Herman Chittison - The Chronological Classics, 3 Albums '1933-1950

Tracks list

He began his career in Zack Whytes territory band in Ohio in 1928. In the early
1930s he moved to New York and found work as an accompanist to Ethel Waters,
Adelaide Hall, and Clarence Williams. He also visited Boston for the first time
with a traveling show headlined by comic actor Stepin Fetchit. In late 1933 he
went to Europe with the Willie Lewis Orchestra and toured Europe with them and
the following year he recorded with Louis Armstrong in Paris. He and Bill
Coleman led the Harlem Rhythm Makers. Chittison and trumpeter Bill Coleman left
Lewis in 1938 and formed a band that worked extensively in Cairo and traveled as
far east as India. In October 1959, Chittison arrived in Boston and was employed
as the resident pianist at the Red Garter bar in the Lenox Hotel. He then moved
to the Mayfair Lounge in Bay Village. His stay in Boston lasted two years.

Tracks:

1933-1941 {The Chronological Classics, 690}
01. Unlucky Blues (3:13)
02. My Four Reasons (3:17)
03. Honeysuckle Rose (2:53)
04. Harlem Rhythm Dance (2:21)
05. Nagasaki (3:11)
06. Swingin (3:10)
07. Stormy Weather (2:58)
08. St. Louis Blues (3:20)
09. Youre Be My Lover (3:05)
10. Red Jill Rag (3:08)
11. Bugle Call Rag (2:22)
12. Trees (3:08)
13. Heat Wave (2:40)
14. Miss Otis Regrets (2:57)
15. My Last Affair / No More Tears (3:09)
16. Im Putting All My Eggs In One Basket (2:38)
17. My Own Blues (2:51)
18. My Melancholy Baby (2:31)
19. They Cant Take That Away From Me (3:10)
20. Flamingo (3:20)
21. The Man I Love (3:15)

1944-1945 {The Chronological Classics, 1024}
01. How High The Moon (1:56)
02. The Song Is Ended (3:19)
03. Just One Of Those Things (2:21)
04. Schuberts Serenade (2:05)
05. As Time Goes By (2:54)
06. Frasquita Serenade (2:27)
07. My Old Flame (3:29)
08. Lover (3:34)
09. Persian Rug (2:14)
10. The Song Is Ended (3:07)
11. Serenade (3:11)
12. How High The Moon (3:06)
13. Theres Beauty Everywhere (2:45)
14. Ill Always Be In Love With You (3:00)
15. Poor Butterfly (2:50)
16. These Foolish Things (3:11)
17. I Should Care (3:11)
18. All Of My Life (2:53)
19. Ill Always Be In Love With You (3:05)
20. I Had The Craziest Dream (2:19)
21. Where Or When (3:08)
22. Triste (2:34)
23. To A Wild Rose (2:55)
24. You Gave Me Everything But Love (3:06)

1945-1950 {The Chronological Classics, 1334} 
01. Minute Waltz (3:05)
02. June Barcarolle (2:46)
03. Tristesse (2:41)
04. Menuet (2:54)
05. Anitras Dance (3:16)
06. C Sharp Minor Waltz (3:02)
07. Memories Of You (3:03)
08. Lets Fall In Love (3:14)
09. Dancing On The Ceiling (3:10)
10. Isnt It Romantic? (2:57)
11. September In The Rain (3:04)
12. They Cant Take That Away From Me (2:52)
13. Cant We Be Friends? (3:14)
14. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (3:11)
15. Serenade (3:23)
16. Just A Memory (4:18)
17. The Continental (2:30)
18. My Blue Heaven (3:48)
19. Aint Misbehavin (3:19)
20. On The Alamo (4:03)
21. Ive Had My Moments (3:04)
22. Should I? (2:20)

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