Favorite recordings of ..... King Porter Stomp?

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Favorite recordings of ..... King Porter Stomp?

#1 Post by Eyeball » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:58 am

Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra from 1937.
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#2 Post by Bob the Builder » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:41 pm

Yes, it is very cool.

I really love King Porter Stomp. I haven't heard a recording yet that I don't like.

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#3 Post by djstarr » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:27 pm

Bob the Builder wrote:Yes, it is very cool.

I really love King Porter Stomp. I haven't heard a recording yet that I don't like.

B :D
Have you heard the Manhattan Transfer version? It's pretty darn funny. It might make you change your mind.

I have two versions I play a lot - the one off of Mr. Jelly Lord; it's 175 bpm and somewhat mellow. There is another one off of Jack Teagarden - Jazz Great that is awesome - 220 bpm.

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#4 Post by fredo » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:11 pm

djstarr wrote:Have you heard the Manhattan Transfer version? It's pretty darn funny. It might make you change your mind.
*barf*

Down in Houston they had a swing routine to this version of KPS. I begged and pleaded for them to use another recording of the tune.... poor souls.

*double barf*

Brenda, I'm advising a "don't ask, don't tell" policy with regards to you possibly owning a Manhattan Transfer album for DJing purposes.

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#5 Post by Jonas » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:28 am

I love the well known Benny Goodman 1935 studio recording with that stunning opening trumpet solo by Bunny Berigan. Luckily, it has not been overplayed in my scene.

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#6 Post by djstarr » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:58 am

fredo wrote: Brenda, I'm advising a "don't ask, don't tell" policy with regards to you possibly owning a Manhattan Transfer album for DJing purposes.
:lol: I was involved in a DJ contest a long time ago where we each played different versions of a song, King Porter Stomp being one of them, and a friend of mine told me about this version! I did have Vocalese and at the start of my DJ career carried it for "Ray's Rockhouse", although Ray's version is of course much better. I always enjoyed listening to their version of Joyspring; not something you can dance to but the lyrics are cool. You'll be happy to know that Vocalese got kicked out of my collection a long time ago....

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#7 Post by alainw » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:59 am

I like the Jack Teagarden version as well.

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#8 Post by Albert System » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:02 am

I think the second Fletcher Henderson recording of it with the Bone solo by JC Higgenbotham is the definitive one.

There is also a really hot live recording by Goodman's band of the same arrangement. I think I have it on the Ken Burn's jazz compilation.

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#9 Post by Nando » Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:38 pm

I'm fond of the KPS from the "Kansas City" Soundtrack.

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#10 Post by Toon Town Dave » Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:50 pm

I think my favorite recording is the same one Paul is referring to. I'm at work and can't double check the liner notes to confirm.

My favroite version is by the Hoppin' Mad Orchestra from Vancouver BC. Sadly, no CD yet.

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#11 Post by Eyeball » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:02 pm

It's got to have a great introduction to get it on it's feet.

And I hate it when the drummer does fill the half bar rest with 2 hits on the drum.

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Re: Favorite recordings of ..... King Porter Stomp?

#12 Post by Jonas » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:04 am

Eyeball wrote:Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra from 1937.
Man, gotta change my mind and agree with you. That version is really kickin', it tops Goodman's for now, in part because of the greater "jank" factor :D

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#13 Post by Eyeball » Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:13 am

Must say something about the piano version by Jelly Roll Morton. You can hear so much of the later orchestral versions in his solo piano conception.
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Re: Favorite recordings of ..... King Porter Stomp?

#14 Post by CafeSavoy » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:30 am

Jonas wrote:
Eyeball wrote:Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra from 1937.
Man, gotta change my mind and agree with you. That version is really kickin', it tops Goodman's for now, in part because of the greater "jank" factor :D

/Jonas
I think that was Dizzy Gillespie's first recording.

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Re: Favorite recordings of ..... King Porter Stomp?

#15 Post by Jonas » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:10 am

CafeSavoy wrote:
Jonas wrote:
Eyeball wrote:Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra from 1937.
Man, gotta change my mind and agree with you. That version is really kickin', it tops Goodman's for now, in part because of the greater "jank" factor :D

/Jonas
I think that was Dizzy Gillespie's first recording.
Yep, it contains the first ever recorded solo by the 19-year-old John Birks Gillespie, according to the liner notes of "1935-1937" [Classics #645].

/Jonas

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