Rare Recordings

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Personnel: Bubber Miley (cornet); Lew Conrad, Leo Reisman (vocals, violin); Eva Taylor (vocals); Lonnie Johnson (guitar); Elmer Snowden, Leroy Harris , Fred Guy (banjo); Matty Malneck (violin); Jess Smith (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone); Bill Tronstein (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Otto Hardwick (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone); Johnny Hodges (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Harry Carney (clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Barney Bigard (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Burt Williams (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Louis Martin (alto saxophone); Adrian Rollini (bass saxophone); Freddy Jenkins (trumpet, French horn); Charlie Johnson & His Orchestra, Louis Shaffrin, Arthur Whetsol (trumpet); Louis Metcalf (cornet); Jake Frazier, Ernie Gibbs, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Chuck Campbell , Charlie Irvis (trombone); Clarence Williams, Duke Ellington, Raymond Pugh, Louis Hooper (piano); Jack Shilkret (celesta); Arthur Ray (reed organ); Sonny Greer (drums). Liner Note Author: Jeff Hopkins . Recording information: New York, NY (10/05/1924-??/??/1931). Arranger: Duke Ellington. Bubber Miley was one of the great trumpeters of the 1920s, a master of the plunger mute who largely developed the growling "jungle sound" that made Duke Ellington's early orchestra so distinctive. Miley, the predecessor of Cootie Williams with Ellington, is heard on a variety of intriguing and often-classic recordings on this CD, which covers the span of his relatively brief career. His pre-Ellington period is represented by recordings with the Texas Blue Destroyers (a duet with the spooky-sounding reed organ of Arthur Ray), the Kansas City Five, and Clarence Williams' Blue Five ("I've Found a New Baby"). The nine numbers from Miley's years with Ellington (1926-1928 plus 1924's "Rainy Nights") focus more on rarities than hits, and show that he was the band's most notable and colorful soloist. After the trumpeter was fired by Ellington due to his increasing unreliability because of alcoholism in early 1929, he became the lone black member of Leo Reisman's white society orchestra, an unusual role that worked. All of Miley's solos with Reisman are on this CD, including a classic rendition of "What Is This Thing Called Love" and a very rare medley taken from a Vitaphone film short. His early death from tuberculosis in 1932 was a real tragedy; Bubber Miley was only 29. This CD gives listeners a wide sampling of his valuable output and shows why he was one of the most unique stylists of his era. ~ Scott Yanow
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)