Tommy Dorsey - The Chronological Classics: 1939 (2002)

26 Jun, 00:42
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Artist: Tommy Dorsey
Title: The Chronological Classics: 1939
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Classics [1237]
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 67:34
Total Size: 159 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. In the Middle of a Dream (3:13)
02. Milenberg Joys - Part 1 (2:41)
03. Milenberg Joys - Part 2 (2:33)
04. This Night (2:46)
05. Hold Tight (2:53)
06. A New Moon and an Old Serenade (3:03)
07. Honolulu (3:23)
08. Blue Moon (3:20)
09. Peckin' with the Penguins (2:26)
10. Only When You're in My Arms (2:54)
11. Got No Time (3:26)
12. Little Skipper (2:38)
13. Our Love (2:44)
14. Tea for Two (3:07)
15. By the River Sainte Marie (2:41)
16. Asleep or Awake (3:10)
17. You Grow Sweeter as the Years Go By (2:52)
18. If You Ever Change Your Mind (3:11)
19. To You (2:42)
20. This Is No Dream (2:42)
21. Marcheta (3:25)
22. The Lamp Is Low (2:51)
23. Dawn on the Desert (2:53)

This 12th installment in the Classics Tommy Dorsey chronology documents the trombonist's Victor studio recordings dating from the first half of 1939. Drummer Dave Tough was back with the band for a few months and Yank Lawson was in the trumpet section for a grand two-part version of the Jelly Roll Morton/New Orleans Rhythm Kings collaborative masterpiece "Milenberg Joys." This excellent stomp was arranged by Deane Kincaide, whose charts helped to make the Dorsey band sound somewhat hipper than it ever had before. The five other instrumentals included in this part of the Dorsey chronology are "Dawn on the Desert," "Marcheta," "By the River Sainte Marie," "Tea for Two," and "Peckin' with the Penguins," a loping opus composed and arranged by Kincaide. Edythe Wright was on her way out of the Dorsey dynasty at this point, which might explain why she's only heard singing on four of the titles reissued here. The best of these is Koehler/Bloom's whimsical "Got No Time." For an interesting listening experience, compare this performance with Fats Waller's version of the same song, recorded one day later for Victor's subsidiary Bluebird label. Speaking of Waller, on the session of February 9th, goofy Skeets Herfurt tried hard to navigate the scat line from "Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)." Waller's definitive version had been waxed on January 19th and Dorsey, always on the lookout for catchy material to spice up his act, hastened to cover the song as soon as he'd heard it. Rodgers & Hart's "Blue Moon," with its brusque band vocal behind crooning Jack Leonard, gets the same treatment that had made "Marie" into a hit record. The band swings well enough but Dorsey's willingness to milk this routine must have made some listeners wonder which popular song would next become transformed into something so obviously patterned after "Marie."

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