Chu Berry - Classic Columbia and Victor Sessions (2007) [7 CD]

This is a comprehensive collection with countless pivotal sessions. It features 203 separate recordings on seven CDs and collects both the sessions led by Chu Berry and other sessions where he contributed significantly as a sideman. You can study his remarkable surefootedness as a soloist; remember an era where evolution in the music was running rampant and Chu Berry's tenor saxophone was one of the things making it run.

The set includes:
o Teddy Wilson's late-30s chamber recordings for Brunswick that are sheer heaven
o The jazz side of Cab Calloway featuring his unique musical talents
o The incredible recording debut by Roy Eldridge
o Key recordings by Fletcher Henderson
o One of the greatest sessions ever by trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen
o The final recording session by the incomparable Bessie Smith
o A session led by Gene Krupa with Benny Goodman and members of the Fletcher Henderson band.

Our research turned up a dozen alternate takes, never released in any format but all included here. To find some of the rest today, you'd have to amass a collection of French Classics CDs: a series by RCA released in France; whole box sets by Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith; and various Sony CD releases of the Cab Calloway recordings.

Listening to these recordings, there's no mistaking his influence on Charlie Parker (who named his first son for Berry) and every other bebopper, John Coltrane, and a host of other saxophonists today who may not even know from whom the ideas originated. Now, they'll know.



Tracks:


CD1
1-1 –The Chocolate Dandies Blue Interlude 3:25
1-2 –The Chocolate Dandies I Never New (Alt Tk) 3:03
1-3 –The Chocolate Dandies I Never Knew 3:03
1-4 –The Chocolate Dandies Once Upon A Time 3:24
1-5 –The Chocolate Dandies Krazy Kapers 3:28
1-6 –Bessie Smith-Orchestra Acc. By Buck And His Band Do Your Duty 3:25
1-7 –Bessie Smith-Orchestra Acc. By Buck And His Band I'm Down In The Dumps 3:10
1-8 –Teddy Hill And His Orchestra* (Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie 3:00
1-9 –Teddy Hill And His Orchestra* When The Robin Sings His Songs 2:53
1-10 –Henry Allen And His Orchestra* Rosetta 3:07
1-11 –Henry Allen And His Orchestra* I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again 2:57
1-12 –Henry Allen And His Orchestra* Get Rhythm In Your Feet 2:44
1-13 –Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra Chasing Shadows (-2) 2:33
1-14 –Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra Chasing Shadows (-1) 2:35
1-15 –Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra When I Grow Too Old To Dream 2:38
1-16 –Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band I'd Love To Take Orders From You 2:40
1-17 –Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band I'd Rather Listen To Your Eyes 3:06
1-18 –Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band When Day Is Done 3:27
1-19 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Twenty Four Hours A Day 2:59
1-20 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town 2:41
1-21 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Eeny Meeny Meiny Mo 3:10
1-22 –Gene Krupa's Swing Band I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music 3:02
1-23 –Gene Krupa's Swing Band Mutiny In The Parlor 3:00
1-24 –Gene Krupa's Swing Band I'm Gonna Clap My Hands 2:56
1-25 –Gene Krupa's Swing Band Swing Is Here 2:53


CD2
2-1 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Christopher Columbus 3:02
2-2 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Grand Terrace Swing 2:56
2-3 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Blue Lou 3:06
2-4 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Stealin' Apples 2:55
2-5 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Moonrise On The Lowlands 2:40
2-6 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra I'll Always be In Love With You 3:01
2-7 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Jangled Nerves 2:32
2-8 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Mary Had A little Lamb 2:54
2-9 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Too Good To Be True 3:08
2-10 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Warmin' Up 3:14
2-11 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Blues In C Sharp Minor 3:20
2-12 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Where There's You There's Me 2:256
2-13 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Do You Or Don't You Love Me 2:59
2-14 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Mary Had A little Lamb 2:47
2-15 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Shoe Shine Boy 3:30
2-16 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Sing, Sing, Sing 2:31
2-17 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Knock, Knock Who's There? (Alt Tk) 2:53
2-18 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Knock, Knock Who's There? 2:53
2-19 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Jim Town Blues 2:42
2-20 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra You Can Depend On Me 3:27
2-21 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Slummin' On Park Avenue (-2) 2:32
2-22 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Slummin' On Park Avenue (-1) 2:25
2-23 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Rhythm Of The Tambourine 2:37
2-24 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Back In Your Own Backyard 2:31
2-25 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Rose Room 2:59
2-26 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Great Ceasar's Ghost 2:19


CD3
3-1 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Now You're Talking My Language 2:49
3-2 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Back Home Again In Indiana 2:45
3-3 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Back Home Again In Indiana (Alt Tk) 2:49
3-4 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Too Marvelous For Words (Alt Tk) 2:53
3-5 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Too Marvelous For Words 2:52
3-6 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Limehouse Blues (Alt Tk) 2:48
3-7 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Limehouse Blues 2:51
3-8 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra All God's Chillun Got Rhythm 2:38
3-9 –Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Chris And His Gang 3:00
3-10 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra I'm Always In The Mood For You 2:52
3-11 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific 2:30
3-12 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Go South, Young Man 2:07
3-13 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Mama, I Want To Make Rhythm 2:59
3-14 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Queen Isabella 2:42
3-15 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Savage Rhythm 2:31
3-16 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Chuberry Jam 2:16
3-17 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Maelstrom (Alt Tk) 2:46
3-18 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Maelstrom 2:456
3-19 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores My Secret Love Affair 2:48
3-20 –Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Ebb Tide 2:42
3-21 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Minor Brerakdown (-1) 2:21
3-22 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Minor Brerakdown (-2) 2:26
3-23 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Bugle Blues 2:25
3-24 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra My First Impression Of You 2:48
3-25 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra With A Smile And A Song (-1) 3:05
3-26 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra With A Smile And A Song (-2) 2:55


