All The Cats Join In Vol. 3

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Personnel: Benny Goodman (vocals, clarinet); Liza Morrow, Peggy Lee (vocals); Mike Bryan, Dave Barbour, Tom Morgan (guitar); Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone, trombone); Bill Shine, Clint Neagley, Gerald Sanfino, Larry Molinelli, Gerry Safiono, Sol Kane, Bud Shiffman, John Prager, Aaron Sachs (alto saxophone); Cliff Strickland, Jon Walton, Leonard Sims, Gish Gilbertson, Ray Beller, Stan Koslow, Emmet Carl, Peanuts Hucko, Stan Getz , Vido Musso, George Berg (tenor saxophone); Bob Poland, Chuck Gentry, Danny Bank , Alfred Ralston, Art Ralston, John Pepper, Al Klink (baritone saxophone); Manny Klein, Mickey McMickle, Nate Kazebier, Dick Mains, Al Cuozzo, Tony Faso, Conrad Gozzo , Louis Mucci, Brody Schroff, Albert Davis, Frank LePinto, Lawrence Stearns, Alvin Davis, Jimmy Blake, John Best , Vince Badale, Johnny Napton, Billy Butterfield, Jimmy Maxwell, Bernie Privin (trumpet); Addison Collins (French horn); Charlie Castaldo, Eddie Aulino, Dick La Fave, Eddie Benson, Hoyt Bohannon, Leon Cox, Kai Winding, Lou McGarity, Trummy Young , Chauncey Welsch, Cutty Cutshall (trombone); Joe Bushkin, Mel Powell, Charlie Queener (piano); Johnny White (vibraphone); Sid Weiss, Barney Spieler, Jack Lesberg , Cliff Hills, Clyde Lombardi (upright bass); Hud David, Louie Bellson, Alvin Stoller, Morey Feld, Ralph Collier, Buddy Rich (drums). Liner Note Author: Brian Peerless. Recording information: New York, NY (1941-1946). Arrangers: Eddie Sauter; Fletcher Henderson; Johnny Thompson; Richard Maltby; Mel Powell; Buck Clayton. A really cool CD, and one of the better Goodman volumes, despite its 16 songs being drawn from across five years (1941-1946). Most of the material is instrumental (although Peggy Lee and Goodman himself sing on six numbers), and the arrangements are among the best Goodman ever had to work with, certainly in the '40s, by Fletcher Henderson ("Fascinating Rhythm"), Mel Powell ("Darktown Strutters Ball," "Clarinade," "Mission to Moscow," "Why Don't You Do Right?" "Oh, Baby"), Buck Clayton ("Swing Angel," "All the Cats Join In"), and Eddie Sauter ("Not Mine," "Lucky"). Powell's arrangement of "Oh, Baby" (seven minutes-plus of pure swinging excitement, originally issued on two sides of a 78 disc) is a showcase for Goodman's sextet and the full band in its two sections (joined together for the CD), and is a slightly more sophisticated follow-up to his epic swing instrumental of the late '30s, "Sing Sing Sing." Johnny Thompson's arrangement on the title track -- originally cut by Goodman for the Disney cartoon Make Mine Music -- also showcases the contrast between the core sextet and the band. The notes don't really explain the logic of the song selection, except to say that these are really good tracks -- which they are -- spiced with some rarities: the Goodman band's version of Irving Berlin's "You're Easy to Dance With" (sung by Lee) was locked in the vaults until the end of the '70s; "Fly by Night" is a previously unissued recording; and "Lucky," featuring Buddy Rich on drums during the brief period between his quitting Tommy Dorsey and forming his own band, has only previously been out in a limited-edition LP release (Rich gets an even better showcase on the accompanying "Rattle and Roll," a bluesy number co-written by Goodman, Count Basie, and Clayton that sounds a lot like a sequel to "One O'Clock Jump"). One wishes Columbia would put out a complete Goodman box, but in its absence releases like this delight and whet the appetite for more. The sound is unusually crisp for a late-'80s Columbia CD. ~ Bruce Eder
録音 : モノラル (Studio)