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Chick Webb
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 2:59 pm
by Matthew
My young collection doesn't include any Chick Webb yet. Could you give some recommendations? Thanks.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 3:24 pm
by JesseMiner
I highly recommend the album "Strictly Jive". Andy Reid recommended this one to me a while ago, and I can't say enough positive things about it. There are so many great songs on this album, and I play songs from it pretty much every time I DJ.
You might also want to check out some early recordings of Ella Fitzgerald fronting Chick Webb's band. "The Early Years, Part 1" is a fairly extensive 2-CD collection of those recordings.
Jesse
Re: Chick Webb
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 7:56 pm
by SirScratchAlot
Matthew wrote:My young collection doesn't include any Chick Webb yet. Could you give some recommendations? Thanks.
Chick webb's intire collection of recordings is not hard to obtain, since he died early. I recommend getting everything he did.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 10:10 pm
by main_stem
If you get one album by chick webb then DEFINITELY get, Strictly Jive. It might be hard to find but well worth it.
Kevin
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 12:47 pm
by Matthew
Thanks, all. Quite helpful.