Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra - Live in Cedar Grove, NJ

Styles: Sweet Bands, Swing
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:57
Size: 135,8 MB
Art: Front

(0:52) 1. Theme: Smoke Rrings
(2:33) 2. By the River
(3:21) 3. Indian Summer
(3:01) 4. You`re a Lucky Guy
(4:52) 5. Honeysuckle Rose
(2:43) 6. Prelude in C Sharp Minor
(3:06) 7. On the Isle of May
(3:06) 8. Save Your Sorrows for Tomorrow
(3:20) 9. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
(2:25) 10. Git Away Day
(0:55) 11. Theme: Smoke Rings
(3:47) 12. Tuxedo Junction
(2:45) 13. How High the Moon
(2:43) 14. Wham!
(2:29) 15. It's a Blue World
(3:20) 16. What Is This Thing Called Love?
(4:20) 17. Yours Is My Heart Alone
(2:54) 18. Stop! It's Wonderful
(6:16) 19. No Name Jive

Here's two better than average quality home recordings of the Casa Loma Band taken from the Meadowbrook Ballroom in Cedar Grove, NJ, from two weekend shows in March of 1940. Glenn never had any big-name players in his outfit (unless you count guys like Pee Wee Hunt and Murray McEachern in the trombone section), but the band played with a precision and swing that was mesmerizing. It was also a self-contained band, in the sense that there were no add-on boy or girl singers, the vocalizing being handled by reedman Kenny Sargent or trombonist Hunt. The reed section of the Casa Loma Orchestra was its true secret weapon, with the players doubling, tripling, and quadrupling on clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, alto, tenor, soprano, baritone, and bass saxophones. Chart wise, the band moves effortlessly on these broadcasts, from its theme of "Smoke Rings" to swingers like "Tuxedo Junction," "Honeysuckle Rose," and "How High the Moon" to novelties like "Wham!" to heavyweight material like "Prelude in C Sharp Minor." A well-rounded band that was one of the true innovators of the big-band era, the Casa Loma Orchestra is one of the hidden treasures from this era just waiting to be discovered. Well worth investigating.~ Cub Koda https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-from-the-meadowbank-ballroom-cedar-grove-nj-1940-mw0000608651

Live in Cedar Grove, NJ

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Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra - 1940

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:06
Size: 126.2 MB
Styles: Big band
Year: 1983
Art: Front

[3:20] 1. Little Brown Jug
[3:05] 2. Last Night's Gardenias
[3:00] 3. Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow
[3:02] 4. Tuxedo Junction
[2:55] 5. The Fable Of The Rose
[2:52] 6. Would'nt Could I But Kiss Thy Hand, Oh! Babe
[2:39] 7. Castle Of Dreams
[3:25] 8. Git Away Day
[2:53] 9. You've Got Me Out On A Limb
[3:20] 10. In The Mood
[2:34] 11. Yodelin' Jive
[3:03] 12. Watching The Clock
[2:52] 13. Jimtown Blues
[3:05] 14. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
[2:50] 15. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
[3:10] 16. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
[6:51] 17. No Name Jive Parts One And Two

The Casa Loma Orchestra was a popular American dance band active from 1927 to 1963. From 1929 until the rapid multiplication in the number of swing bands from 1935 on, the Casa Loma Orchestra was one of the top North American dance bands. With the decline of the big band business following the end of World War II, it disbanded in 1947. However, from 1957 to 1963, it re-emerged as a recording session band in Hollywood, made up of top-flight studio musicians under the direction of its most notable leader of the past, Glen Gray. The reconstituted band made a limited number appearances live and on television and recorded fifteen LP albums for Capitol Records before Gray died in 1963.

1940

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Jonah Jones - Jonah Jones/Glen Gray + That Righteous Feelin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:53
Size: 155.4 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:07] 1. Baubles, Bangles And Beads
[3:20] 2. Echoes Of Harlem
[2:46] 3. Two O'clock Jump
[2:40] 4. I Can't Get Started
[3:45] 5. Boy Meets Horn
[2:40] 6. Hot Lips
[2:48] 7. After You've Gone
[2:28] 8. West End Blues
[2:30] 9. Ciribiribin
[2:46] 10. Tenderly
[3:01] 11. Sugar Blues
[2:58] 12. Apollo Jumps
[2:02] 13. Yes Indeed
[2:20] 14. Mandy
[2:50] 15. Work Song
[2:26] 16. Ramblin' Rose
[3:13] 17. Spanish Harlem
[2:03] 18. The Lonesome Road
[1:53] 19. The Preacher
[2:41] 20. 'deed I Do
[3:00] 21. Memories Are Made Of This
[2:38] 22. Jonah's Sermon
[3:03] 23. Look Up
[2:29] 24. Down By The Riverside
[1:35] 25. Sometimes I'm Happy
[1:39] 26. Tommy Tommy

2 LPs on 1 CD + Bonus Tracks. “Jonah Jones / Glen Gray” (ST-1660) 1962 [#1-12]; “That Righteous Feelin’” (ST-1839) 1962 [#13-24]; Bonus Tracks [#25-26] “June Christy with the Jonah Jones Quartet” (Capitol EP 4457) released in 1960.

Tracks #1-12: Jonah Jones, Joe Graves, Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, Shorty Sherock, Mannie Klein, trumpets; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lew McCreary, George Roberts, trombones; Abe Most, clarinet, alto sax; Arthur 'Skeets' Herfurt, alto sax; Plas Johnson, Babe Russin, tenor saxes; Chuck Gentry, baritone sax; Ray Sherman, piano; Jack Marshall, guitar; Mike Rubin, bass; Nick Fatool, drums. Benny Carter, arranger, conductor. On #1,2 & 7 Al Porcino, trumpet, Ken Shroyer, trombone, and Morty Corb, bass, replace Rasey, Roberts and Rubin. Tracks #13-24: Jonah Jones, trumpet, vocals; Andre Persiani, percussion; Dick Hyman, organ, piano; Bob Bain & Howard Roberts, guitars; John Brown, bass; Danny Farrar, drums; The Jubilee Four, vocals. Tracks #25-26: Jonah Jones, trumpet, vocals; Teddy Brannon, piano; John Brown, bass; George 'Pops' Foster, drums; June Christy, vocal. Recorded in in Los Angeles, December (#1-12) 1961, November (#13-24), 1962; and October 1960 (#25 & 26). Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered

Jonah Jones zoomed to popularity in the late ‘50s. He found a successful formula and used it to brighten the hit charts with a succession of bouncy albums on Capitol Records. His quartet was one of the three newcomers in the Top 10 wide variety of small groups listed in the “favorite Instrumental” Billboard lists in 1958.

This is a powerful joining of forces, with trumpet man Jonah Jones taking the lead in front of the Casa Loma styled Benny Carter arrangements for big band. The tunes are all closely associated with other famous horn men—James, Armstrong, Stewart, Eldridge, Berigan, etc—while the impeccable studio band radiates a goodly fire of its own behind Jones. On “That Righteous Feelin’” the voices of the Jubilee Four keep in a handclapping mood the fresh, sanctifying gospel sounds of Jonah Jones with Dick Hyman and the New Disciples of Rhythm. Everything about it sounds right—or righteous!

Jonah Jones/Glen Gray + That Righteous Feelin'

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