Battle of Trumpets, Vol. 1

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The trumpet, and its predecessor the cornet, have been significant instruments in jazz ever since its beginning. Used in the early days to state the melody and to lead ensembles in New Orleans jazz bands, the trumpet/cornet became a major solo instrument in the 1920s with the rise of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke.

The four-CD imported set Battle of Trumpets features most of the top jazz trumpeters of 1925-65 at their best. From Dixieland to swing, bebop to cool, nearly all of the major names are here including Armstrong, Beiderbecke, Red Allen, Jabbo Smith (outstanding on Jazz Battle), Bill Coleman, Bunny Berigan, Bobby Hackett, Muggsy Spanier, Hot Lips Page, Charlie Shavers, Sidney DeParis, Wild Bill Davison, Harry James, Buck Clayton and Red Nichols. And that is only the first disc!

The other CDs include Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown and many others before the set concludes with Freddie Hubbard and Wynton Marsalis. So many of these musicians are instantly recognizable, having developed their own sound on the difficult horn. But that is why they are considered giants.

Battle of Trumpets is an excellent overview of the trumpet's place in jazz history and serves as a fine introduction to quite a few talented brass players.

-Scott Yanow

Contents

Imported From Europe!

CD 1 (TT: 67:44): Louis Armstrong: Cornet Chop Suey; Weather Bird; Stardust (w/Zilmer Randolph); Struttin' With Some Barbecue; Bix Beiderbecke: Ostrich Walk; Henry Red Allen: It Should Be You; Bugle Call Rag; Jabbo Smith: Jazz Battle; Rhythm in Spain; Bill Coleman: Georgia on My Mind; After You've Gone; Bunny Berigan: Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (w/Irving Goodman, Steve Lipkins); Bobby Hackett: (I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance; Clarinet Marmalade (w/Bernie Mettison); Muggsy Spanier: Lonesome Road; Hot Lips Page: South; Charlie Shavers: Sweet Georgia Brown; Andiology; Sidney De Paris: I've Found a New Baby; Bill Davison: Baby, Won't You Please Come Home; Harry James: September Song from Knickerbocker Holiday; Buck Clayton: Countless Blues; Red Nichols: Louisiana.

CD 2 (TT: 79:56): Harry James: Sweet Georgia Brown (w/Tom Gonsoulin, Claude Bowen, Jack Palmer); Concerto for Trumpet; Cootie Williams: Five O'clock Drag; Rex Stewart: Boy Meets Horn (w/Stafford Simon); Jonah Jones: Hubba Hubba Hub; Roy Eldridge: The Gasser; Stardust; Little Jazz; Louis Armstrong: Bugle Call Rag; Charlie Shavers: Echoes of Harlem; Buck Clayton: Fiesta in Blue (w/Ed Lewis, Sweets Edison, Al Killian); Cat Anderson: Don't Worry 'Bout Me; Summertime (w/Willie Cook, Clark Terry, Ray Nance); Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia; A Night in Tunisia; Fats Navarro: Move; Fats Navarro/Howard McGhee: Double Talk; Boperation; Miles Davis: Blue Room; Conte Candoli: Portrait of a Count; Invention for Guitar and Trumpet (w/Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Don Dennis, Ruben McCall).

< CD 3 (TT: 79:50): Dizzy Gillespie/Roy Eldridge: Sometimes I'm Happy; Miles Davis: Dig; The Leap; Kenny Dorham: I Love You; Be My Love; Chet Baker: All the Things You Are; Happy Little Sunbeam; Art Farmer: I've Never Been in Love Before; Alone Together; Shorty Rogers: My Heart Stood Still; Blues Way Up There; Benny Bailey: Please Say Yes; A Kiss to Build a Dream On; Clifford Brown: Cherokee; Easy Living; Daahoud; Donald Byrd: Winterset.

CD 4 (TT: 73:36): Dizzy Gillespie: Lover Come Back to Me; Miles Davis: Bluing; Clark Terry: No Problem; Joe Gordon: Silver's Blue; Donald Byrd: Shoutin' Out; Duke Jones: You Don't Know What Love Is; Wynton Marsalis: One By One; Angel Eyes; Freddie Hubbard: Bolivia.

Includes 20-page book.

Additional artists:

