Favorite version of "Things Ain't What They Used To Be&

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AlekseyKosygin · #1 Post by **AlekseyKosygin** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:31 pm

I think this is a great swing song and I am sure that people on here are aware of other versions that are much better than mine, (Ellington (59) and Chrlie Barnet (42))...Let's hear 'em...

Alex

Nate Dogg · #2 Post by **Nate Dogg** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:49 pm

City Rhythm Orchestra has a great version.

trev · #3 Post by **trev** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:06 am

A great swingin track. I like Ellington Live at the Blue Note (59), and I just watched a live Ellington version from Newport 62 on DVD, so I'm going to see if I can track down a nice audio transfer of the performance.

Lippy · #4 Post by **Lippy** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:51 pm

Some of my favorites:

Count Basie Big Band live at Montreux 77

I also love the chill version by Oscar Peterson on Night Train

and my man Gene Harris on Swingin' The Blues

LindyChef · #5 Post by **LindyChef** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:45 pm

Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington at the Alhambra (to me this one is the gold standard)
Gene Harris - The Gene Harris Trio Plus One
Woody Herman - The Concord Jazz Heritage Series
Count Basie - Montreux '77

SpuzBal · #6 Post by **SpuzBal** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:54 pm

There's an outstanding Charlie Barnet version on a disc called Radio Days.

zzzzoom · #7 Post by **zzzzoom** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:22 am

Possibly same Charlie Barnet track on 'Drop Me Off in Harlem'

kitkat · #8 Post by **kitkat** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:42 am

Probably not...isn't Drop Me Off in Harlem full of studio recordings?

GemZombie · #9 Post by **GemZombie** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:43 am

kitkat wrote:Probably not...isn't Drop Me Off in Harlem full of studio recordings?

yup

Jerry_Jelinek · #10 Post by **Jerry_Jelinek** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:29 pm

No question that the live version on Woody Herman 1981 CD is my favorite.

Maybe not as much for the dancers. This thing just cooks and the trumpets just SCREAM!!! I saw this exact band about 1 week before this LP was recorded. Just a great group:

Live at the Concord Jazz Festival - Woody Herman

Sorry about the long url. I have no idea on how to make it smaller.

[edited to fix url - rtw]

Swifty · #11 Post by **Swifty** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:47 pm

Jerry, if you use this syntax

[url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 7720EE972D...]link[/url]

it will do it.

Jerry_Jelinek · #12 Post by **Jerry_Jelinek** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:48 am

Swifty wrote:Jerry, if you use this syntax

link

it will do it.

Hmmm... I'm doing something wrong because I tried this and it didn't work????

Swifty · #13 Post by **Swifty** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:13 am

Jerry_Jelinek wrote:
Swifty wrote:Jerry, if you use this syntax

link

it will do it.
Hmmm... I'm doing something wrong because I tried this and it didn't work????

Looks okay to me now.

Swifty · #14 Post by **Swifty** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:14 am

Back on topic, my current favorite version is a 13+ minute doozy on an LP called "Harlem...One More Time! Live at Pluckemin." Oh so good!