Bix Beiderbecke - Singin' the Blues [1927]

Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke's greatest recordings were mostly made in 1927. This definitive CD (reissued in 1990) has most of Beiderbecke's best-loved work, including "Singin' the Blues," "I'm Coming Virginia," "Ostrich Walk," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," and his solo piano classic "In a Mist." Most of the recordings were cut with Frankie Trumbauer's Orchestra, although there are also two titles from the Broadway Bellhops, a similar group. The beauty of Beiderbecke's horn outshone virtually every other brassman in the 1920s other than Louis Armstrong, and he never sounded better than on these records. Beiderbecke is joined by such notables as C-melody saxophonist Trumbauer, guitarist Eddie Lang, clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey, trombonist Bill Rank, and clarinetist Don Murray, among others. In addition to the titles mentioned, the renditions of "Clarinet Marmalade," Hoagy Carmichael's "Riverboat Shuffle," and "Wringin' and Twistin'" are among the other highlights. Essential music that in one form or another belongs in every serious jazz collection.

-Scott Yanow

01. Trumbology
02. Clarinet Marmalade
03. Singin' The Blues
04. Ostrich Walk
05. Riverboat Shuffle
06. I'm Coming Virginia
07. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
08. For No Reason At All In C
09. Three Blind Mice
10. Blue River
11. There's A Cradle In Caroline
12. In A Mist
13. Wringin' And Twistin'
14. Humpty Dumpty
15. Krazy Kat
16. The Baltimore
17. There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland To Me
18. There's A Cradle In Caroline
19. Just An Hour Of Love
20. I'm Wonderin' Who


Credits
Cornet - Bix Beiderbecke
Banjo - Eddie Lang (tracks: 19, 20) , Howdy Quicksell (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7) , John Cali (tracks: 17, 18)
Clarinet, Saxophone [Alto] - Jimmy Dorsey (tracks: 1 to 3)
Clarinet, Saxophone [Tenor], Saxophone [Baritone] - Don Murray (2) (tracks: 4 to 7, 9 to 11, 14 to 20)
Directed By - Sam Lanin (tracks: 17, 18)
Drums - Chauncey Morehouse (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 11, 14 to 16, 19, 20) , Vic Berton (tracks: 17, 18)
Guitar - Eddie Lang (tracks: 3, 8, 9 to 11, 13 to 16)
Piano - Bix Beiderbecke (tracks: 13) , Frank Signorelli (tracks: 14 to 20) , Itzie Riskin (tracks: 4 to 7, 9 to 11) , Paul Mertz (tracks: 1 to 3)
Saxophone [Alto] - Bobby Davis (4) (tracks: 14 to 20) , Doc Ryker (tracks: 2, 9 to 11)
Saxophone [Bass] - Adrian Rollini (tracks: 9 to 11, 14 to 16, 19, 20)
Saxophone [C-melody] - Frankie Trumbauer (tracks: 1 to 11, 13, 17 to 20)
Trombone - Bill Rank (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11, 14 to 20) , Miff Mole (tracks: 3)
Trumpet - Hymie Farberman (tracks: 17, 18) , Sylvester Ahola (tracks: 19, 20)
Tuba - Joe Tarto (tracks: 17, 18)
Violin - Joe Venuti (tracks: 14 to 20)
Vocals - Irving Kaufman (tracks: 17 to 20) , Seger Ellis (tracks: 10)
Arranged By - Bill Challis (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 9 to 11) , Don Murray (2) (tracks: 6, 15) , Fud Livingston (tracks: 3, 14) , Paul Mertz (tracks: 1)

All tracks recorded in New York, Feb. to Sept. 1927.

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