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At the Onyx Club
Beskrivning:Trumpetaren Frankie Newton är väl okänd för de flesta i dag, men på 1930- och 40-talen hörde han till de mest uttrycksfulla och lyriska musikerna inom jazzen. Har ni hört Billie Holidays klassiska originalinspelning av "Strange fruit" så har ni också hört Newton, som spelade trumpet på den inspelningen. Här hörs han dels som ledare för en combo som spelade på Onyx Club på 52:a gatan i New York, dels som ackompanjatör till sångerskorna Maxine Sullivan och Midge Williams.
"The lyrical trumpeter Frankie Newton offered a contrast to the blazing solos of Roy Eldridge. Newton could play high notes but much of the time he was more interested in expressing himself gently and with intelligent subtlety. This LP contains eight selections from recording sessions led by Newton (these have since been reissued on a Classics CD) and some of his backup work with singers Maxine Sullivan and Midge Williams when he was associated with John Kirby's early group. There are a few inferior vocals on Newton's own recordings but also such fine performances as "Who's Sorry Now," "Frankie's Jump" and "Jam Fever;" altoists Pete Brown and Tab Smith (on different dates) are the most memorable of Newton's sidemen. Other highpoints of these swing dates include Maxine Sullivan's "Loch Lomond" (a major hit) and Midge Williams's version of "The Lady Is a Tramp"." (Scott Yanow, allmusic.com)
16 spår.
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Skivbolag: TAX m-8017 (1937-39)
Format: LP
Skick: Vinyl Nära nyskick
Svensk pressning.
Spår:
- Frank Newton and his Uptown Serenaders: You showed me the way
- -"- : Who´s sorry now
- -"- : Easy living
- -"- : The Onyx hop
- -"- : Where or when
- Frank Newton and his Café Society Orchestra: Tab´s blues
- -"- : Frankie´s jump
- -"- : Jam fever
- Maxine Sullivan: Loch Lomond
- -"- : I´m coming Virginia
- -"- : Annie Laurie
- -"- : Blue skies
- Midge Williams and her Jazz Jesters: The one rose
- -"- : The Lady is a tramp
- -"- : An old flame never dies
- -"- : Fortune tellin´ man