Favourite recording of ... Tuxedo Junction?
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Favourite recording of ... Tuxedo Junction?
I've been digging on this song lately while coming across some great versions. Since there are hundreds upon hundreds of versions of this song, I'd love some help wading through the crap to the gems.
For starters, I'm loving the Bunny Berigan version off "The Radio Years 1937-1940".
For starters, I'm loving the Bunny Berigan version off "The Radio Years 1937-1940".
Well, around here, we only play it for the Shim Sham, and I think it's always the overplayed Erskine Hawkins one. If you were to play some other version, people would probably still think it was time to do the Shim Sham. That's probably why it doesn't get played more here, and why I don't know many versions of it. I imagine other people are in the same boat.
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My favorite is of course Eskine Hawkin's studio version. Manu has a killer live version that he ripped from LP. Gotta track that one down some day.
Another version I play from time to time that has a similar drive but later swinging feel is from:
Duke Ellington - Recollections from the Big Band Era
And for a late-night bluesy feel:
King Curtis - Old Gold
Yoko Noge - Struttin' With Yoko
Jesse
Another version I play from time to time that has a similar drive but later swinging feel is from:
Duke Ellington - Recollections from the Big Band Era
And for a late-night bluesy feel:
King Curtis - Old Gold
Yoko Noge - Struttin' With Yoko
Jesse
There's a cd of live recordings of swing era standards that include a version of tuxedo junction by erskine hawkins. It's a little faster and a bit longer too. I wonder if it is the same as the version he ripped.JesseMiner wrote:My favorite is of course Eskine Hawkin's studio version. Manu has a killer live version that he ripped from LP. Gotta track that one down some day.
Jesse
Another slower version is available on one of the Big 18 cds.
CafeSavoy wrote:There's a cd of live recordings of swing era standards that include a version of tuxedo junction by erskine hawkins. It's a little faster and a bit longer too. I wonder if it is the same as the version he ripped.
Any chance you're talking about this one?
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... aqoalaiijp
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The oringal Erskine Hawkins version was surprisingly good last time I heard it, which was at HiLX 2005. I hadn't heard it in years and was really surprised by how good it was - the trumpet solo especially. Of course, nobody really plays it for shim-sham around here.
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My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
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The only live Erskine Hawkins recording I have of "Tuxedo Junction" is from the Holiday For Swing album. It's a killer but about 6 minutes long, so I never get around to playing it. It's not the version Manu spins though. I'm pretty sure his is from a later recording. Does the live recording you're talking about sound similiar?CafeSavoy wrote:There's a cd of live recordings of swing era standards that include a version of tuxedo junction by erskine hawkins. It's a little faster and a bit longer too. I wonder if it is the same as the version he ripped.
That is a sweet version, but I don't find enough opportunities to play it since it's about 110 bpm.CafeSavoy wrote:Another slower version is available on one of the Big 18 cds.
Jesse
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The live version of Erksine Hawkins' Tuxedo Junction gets my vote for the best. It sounds to as if it's a radio broadcast, because there is a bit of an announcers overlay.
It's on an album called "Holiday for Swing", which contains a live version of that tune as well. Same one the other Jesse mentioned. It is indeed long, but I think it's the best one.
It's on an album called "Holiday for Swing", which contains a live version of that tune as well. Same one the other Jesse mentioned. It is indeed long, but I think it's the best one.
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To be honest I don't know if it was a live record, but I thought it was the "original" version, and it was played for the shim-sham.
"I don''t dig that two beat jive the New Orleans cats play.
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
www.campusfive.com
www.myspace.com/campusfive
www.swingguitar.blogspot.com
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
www.campusfive.com
www.myspace.com/campusfive
www.swingguitar.blogspot.com
This one:Ryan wrote:CafeSavoy wrote:There's a cd of live recordings of swing era standards that include a version of tuxedo junction by erskine hawkins. It's a little faster and a bit longer too. I wonder if it is the same as the version he ripped.
Any chance you're talking about this one?
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... aqoalaiijp
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Not sure if the version is the same as the other. It has a pretty interesting "Oh Lady Be Good" by Basie with supposedly Artie Shaw on Clarinet.
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So I found the version after realizing that I was the one who played it - it was a request and I just went through my ipod and found the one. Anyway its on the "Complete Erskine Hawkins" and is 3:14. The Trpt solo and the trpt plunger figures behind the clar solo have some real grit and bite. The clarinet solo also some pretty fast licks in it. I remember Reub refering to EH as the "whitest balck musician", so I wasn't expecting it to be as good. Also the rhythm behind the trpt solo has a nice 4-feel.
Also, my ipod just shuffled to "Jitterbug Jamboree" another good EH surprise.
Also, my ipod just shuffled to "Jitterbug Jamboree" another good EH surprise.
"I don''t dig that two beat jive the New Orleans cats play.
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
www.campusfive.com
www.myspace.com/campusfive
www.swingguitar.blogspot.com
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
www.campusfive.com
www.myspace.com/campusfive
www.swingguitar.blogspot.com