Paul Mares, Cornet; Julius Watkins, French Horn; Kid Ory, Bill Rank, J.C. Higginbotham, Preston Jackson, George Brunies, Al George, Sonny Lee, Wilbur De Paris, Jerry Borshard, Kingsley Jackson, Russell Brown, Truett Jones, Sandy Williams, Tyree Glenn, Jack Teagarden, Robert Scott, Dickie Wells, Eli Robinson, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, Juan Tizol, Bennie Green, Bob Fitzpatrick, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, Stu Williamson, Jimmy Knepper, Trombones; George Roberts, Bass Trombone; Brad Gowans, Valve Trombone/Alto Sax; Johnny Dodds, Omer Simeon, Leon Pappolo, Pee Wee Russell, Rod Cless, Buster Bailey, Edmond Hall, Bob Riedel, Reuel Lynch, Buster Bailey, Barney Bigard, Clarinets; Don Murray, Clarinet/Baritone Sax; Lester Young, Albert Washington, Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinets/Tenor Saxes; Lester Boone, Mike Doty, Joe Dixon, Eddie Barefield, Clarinets/Alto Saxes; George James, Clarinet/Soprano Sax/Alto Sax; Jimmy Giuffre, Clarinet/Tenor Sax/Baritone Sax; Frankie Trumbauer, Billy Pierce, Saxes; Red Ingle, Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes, Leslie Johnakins, Ben Smith, Don Stovall, Russell Procope, Dave Matthews, Claude Lakey, Hilton Jefferson, Joe-Andrew Gardner, Rick Henderson, Ernie Henry, Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Vinnie Dean, Jackie McLean, Lou Donaldson, Bud Shank, Sonny Stitt, Bobby Watson, Alto Saxes; Teddy Hill, Clyde Rounds, George Auld, Sam Simmons, Bernie Billings, Don Byas, George Dessinger, Drew Page, Bill Luther, Pete Clarke, Ike Quebec, Abrams Quebec, Tom Archia, Buddy Tate, Paul Gonsalves, Dan Lanphere, Richie Kamuca, Bill Holman, Sonny Rollins, Lucky Thompson, Charlie Rouse, Zoot Sims, Frank Foster, Hank Mobley, Donald Braden, Tenor Saxes; Clyde Newcombe, Eddie McKinnes, Joe Rushton, Bob Gioga, Bob Gordon, Baritone Saxes; Harry Carney, Baritone Sax/Bass Clarinet; Jack Pettis, Alto Sax/Tenor Sax; Tab Smith, Alto Sax/Soprano Sax; Phil Woods, Alto Sax/Bass Clarinet; Jimmy Heath, Tenor Sax/Baritone Sax; Les Spann, Flute/Guitar; Gigi Gryce, Flute/Alto Sax; Seldon Powell, Yusef Lateef, Flutes/Tenor Saxes; Count Basie, Itzie Riskin, Luis Russell, Cassino Simpson, Earl Hines, Herman Chittison, Charlie Alexander, Elmer Schoebel, Joe Lippman, Dave Bowman, Jimmy Reynolds, Joe Bushkin, Lil Armstrong, Pete Johnson, Billy Kyle, Clyde Hart, Gene Schroeder, Frankie Carle, Bobby Hammack, Jack Gardner, Mike Colucchio, Dave Rivera, Rozelle Gayle, Earl Hines, Al Haig, John Lewis, Bud Powell, Stan Kenton, Walter Bishop, Thelonious Monk, Russ Freeman, Wynton Kelly, Pete Jolly, Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Walter Bishop Jr., Ronnie Matthews, Jimmy Williams, Pianos; Linton Garner, Piano/Celeste; Lil Armstrong, Piano/Vocals; Milt Jackson, Piano/Vibes; Bobby Lyle, Keyboard; Oscar Peterson, Organ; Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson, Tom Morgan, Connie Wainwright, John Collins, Bob Knight, Eddie Durham, Bryan Kent, Danny Barker, Barney Kessel, Bill De Arango, Sal Salvador, Herb Ellis, Guitars; Johnny St. Cyr, Eddie Condon, Ikey Robinson, Mike McKendrick, Lou Black, Banjos; Pops Foster, Eugene d'Hellemmes, John Lindsay, Steve Brown, Hand Wayland, Ernie Caceres, Elmer James, Bob Casey, Abe Bolar, John Kirby, Billy Taylor, Jim Beitus, Walter Page, Thurman Teague, Wilson Myers, Milt Hinton, Theodore Sturgis, Arvell Shaw, Jack Washington, Wendell Marshall, Ray Brown, Jimmy Johnson, Curly Russell, Percy Heath, Charles Mingus, Don Bagley, Tommy Potter, Nelson Boyd, Carson Smith, Addison Farmer, Curtis Counce, Buddy Catlett, Joe Mondragon, Paul Chambers, Leroy Vinnegar, Joe Benjamin, Doug Watkins, Tony Jones, Charles Fambrough, Jeff Chamber, Basses; Chauncey Morehouse, Paul Barbarin, Tubby Hall, Frank Snyder, George Wettling, Andy Picard, Alfred Taylor, Don Carter, Al Sidell, A.G. Godley, O'Neill Spencer, Gordon Powell, Don Carter, Jo Jones, Rollie Culver, Ralph Hawkins, Bazeley Perry, J.C. Heard, Harold West, Cozy Cole, Butch Ballard, Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, Roy Haynes, Stan Levey, Louie Bellson, Art Blakey, Larry Bunker, Herbie Lovelle, Shelly Manne, Art Taylor, Ed Shaughnessy, Mike Baker, Ralph Penland, Drums; Derek Walton, Congas; Gail Reese, Linda Keene, The Tempo Twisters, Bernice Byers, Jimmy Grissom, Earl Coleman, Vocals; John Kirby & His Onyx Club Boys.