Time: 73:09
Size: 167.5 MB
Label: Vintage Masters
Styles: Vocal jazz/blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front
[3:02] 1. Honeysuckle Rose
[2:45] 2. I've A Strange New Rhythm In My Heart
[2:32] 3. Nobody's Sweetheart
[2:37] 4. I Got Rhythm
[2:38] 5. Whistle While You Work
[2:22] 6. Tutti-Frutti
[2:47] 7. The Man With The Mandolin
[2:46] 8. Snake Pit
[2:32] 9. Utt Da Zay (The Taylor Song)
[3:10] 10. Scattin' The Blues
[2:54] 11. It's The Tune That Counts
[6:11] 12. Avocado Seed Soup Symphony, Pt. 1
[2:26] 13. Nagasaki
[2:48] 14. Shoot The Likker To Me, John Boy
[2:29] 15. She Ain't No Saint
[2:31] 16. Do You Wanna Jump, Children
[2:49] 17. Tight And Gay
[2:41] 18. Jada
[3:00] 19. Jeepers Creepers
[3:09] 20. Coquette (Chicken Coquette)
[9:14] 21. Sonny Boy
[2:56] 22. Free Wheeling
[2:38] 23. Jingle Bells
Jive vocalist Leo Watson is one of the forgotten masters of scat singing. This is rare stuff that fans of swing and blues will be glad to find on one disc. ~ Matt Collar
Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (09/20/1933-09/07/1945); New York, NY (09/20/1933-09/07/1945).
Leo Watson (vocals, drums); Teddy Bunn (vocals, guitar); Virgil Scroggins, George Vann (vocals, drums); Wilbur Dannils (vocals); Horace Rollins, Ulysses Livingston, Arv Garrison, Al Avola, Frank Victor, Slim Gaillard, Ray Biondi (guitar); Paul Ricci (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Murray Williams (clarinet, alto saxophone); Artie Shaw (clarinet); Bob Snyder, Mascagni Ruffo, George Siravo, Les Robinson (alto saxophone); Jules Rubin, Carl Biesacker, Sam Donahue, Sam Musiker, Tony Pastor (tenor saxophone); Ralph Muzillo, Tom Dicarlo, Malcolm Crain, Dave Schultze, John McGee, John Best , Charles Frankhauser (trumpet); Dalton Rizzotto, Tony Tyler, George Arus, Bruce Squaries, Charles McCamish, Vic Dickenson, Harry Rodgers (trombone); Eddie Heywood, Leonard Feather, Milt Raskin, Gene DePaul, Les Burness (piano); O'Neill Spencer, Gene Krupa, Harold "Doc" West, Cliff Leeman (drums).
Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (09/20/1933-09/07/1945); New York, NY (09/20/1933-09/07/1945).
Leo Watson (vocals, drums); Teddy Bunn (vocals, guitar); Virgil Scroggins, George Vann (vocals, drums); Wilbur Dannils (vocals); Horace Rollins, Ulysses Livingston, Arv Garrison, Al Avola, Frank Victor, Slim Gaillard, Ray Biondi (guitar); Paul Ricci (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Murray Williams (clarinet, alto saxophone); Artie Shaw (clarinet); Bob Snyder, Mascagni Ruffo, George Siravo, Les Robinson (alto saxophone); Jules Rubin, Carl Biesacker, Sam Donahue, Sam Musiker, Tony Pastor (tenor saxophone); Ralph Muzillo, Tom Dicarlo, Malcolm Crain, Dave Schultze, John McGee, John Best , Charles Frankhauser (trumpet); Dalton Rizzotto, Tony Tyler, George Arus, Bruce Squaries, Charles McCamish, Vic Dickenson, Harry Rodgers (trombone); Eddie Heywood, Leonard Feather, Milt Raskin, Gene DePaul, Les Burness (piano); O'Neill Spencer, Gene Krupa, Harold "Doc" West, Cliff Leeman (drums).
Scat Man Best