His first job was with Johnny Tobin at the Beach View Gardens. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he worked with Henry Halstead, Earl Burtnett and Lennie Hayton, before joining Ben Pollack in 1934. He played with the Jimmy Dorsey Band in the 1930s and was a charter member of the Will Bradley Orchestra when it formed in 1939. Known to bandmates as "Daddy Slack," he played the piano solo on Bradley's recording of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", one of the early white boogie-woogie hits and a classic of the Big Band era. He formed his own band in 1942 and signed with the newly founded Capitol Records. He recorded three songs at his third recording session for Capitol, on May 21, 1942. 

His recording of "Cow Cow Boogie," sung by the 17-year-old Ella Mae Morse, was the second record Capitol issued on July 1, and by July 25 it had reached number 1 on the Hit Parade. It was Capitol's first gold single. T-Bone Walker was a member of Slack's band from 1942 to 1944 and Slack later accompanied Walker on his first solo recording for Capitol, "Mean Old World". This band also had a hit with "Strange Cargo." Slack continued to record with Capitol until at least 1950, recording some 80 tracks for the label. Slack also recorded as an accompanist for Big Joe Turner, Johnny Mercer, Margaret Whiting and Lisa Morrow. "Eight Beat Mack" refers to drummer Ray McKinley, and "Doc" refers to the band's bass player, Doc Goldberg. His 1955 album Boogie Woogie on the 88 featured a horn section including jazz musicians Shorty Sherock and Herbie Harper among others, and with arrangements by Benny Carter. He also co-wrote the 1945 classic "The House of Blue Lights" first recorded with singer Ella Mae Morse, and later by Chuck Miller, The Andrews Sisters, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. On August 10, 1965, Slack was found dead in his bedroom from undetermined causes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Slack

Freddie Slack's Boogie Woogie

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Ella Mae Morse & Freddie Slack - The Hits Of

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:59
Size: 91,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:13)  1. Cow-Cow Boogie
(2:52)  2. The House of Blue Lights
(3:02)  3. Riffette
(2:22)  4. Get Off It and Go
(2:39)  5. I Love You, Yes I Do
(3:03)  6. Mr Five By Five
(1:57)  7. Oakie Boogie
(3:02)  8. The Blacksmith Blues
(2:53)  9. Big Foot Pete
(3:01) 10. Strange Cargo
(2:51) 11. 40 Cups of Coffee
(2:30) 12. Down the Road a Piece
(2:59) 13. Buzz Me
(2:31) 14. Rock 'N' Roll Wedding

One of the most talented and overlooked vocalists of the '40s, Ella Mae Morse blended jazz, country, pop, and R&B; at times she came remarkably close to what would be known as rock & roll. When she wasn't yet 14, Morse had her first taste of the big time, when Jimmy Dorsey's band came to Dallas for a stay at the Adolphus Hotel and she called for an audition. Unbeknownst to her, the band needed a new female vocalist. Believing that Morse was indeed 19, as she and her mother claimed, Dorsey hired her. When he received a letter from the school board declaring that he was responsible for The Morse's care, Dorsey fired her. Morse joined former Dorsey pianist Freddie Slack's band in 1942; she was only 17 when they cut "Cow Cow Boogie," which became Capitol Records' first gold single. 

The following year, Morse began recording solo. Although her recordings were consistently solid and sold fairly well (frequently charting better on the Black charts than on the pop charts), Morse never obtained a huge following. She retired from recording in 1957, and died of respiratory failure on October 16, 1999. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ella-mae-morse/id73169047#fullText

The Hits Of

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