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AlekseyKosygin · #16 Post by **AlekseyKosygin** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:11 pm

Bob the Builder wrote:well I've got all of those.

You'll need to add Count Basie & has orchestra 1937, Chick webb & his Orchestra 1936

The recordings on this album are very different than Chick Webbs standards. There are some very cool songs on this one.

There are some other recordings I also have of Chick Webb with Lious Armstrong.
There is a few other Chick Webb recordings that are not on the Melodie Jazz Classic Label.
EG: In the Groove at the Grove
There are a few other, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

Bob

Damn, you're right, and I was going to get rid of my copy of Spinnin' The Web...not anymore...someone should just put out a box set of all this stuff...

CafeSavoy · #17 Post by **CafeSavoy** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:38 am

There's also the recordings Chick Webb did with other bands, for example, the recordings he did with Ellingtonians and Ivie Anderson.

Bob the Builder · #18 Post by **Bob the Builder** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 6:44 pm

Has any one come across this CD?

Chick Webb and his Savoy Ballrooom Orchestra / Chick Webb 1939

Track Title
1. Crazy Rythm
2. Sugar Foot Stomp
3. Grand Terrace Rythm
4. By Heck
5. Blue Skies
6. Dinah
7. Who Ya Hunchin'
8. Liza
9. Tea For Two
10. How Am I To Know
11. One O'clock Jump
12. Blue Room
13. Let's Get Together
14. Poor Little Rich Girl
15. A New Moon And An Old Serenade
16. Break 'em Down
17. If I Didn't Care
18. Stars And Stripes Forever
19. I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak
20. My Wild Irish Rose
21. Chew, Chew, Chew, Chew
22. Let's Get Together

There are some tracks in there I have not come across before and I'd love to get it. Any one have any idea where I might find it. The Standard web locations don't have it.

Bob

Bob the Builder · #19 Post by **Bob the Builder** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:16 pm

Another Question.
Has anyone got the Album Strictly Jive.
Is the recording of 'Tain't What You Do the 1939 live radio recording that is on the Standing tall album?
Can anyone tell me that the following songs off the above album are like:
19. Ella
24. Take It from the Top
25. Jubilee Swing

Don't think I have come across these before.

CafeSavoy · #20 Post by **CafeSavoy** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:01 pm

Bob the Builder wrote:Another Question.
Has anyone got the Album Strictly Jive.

Is the recording of 'Tain't What You Do the 1939 live radio recording that is on the Standing tall album?

the version on Strictly Jive was recorded feb 17, 1939 in nyc.

lindyholic · #21 Post by **lindyholic** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:32 am

Bob the Builder wrote:Another Question.
Has anyone got the Album Strictly Jive.
Is the recording of 'Tain't What You Do the 1939 live radio recording that is on the Standing tall album?
Can anyone tell me that the following songs off the above album are like:
19. Ella
24. Take It from the Top
25. Jubilee Swing

Don't think I have come across these before.

They're pretty good songs, I played Take It From The Top tonight actually.

Harrison

#22 Post by **JesseMiner** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:08 am

Bob the Builder wrote:Another Question.
Has anyone got the Album Strictly Jive.
Is the recording of 'Tain't What You Do the 1939 live radio recording that is on the Standing tall album?
Can anyone tell me that the following songs off the above album are like:
19. Ella
24. Take It from the Top
25. Jubilee Swing

Don't think I have come across these before.

Yes I have Strictly Jive. It's my favorite Chick Webb album and has by far the best sound quality of any of his stuff I've picked up. I highly recommend it if you don't already have it. "Jubilee Swing" and "Take It From The Top" are both great swinging cuts.

Interestingly enough, "Jubilee Swing" and "Lindy Hopper's Delight" (both on this album) are probably not featuring Chick Webb at all, as they are also found on Ella's 1939-40 Chronological Classics, which features songs that were all recorded after Chick Webb passed away.

From allmusic:

This fifth in the six-CD series by the European Classics label documents Fitzgerald's recordings during a nine-month period starting shortly after she took over the late Chick Webb's Orchestra. During this era she was much better on the ballads than on the uptempo novelties, many of which (such as "My Wubba Dolly") were not worth saving. Fortunately this CD has a good sampling of ballads (such as "My Last Goodbye," "Moon Ray," "Sugar Blues" and "Imagination") along with two rare instrumentals by her big band. The music is not essential but fans will enjoy this look at her early days.

Jesse

CafeSavoy · #23 Post by **CafeSavoy** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:20 am

The last four tracks are listed as by Ella and her big band.

#24 Post by **JesseMiner** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:50 am

CafeSavoy wrote:The last four tracks are listed as by Ella and her big band.

Tell AllMusic that.

Thanks for the clarification. My copy of Strictly Jive is packed up, so the liner notes aren't easily accessible. I so need to get my CDs unpacked!

Jesse

Bob the Builder · #25 Post by **Bob the Builder** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:50 pm

Thanks guys.
I'm amazed how many Chick Webb tracks that I keep finding of Chick Webb on different albums.
A local band here in Melbourne do Lindy hopper deligth. Its very cool.

Bob

AlekseyKosygin · #26 Post by **AlekseyKosygin** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 1:21 am

yup Lindy Hopper's Delight was recorded after Chick passed on, but there are two different versions...the one on Strictly Jive is faster than the one on Classics...

Bob the Builder · #27 Post by **Bob the Builder** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:50 pm

Have any of you come across the Chick Webb Tribute cd.

Butch Miles Salutes Chick Webb
Label: Progressive Int'l
Original Release Date: 1979
Release Date: Jun 25 2002

Track listing as follows
1. Limehouse Blues 6:10
2. Darktown Strutters' Ball 5:17
3. Liza 5:49
4. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie 4:19
5. Lora 6:52
6. If Dreams Come True 6:46
7. Stompin' at the Savoy 6:38
8. Blue Lou 6:21
9. Darktown Strutters' Ball 5:09 previously unreleased / Alternate Take
10. Liza 5:14 previously unreleased / Alternate Take

I'd love to know what you thought of it?
Is it worth getting?

Brian

CafeSavoy · #28 Post by **CafeSavoy** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:31 pm

Bob the Builder wrote:Have any of you come across the Chick Webb Tribute cd.

Butch Miles Salutes Chick Webb
Label: Progressive Int'lBrian

I haven't heard of it but it looks interesting. Nice line up of musicians too.
Performance Credits
Butch Miles Primary Artist, Drums, Leader
Norris Turney Alto Saxophone
Milt Hinton Bass
John Bunch Piano
Eddie Barefield Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Zottola Trumpet

Too bad there's no sound samples.

Oh, since you're a Webb completist, do you have the sessions he did with Ellington small groups?

Bob the Builder · #29 Post by **Bob the Builder** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:50 pm

CafeSavoy wrote: Oh, since you're a Webb completist, do you have the sessions he did with Ellington small groups?

Not yet. Hope to get them in the future.

CafeSavoy · #30 Post by **CafeSavoy** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:24 pm

There aren't that many, but they're good; a couple with Ivie Anderson too.
Apparently Chick Webb and Johnny Hodges were friends and Duke had
helped Chick start his band. When I first came across Webb on Duke cds
i wondered about it, but then I read a bit about him in a Hodges interview.