Harry James: There They Go (1948 - 1949) on CD
There They Go (1948 - 1949)
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
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- Label:
- Fresh Sound
- UPC/EAN:
- 8427328603997
- Release date:
- 2.1.2006
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The tracks on this CD come from airsots, complete with typical announcements by radio MCs of the era, and Harry James himself also says a few words here and there. The album gets off to a storming start with trumpeter Neal Hefti's "There they go" and apart from one slow number it's swinging big band music all the way, with a roaring brass section, a swinging sax section and a four-man rhythm section that drives the band along in fine style.
Twelve of the twenty numbers come from th epen of Hefti, and they evince a definite Basie influence. The tireless Harry James is the principal soloist and plays everywhere with a lip-busting ferocity, and the bitig well-drilled trumpet section provide him with a brilliant backing, especially on "Snooty fruity" and "Rank Frank". "Forgotten", a very attractive romantic theme by Frank Davenport, is the longest track and the only slow ballad i the entire album, and features some very pretty playing from Willie Smith and Corky Corcoran, both of whom are in top form throughout the album. "Cotton tail" is played by a small unit from within the band while "Kerina" has a latin-american feel to it with some mariachi-type trumpet from Harry James, but space does not permit an appraisal of every track. It is enough to say that this is a big band album for pure enjoyment inwhich the spirited playing and contagious enthusiasm from the entire band is almost overwhelming. Exhilarating stuff. (freshsoundrecords. com)
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 There they go
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2 'Cept February, which has 28
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3 You turned the tables on me
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4 Snooty fruity
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5 Things Ain't What They Used To Be
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6 Lover
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7 Or Words To That Effect
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8 Big boy
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9 The arrival
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10 Raffles
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11 Six, two and even
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12 Bells
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13 Shine
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14 Block party
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15 Forgotten
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16 Cotton tail
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17 I may be wrong
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18 Proclamation
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19 Slap happy
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20 Kerina
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21 Bluebeard's Blues
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22 Rank Frank