CD4
4-1 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra When You're Smiling 2:54
4-2 –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 2:33
4-3 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Thanks For The Memory (Alt Tk) 2:40
4-4 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Thanks For The Memory 2:33
4-5 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Lover Come Back To Me (Alt Tk) 3:07
4-6 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Lover Come Back To Me 3:12
4-7 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Annie Laurie 2:48
4-8 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Loch Lommond 2:30
4-9 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* My Mariuccia Takes A Steamboat 2:32
4-10 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* In The Land Of Yamo Yamo
4-11 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Rustle Of Swing (Alt Tk) 3:04
4-12 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Rustle Of Swing 2:56
4-13 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Three Swings And Out 2:12
4-14 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra I Like Music (with A Swing Like That) 2:33
4-15 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Penguin Swing 3:28
4-16 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Pack-A-Doodle-Do 2:47
4-17 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra At The Clambake Carnival 2:26
4-18 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Hoy-Hoy 2:46
4-19 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Miss Hallelujah Brown 2:20
4-20 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Shout, Shout, Shout 2:33
4-21 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Jive (Page "1" Of The Hepster's Dictionary) 2:55
4-22 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Do You Wanna Jump, Children? 2:21
4-23 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Blue Interlude 2:34
4-24 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra FDR Jones 2:19
4-25 –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra That's All I Ask Of You (Alt Tk) 2:57
4-26 –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra That's All I Ask Of You 2:55


CD5
5-1 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Floogie Walk 2:18
5-2 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra I Can Give You Love 2:45
5-3 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra High Society 3:11
5-4 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Johnny Get Your Horn 3:08
5-5 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Sweethearts On Parade 2:58
5-6 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Shufflin' At The Hollywood (Alt Tk) 3:07
5-7 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Shufflin' At The Hollywood 3:04
5-8 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Denison Swing 3:13
5-9 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Wizzin' The Wizz (Alt Tk) 2:22
5-10 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Wizzin# The Wizz 2:22
5-11 –Wingy Manone & His Orchestra Downright Disgusted Blues 2:27
5-12 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Corrine Corrini 2:12
5-13 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* I'm A Real Kinda Papa 2:48
5-14 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Jumpy Nerves 2:46
5-15 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Boogie Woogie 2:29
5-16 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Ain't Cha Comin' Home? 3:16
5-17 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Royal Garden Blues 2:33
5-18 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* In The Barrel 2:25
5-19 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Farewell Blues 2:35
5-20 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Fare Thee, My Baby, Fare-Thee-Well 2:33
5-21 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Limehouse Blues 2:16
5-22 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Trylon Swing 2:45
5-23 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Utt-Da-Zay 2:54
5-24 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Crescendo In Drums 2:44
5-25 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Jumpin' Jive 2:48


CD6
6-1 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Pluckin' The Bass (Alt Tk) 2:40
6-2 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Pluckin' The Bass 2:40
6-3 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra I Ain't Getting Nowhere Fast 2:44
6-4 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Blue Lou 2:50
6-5 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* When The Saints Go Marching In 2:26
6-6 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* My Honeys Lovin' Arms 2:44
6-7 –Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* Whe My Sugar Walks Down The Street 2:49
6-8 –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Hot Mallets 2:13
6-9 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Bee Gezindt 2:48
6-10 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Give, Baby, Give 2:33
6-11 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Do It Again 2:50
6-12 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Calling All Bars (Alt Tk) 3:05
6-13 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Calling All Bars 2:44
6-14 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Do I Care? No, No (Alt Tk) 2:46
6-15 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Do I Care? No, No 2:44
6-16 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Lone Arranger (-2) 2:40
6-17 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Lone Arranger (-1) 2:29
6-18 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Hard Times 3:16
6-19 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Who's Yehoodi? (Alt Tk) 3:09
6-20 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Who's Yehoodi? 3:05
6-21 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Come On With The "Come On" 2:53
6-22 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Ghost Of Chance (Alt Tk) 2:51
6-23 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Ghost Of Chance 2:57
6-24 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Bye Bye Blues (Alt Tk) 2:49
6-25 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Bye Bye Blues 2:51


CD7
7-1 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Papa's In Bed With The Bitches On (Alt Tk -3) 2:34
7-2 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Papa's In Bed With The Bitches On (Alt Tk -2) 2:31
7-3 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Papa's In Bed With The Bitches On 2:30
7-4 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Boo-Wah Boo-Wah (Alt Tk) 3:02
7-5 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Boo-Wah Boo-Wah 2:48
7-6 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Cupid's Nightmare 2:40
7-7 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Are You Hep To The Jive? 2:47
7-8 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Hot Air 2:52
7-9 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Lonesome Nights (Alt Tk) 2:55
7-10 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Lonesome Nights 2:56
7-11 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird (Alt Tk) 2:53
7-12 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird (Breakdown) 2:34
7-13 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird 2:51
7-14 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Worker's Train 3:17
7-15 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Worker's Train (Breakdown) 3:04
7-16 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Run, Little Rabbit (Alt Tk) 4:25
7-17 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Run, Little Rabbit 3:10
7-18 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Are You All Reet? (Alt Tk) 3:04
7-19 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Are You All Reet? 3:03
7-20 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Special Delivery (Alt Tk -3) 2:58
7-21 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Special Delivery (Alt Tk -2) 2:56
7-22 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Special Delivery 2:55
7-23 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Take The "A" Train 3:03
7-24 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Hey Doc! 3:14
7-25 –Cab Calloway And His Orchestra My Coo-Coo Bird (Could Swing) 2:44