Mosaic Select - Freddie Slack

構成数 : 3枚
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Personnel: Freddie Slack (cello, piano, harpsichord); Don Raye, Ella Mae Morse, Philip Gordon, Imogene Lynn, Johnny Mercer, Liza Morrow, Margaret Whiting, Bobby Troup (vocals); Al Hendrickson (guitar, electric guitar); Ulysses Livingston, George Van Eps, Louis Gonzales, Jack Marshall, Remo Palmieri, Tony Rizzi, Bob Bain (guitar); Brad Gowans (violin, trombone); Karl Robert Leaf (clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Willie Martinez, Blake Reynolds, Mahlon Clark (clarinet, alto saxophone); Barney Bigard (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Walter Clark, Henry Evans, Al Taylor, Art Smith, Joe Kretcher, Alex Harding (reeds); Jewell L. Grant, Bill Shine, Jack Ordean, George Wiedler, Clyde Elsa Hylton, Herb Tompkins, Neely Plumb (alto saxophone); Les Baxter (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Al Epstein, Ralph Lee, Don Brassfield, Vido Musso (tenor saxophone); Danny Bank , Sam Sachelle (baritone saxophone); Manny Klein, Clyde Hurley, Dick Cathcart, George Wendt, Ernie Thomas Figueroa, Bob Goodrich, Chuck Peterson, Jack Trainor, Chuck Genduso, Bill Morris, Jim Salco, Gerald Wilson, Jack Mootz, Paul Lopez, Bert Harry, Charles E. Grifford, Jack Steele, Dave Nichols, Donald Anderson, Larry Brooks, Neal Hefti, Pete Candoli, Ray Linn (trumpet); Gerald Foster, Bill Lawlor, Elmer "Moe" Schneider, Jim Reynolds , Hoyt Bohannon, Henry Coker, Bill Corti, Ward Silloway , Bruce Squires, Eddie Kusby, John Haliburton, Jim Harwood , Jimmy Knepper, Tommy Pederson , Bob Bowman , Roger Ingram, Cliff Heather (trombone); Joe Park (tuba); Lou Stein (piano); Don Lamond, Henry Tucker Green, George Jenkins, Richard Cornell, Irv Kluger, Nick Fatool, Ray McKinley, John Cyr (drums). Liner Note Author: Lloyd Rauch. Recording information: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY. Photographer: Henry Harris . Arrangers: Frank Devenport; Freddie Slack; Karl Robert Leaf; Paul Weston; Phil Moore . Freddie Slack was the pianist with Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra during part of the 1930s before becoming well known for playing boogie-woogie with Will Bradley's band, most notably on the hit "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar." In 1941 Slack went out on his own, forming a big band that soon signed with the Capitol label. His hit recording of "Cow Cow Boogie" in 1942 with singer Ella Mae Morse made him famous even though none of his other records caught on at the same level. Slack's orchestra just lasted two years and, although he had a new band during 1945-1946, many of his recordings were made with small groups. With the exception of a slightly earlier four-song session for Decca, five songs that were purposely bypassed, and a 1955 album of boogie-woogie and re-creations, all of Slack's recordings as a leader are on this three-CD set. There are 17 previously unreleased performances, including a five-song session from 1946 and three numbers from 1952. It is particularly interesting to hear the influence of bebop being felt in Slack's playing and some of the arrangements although he mostly remained a swing stylist. While most of his sidemen are little known, T-Bone Walker pops up on a few numbers (including two features), guitarists Remo Palmieri, Al Hendrickson, and Tiny Timbrell are assets, and every vocal by Ella Mae Morse is well worth hearing. In addition, Johnny Mercer is a guest on several tunes. The three-fer is wrapped up by all seven recordings by drummer Ray McKinley's long-forgotten 1942 big band, a band with trumpeters Dick Cathcart and Pete Candoli, valve trombonist Brad Gowans, clarinetist Mahlon Clark, and pianist Lou Stein in the personnel. Overall, this is a well-conceived release of mostly obscure but worthy music. ~ Scott Yanow