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Favourite recording of ... Christopher Columbus?
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:59 am
by Haydn
I've been getting into this Chu Berry number recently. There are currently 172 entries
here
on allmusic
What's your favourite recording?
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:38 am
by JesseMiner
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
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:47 am
by Travis
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.
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:11 am
by Mr Awesomer
James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:12 pm
by JesseMiner
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
Re: Favourite recording of ... Christopher Columbus?
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:57 pm
by anton
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).
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:33 pm
by Mr Awesomer
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.
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:37 pm
by lipi
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.
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:02 pm
by Eyeball
The Waller is good
Didn't Louis Prima do it , too in '36?
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:43 am
by Haydn
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.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:54 am
by texas-eddie
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!
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:54 am
by Eyeball
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.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:15 am
by Haydn
I also like the
Andy Kirk version. Unfortunately, the sound quality on this and the Teddy Wilson recordings is poor
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:50 am
by Bob the Builder
Willie Lewis - 21/04/1936 Pathe Paris France. Now that kicks.
Don Redman also recorded a nice one that year.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:28 am
by dogpossum
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