The Jimmie Lunceford Collection: 1930-47

by Jimmie Lunceford

Overview

The two-disc anthology, The Jimmie Lunceford Collection: 1930-47, brings together tracks recorded by the influential swing-era big-band leader. Included are cuts from Lunceford's earliest days when he was leading the Chickasaw Syncopators, all the way through to his heyday performing at the Cotton Club during the '30s, and finally up to his last recordings made prior to his death in 1947. This is a solid overview of Lunceford's career.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/08/2014
Label:	Fabulous
UPC:	0824046204228
catalogNumber:	2042
Rank:	109527

Tracks

Disc 1

1. In Dat Morning
2. Sweet Rhythm
3. Breakfast Ball
4. Swingin' Uptown
5. Sophisticated Lady
6. Miss Otis Regrets
7. Star Dust
8. Black and Tan Fantasy
9. Dream of You
10. Solitude
11. Rain
12. Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down
13. Jealous
14. Shake Your Head (From Side To Side)
15. Runnin' Wild
16. Four or Five Times
17. Bird of Paradise
18. Rhapsody Junior
19. Avalon
20. Hittin' the Bottle
21. My Blue Heaven
22. Muddy Water
23. Raggin' the Scale
24. Annie Laurie
25. Frisco Fog

Disc 2

1. Pigeon Walk
2. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
3. Blue Blazes
4. Sassin' the Boss
5. Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)
6. Swingin' On C
7. Monotony In Four Flats
8. Minnie the Moocher is Dead
9. State and Tioga Stomp
10. I Had a Premonition
11. Blue Afterglow
12. I'm a Heck of a Guy
13. The Morning After
14. Battle Axe
15. I'm Walking Through Heaven With You
16. Okay For Baby
17. Hi Spook
18. Yard Dog Mazurka
19. Impromptu
20. Keep Smilin', Keep Laughin', Be Happy
21. Strictly Instrumental
22. I'm Gonna See My Baby
23. This is My Confession To You
24. I Need a Lift
25. Water Faucet

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jimmie Lunceford   Primary Artist,Clarinet,Flute,Alto Saxophone
Grey   Trombone
Willie Smith   Clarinet,Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone
Gerald Wilson   Trumpet
Sy Oliver   Trumpet
Joe Thomas   Clarinet,Tenor Saxophone
Joe Wilder   Trumpet
Trummy Young   Trombone
Freddy Webster   Trumpet
Moses Allen   Bass,Tuba,Baritone Saxophone
Fernando Arbello   Trombone
Russell Bowles   Trombone
Kirkland Bradford   Alto Saxophone
Earl Caruthers   Clarinet,Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone
Alfred Cobbs   Trombone
Jimmy Crawford   Drums,Glockenspiel,Bells,Timpani,Vibes
Elmer Crumbley   Trombone
Eddie Durham   Guitar,Trombone
Dan Grissom   Clarinet,Alto Saxophone
Earl Hardy   Trombone
Reunald Jones   Trumpet
Norris   Guitar,Violin
Truck Parham   Bass
Ernest Purce   Tenor Saxophone
William Scott   Trumpet
Omer Simeon   Clarinet,Alto Saxophone
Eddie Tompkins   Trumpet
Paul Webster   Trumpet
Henry Wells   Trombone
Edwin Wilcox   Piano,Celeste
Snooky Young   Trumpet
Eddie Wilcox   Piano,Celeste
Charles Stewart   Trumpet
Rostelle Reese   Trumpet
Bob Mitchell   Trumpet
William Horner   Tenor Saxophone
Willie Tompkins   Trombone
Benny Walters   Tenor Saxophone
Russell Green   Trumpet
Lee Howard   Tenor Saxophone
John Ewing   Trombone
John Mitchell   Guitar
Kurt Bradford   Alto Saxophone
Ted Buckner   Clarinet,Flute,Alto Saxophone
Joe Williams   Trombone
Joe Marshall   Drums
Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson   Trumpet
King   Trombone
Ralph Griffin   Trumpet
Laforet Dent   Clarinet,Alto Saxophone
Ed Brown   Clarinet,Alto Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone
Current   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Jolson   Composer
Jimmie Lunceford   Arranger,Composer,Director
Willie Smith   Arranger
Gerald Wilson   Arranger,Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Sy Oliver   Arranger,Composer
Joe Thomas   Composer
Joe Turner   Composer
Don Redman   Arranger
Larry Wagner   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
George Duvivier   Arranger
Bennie Benjamin   Composer
Benny Carter   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Eddie DeLange   Composer
Peter DeRose   Composer
Buddy DeSylva   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Eddie Durham   Arranger,Composer
Will Hudson   Arranger
Taps Miller   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Vincent Rose   Composer
Jesse Stone   Arranger
Jo Trent   Composer
George Whiting   Composer
Edwin Wilcox   Arranger,Composer
Chappie Willett   Arranger
Clarence Williams   Composer
Edgar Battle   Composer
Eddie Wilcox   Arranger
Arthur Gibbs   Composer
Harry Richman   Composer
Ray Lodwig   Composer
Joe Glover   Composer
Billy Moore   Arranger
Ted Koehler   Composer
Robert Sour   Composer
Sol Marcus   Composer
Leo Wood   Composer
Jack Little   Composer
Tommie Malie   Composer
Roger Segure   Arranger,Composer
Louis Singer   Composer
Arthur Swanstrom   Composer
Leon Carr   Arranger,Composer
Ed Claypoole   Composer
Dick Finch   Composer
Eugene Ford   Composer
Byron Gay   Composer
Charles Warfield   Composer
Allan Roberts   Composer
Rozzo Gordon   Composer
Lee Wainer   Composer
Carey Morgan   Composer
Rich Hall   Composer
James Miley   Composer
Alicia Ann Scott   Composer
Edward Seiler   Composer
Marco Hellman   Composer
Samuel Lewis   Composer
Joseph Grey   Composer
Edward Moran   Composer
Jimmy Monaco   Composer
Howard Quicksell   Composer
Chick Adams   Composer
William Harrison Moore   Composer
Walter Finlayson   Composer
Thelma Taylor   Composer
Sam Nowlin   Composer
Rebecca Musgrove   Composer
Phil Moore   Composer
Lonnie Wolfgang   Arranger