Harry James: Sweet Georgia Brown-Quadromania Jazz Edition

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Harry James led the most popular big band of 1942-46, he was the most famous trumpeter to emerge from the Swing Era, and by the mid-1940s he was such a national celebrity that many of his recordings made the pop charts. Because James made it so big and some of his hit records were as much pop as jazz, he has tended to be underrated in the jazz history books. However this four-CD box set from Europe sets the record straight.

Born in 1916, Harry James received his training playing trumpet and drums in circus bands headed by his father. A brilliant trumpeter from the start, he worked with the Ben Pollack Orchestra during 1935-36 before joining Benny Goodman. Only 20 at the time, James gained fame with the King Of Swing

Contents

Imported from Europe!

Remastered!

CD 1 (TT: 62:43): Jubilee; When We're Alone; Can't I; Life Goes to a Party; Texas Chatter; Song of the Wanderer; It's the Dreamer in Me; One O'clock Jump; Out of Nowhere; Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams; Lullaby in Rhythm; Little White Lies; Boo-Woo; Woo-Woo; Home James; Jesse; Ciribiribin; Sweet Georgia Brown; Blame it on My Last Affair; Love's a Necessary Thing; 'Tain't What You Do; Two O'clock Jump.

CD 2 (TT: 58:45): Indiana; Got No Time; King Porter Stomp; I Found a New Baby; Fannie-May; Sugar Daddy; Melancholy Mood; My Buddy; Flash; Here Comes the Night; Willow, Weep for Me; Feet Draggin' Blues; All or Nothing At All; On a Little Street in Singapore; Sleepy Time Gal; Strictly Instrumental; Flatbush Flanagan; I Don't Want to Walk Without You; I Can't Begin to Tell You; I'm Beginning to See the Light.

CD 3 (TT: 45:45): Music Makers; Concerto for Trumpet; Flatbush Flanagan; Don't Be That Way; September Song from Knickerbocker Holiday; There They Go; You Turned the Tables on Me; The Arrival; Six, Two and Even; 'Cept February, Which Has 28; Things Ain't What They Used to Be; I May Be Wrong; Lover; Snooty Fruity; Bells.

CD 4 (TT: 55:03): Indiana; Tango Blues; Jalousie; I Cried for You; It's Been a Long, Long Time; Bye Bye Blues; Melancholy Rhapsody; James Session; These Foolish Things; Moanin' Low; Autumn Serenade; Moonlight Bay; The Molde; I've Heard That Song Before; Two O'clock Jump; You Made Me Love You; Trumpet Blues and Cantabile.

Harry James, Buck Clayton, Eddie Durham, Vernon Brown, Ziggy Elman, Tommy Gonsoulin, Claude Bowen, Jack Palmer, Jack Schaeffer, Nick Buono, Pinky Savitt, Ralph Osbourne, Gene Komer, Everett McDonald, Neal Hefti, Trumpets; Russell Brown, Truett Jones, Juan Tizol, Victor Hamann, Ziggy Elmer, Chuck Preble, Dave Robbins, Tubas; Earl Warren, Dave Matthews, Claude Lakey, Alto Saxes; Eddie Rosa, Al Pellegrino, Willie Smith, Bob Walters, Alto Saxes/Clarinets; Jack Washington, Alto Sax/Baritone Sax; Harry Carney, Bob Poland, Baritone Saxes; Herschel Evans, Arthur Rollini, Drew Page, Bill Luther, Al Sears, Jimmy Cook, Corky Corcoran, Sam Sachelle, Tenor Saxes; Jess Stacy, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons, Jack Gardner, Bruce McDonald, Pianos; Bryan Kent, Tiny Timbrell, Guitars; Walter Page, Thurman Teague, Johnny Williams, Joe Mondragon, Basses; Jo Jones, Dave Tough, Eddie Dougherty, Ralph Hawkins, Drums; Helen Humes, Bernice Byers, Connie Haines, Frank Sinatra, Helen Forrest, Vocals.