Bix Restored Vol. 4 [Box]

構成数 : 3枚
合計収録時間 : 03:47:21
Personnel includes: Bix Beiderbecke, Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Mills, Paul Williams, Frankie Trumbauer. Recorded between June 1928 & Sept 1930. Personnel: Bix Beiderbecke (clarinet, cornet); Charles Gaylord (vocals, violin); Frankie Trumbauer (vocals, clarinet, bassoon, reeds, alto saxophone, C-melody saxophone, baritone saxophone); Boyce Cullen, Jack Fulton (vocals, trombone); Irving Brodsky, Hoagy Carmichael (vocals, piano); Dick Robertson, Marlin Hurt, Dee Orr, Harry Barris, Wes Vaughn, Al Rinker, Smith Ballew, Austin Young, Bing Crosby, Carson Robison (vocals); Wilbur Hall (guitar, trombone); Eddie Lang, Lew Green, Ed "Snoozer" Quinn, George Rose (guitar); Mike Pingatore (banjo); Mario Perry (violin, accordion); Mischa Russell, Kurt Dieterle, Joe Venuti, John Bowman , Matty Malneck (violin); Red Mayer (flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, reeds); Rube Crozier (flute, clarinet, English horn, bassoon, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Chet Hazlett (clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, reeds, alto saxophone); Charles Strickfaden (clarinet, oboe, English horn, reeds, baritone saxophone); Irving Friedman (clarinet, reeds, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman (clarinet, alto saxophone); Bernie Daly (reeds); Arnold Brillhardt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Lawrence "Bud" Freeman, Larry Binyon (tenor saxophone); Min Leibrook (bass saxophone, upright bass); Eddie Pinder (trumpet, cornet); Charlie Margulis, Harry Goldfield, Ray Lodwig, Bubber Miley (trumpet); Andy Secrest (cornet); Bill Rank, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey (trombone); Lennie Hayton (piano, celesta, harmonium, drums); Eddie King (piano, organ, sleigh bell); Frank Signorelli, Roy Bargy (piano); Mike Trafficante (upright bass); George Marsh (drums, percussion); Gene Krupa, Harry Gale , Stan King, Chauncey Morehouse (drums); John R.T. Davies, Alan Roberts (programming). Audio Remasterers: Ted Kendall; Mike Kieffer; John R.T. Davies. Liner Note Authors: Randy Skretvedt; Mike Kieffer. Recording information: Brunswick Record Co., New York, NY (06/19/1928-09/15/1930); Columbia's Studios, NY (06/19/1928-09/15/1930); Okeh Record Co., Chicago, IL (06/19/1928-09/15/1930); Victor Record Co., Leiderkranz Hall, New York, NY (06/19/1928-09/15/1930). Arrangers: Ferde Grofe ; Lennie Hayton; Matty Malneck; Roy Bargy; Hoagy Carmichael. Just in time for the 2003 Bix Beiderbecke centennial, Sunbeam completes its collection of the complete Beiderbecke on three well-packed CDs. The set picks up the thread from volume three, with more marathon Paul Whiteman Orchestra sessions spelled now and then by smaller groups fronted by Frankie Trumbauer and Beiderbecke himself, gradually declining in frequency as the doomed cornetist's health starts to give out. Whiteman's relentless attempts to please everyone in his mass audience -- from kitschy classical arrangements to the usual bland, middle-brow crooning to bursts of reasonably hot jazz -- can be bizarre, sentimental, or audacious, often all at once. With the Trumbauer groups, Beiderbecke assumes a higher profile, and the beat acquires more of a jump and occasionally something more; "Futuristic Rhythm" really does have a shuffling rhythm decades ahead of its time. The real centerpiece of the set is the 1928 world premiere waxing of Gershwin's "Concerto in F," issued originally on Columbia's classical "Modern Music" series with quaintly colorful Whiteman picture labels. The score, alas, was heavily edited -- especially the second and third movements -- to fit on six 12" 78 RPM sides, and the composer's orchestrations were rearranged and compressed by the ubiquitous Ferde Grofe. But the recording is loaded with period flavor, and it offers proof that Whiteman's orchestra contained a complement of versatile first-class musicians. Beiderbecke claimed that his featured written-out solo in the languorous second movement was his proudest moment on record -- and well he should have been pleased; his cornet h to be continued...
録音 : モノラル (Studio)