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Haydn
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by Haydn » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:59 am
I've been getting into this Chu Berry number recently. There are currently 172 entries
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What's your favourite recording?
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by JesseMiner » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:38 am
Looking through my collection, the versions I play most often are from:
Barbara Morrison - For Ella
Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing
Dan Barrett - Blue Swing
Duke Ellington - Recollections Of The Big Band Era
Great tune!
Jesse
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by Travis » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:47 am
Whoa - this is weird cuz I was just going to start a thread about this song. I have been looking for a version that has a little more pep than the Goodman and Henderson versions. While I love the Henderson version I have lately been listening to the version by Joe Haymes & His Orchestra recorded in 1936. I also love the version by Fats Waller. Definitely one of my favorite songs overall.
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Mr Awesomer
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by Mr Awesomer » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:11 am
James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band
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by JesseMiner » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:12 pm
GuruReuben wrote:James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band
Great suggestion! I have his version of "Don't Be That Way" on a mix CD I got from a friend years ago. Your post inspired me to go to Amazon just now and order the whole album. Looking forward to hearing it!
Jesse
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by anton » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:57 pm
Haydn wrote:There are currently 172 entries here on allmusic
What's your favourite recording?
Not counting duplicates there are perhaps "only" 80 versions... which is still a lot!
One version I really dig is the one by Bob Crosby and His Bobcats. It's not the standard clone - they add things to the riff and jam along. Quite bouncy, at 180-185 bpm (it speeds up).
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by Mr Awesomer » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:33 pm
JesseMiner wrote:GuruReuben wrote:James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band
Great suggestion! I have his version of "Don't Be That Way" on a mix CD I got from a friend years ago. Your post inspired me to go to Amazon just now and order the whole album. Looking forward to hearing it!
Jesse
Yeah, it's a great album full of material to please both crowds.
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by lipi » Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:37 pm
maxine sullivan on "tribute to andy razaf"
edit: and there's that 29 minute monster on buck clayton's "complete legendary jam sessions". right on. excellent for, you know, 6 a.m. at herrang or some such.
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by Eyeball » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:02 pm
The Waller is good
Didn't Louis Prima do it , too in '36?
Will big bands ever come back?
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by Haydn » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:43 am
GuruReuben wrote:James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band
That sounds good. I think it's based on the
Teddy Wilson recording, which is my favourite at the moment.
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by texas-eddie » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:54 am
I have a certain affinity for Fletcher's (as overplayed as it is), for nostalgic reasons...
There's a great Ralph Sutton version out there too!
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by Eyeball » Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:54 am
Somewhere here I have an LP in stereo from circa 1960 by the trumpeter Dick Vance, ex-Henderson and Ellington sideman, where he leads a big band in Swing era favorites and It hink one of the sides is CC.
Will big bands ever come back?
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by Haydn » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:15 am
I also like the
Andy Kirk version. Unfortunately, the sound quality on this and the Teddy Wilson recordings is poor
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by Bob the Builder » Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:50 am
Willie Lewis - 21/04/1936 Pathe Paris France. Now that kicks.
Don Redman also recorded a nice one that year.
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by dogpossum » Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:28 am
Fats Waller and His Rhythm, 1936 (I have a version from the proper Handful of Keys (Disc 3 - The Joint Is Jumping) which I play a bit. I love this version for the saucy innuendo. <3
