Chu Berry - Classic Columbia and Victor Sessions '2007

Tracks list

This is a comprehensive collection with countless pivotal sessions. It features
203 separate recordings on seven CDs and collects both the sessions led by Chu
Berry and other sessions where he contributed significantly as a sideman. You
can study his remarkable surefootedness as a soloist; remember an era where
evolution in the music was running rampant and Chu Berrys tenor saxophone was
one of the things making it run.

The set includes:
o Teddy Wilsons late-30s chamber recordings for Brunswick that are sheer heaven
o The jazz side of Cab Calloway featuring his unique musical talents
o The incredible recording debut by Roy Eldridge
o Key recordings by Fletcher Henderson
o One of the greatest sessions ever by trumpeter Henry Red Allen
o The final recording session by the incomparable Bessie Smith
o A session led by Gene Krupa with Benny Goodman and members of the Fletcher
Henderson band.

Our research turned up a dozen alternate takes, never released in any format but
all included here. To find some of the rest today, youd have to amass a
collection of French Classics CDs: a series by RCA released in France; whole box
sets by Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith; and various Sony CD releases of the Cab
Calloway recordings.

Listening to these recordings, theres no mistaking his influence on Charlie
Parker (who named his first son for Berry) and every other bebopper, John
Coltrane, and a host of other saxophonists today who may not even know from whom
the ideas originated. Now, theyll know.



Tracks:


CD1
1-1	–The Chocolate Dandies	Blue Interlude	3:25
1-2	–The Chocolate Dandies	I Never New (Alt Tk)	3:03
1-3	–The Chocolate Dandies	I Never Knew	3:03
1-4	–The Chocolate Dandies	Once Upon A Time	3:24
1-5	–The Chocolate Dandies	Krazy Kapers	3:28
1-6	–Bessie Smith-Orchestra Acc. By Buck And His Band	Do Your Duty	3:25
1-7	–Bessie Smith-Orchestra Acc. By Buck And His Band	Im Down In The
Dumps	3:10
1-8	–Teddy Hill And His Orchestra*	(Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes
Cookie	3:00
1-9	–Teddy Hill And His Orchestra*	When The Robin Sings His Songs	2:53
1-10	–Henry Allen And His Orchestra*	Rosetta	3:07
1-11	–Henry Allen And His Orchestra*	Ill Never Say Never Again Again	2:57
1-12	–Henry Allen And His Orchestra*	Get Rhythm In Your Feet	2:44
1-13	–Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra	Chasing Shadows (-2)	2:33
1-14	–Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra	Chasing Shadows (-1)	2:35
1-15	–Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra	When I Grow Too Old To
Dream	2:38
1-16	–Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band	Id Love To Take Orders From
You	2:40
1-17	–Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band	Id Rather Listen To Your
Eyes	3:06
1-18	–Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band	When Day Is Done	3:27
1-19	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	Twenty Four Hours A Day	2:59
1-20	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	Yankee Doodle Never Went To
Town	2:41
1-21	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	Eeny Meeny Meiny Mo	3:10
1-22	–Gene Krupas Swing Band	I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music	3:02
1-23	–Gene Krupas Swing Band	Mutiny In The Parlor	3:00
1-24	–Gene Krupas Swing Band	Im Gonna Clap My Hands	2:56
1-25	–Gene Krupas Swing Band	Swing Is Here	2:53


CD2
2-1	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Christopher Columbus	3:02
2-2	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Grand Terrace Swing	2:56
2-3	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Blue Lou	3:06
2-4	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Stealin Apples	2:55
2-5	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Moonrise On The Lowlands	2:40
2-6	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Ill Always be In Love With
You	3:01
2-7	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Jangled Nerves	2:32
2-8	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	Mary Had A little Lamb	2:54
2-9	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	Too Good To Be True	3:08
2-10	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	Warmin Up	3:14
2-11	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	Blues In C Sharp Minor	3:20
2-12	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Where Theres You Theres
Me	2:256
2-13	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Do You Or Dont You Love
Me	2:59
2-14	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Mary Had A little Lamb	2:47
2-15	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Shoe Shine Boy	3:30
2-16	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Sing, Sing, Sing	2:31
2-17	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Knock, Knock Whos There? (Alt
Tk)	2:53
2-18	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Knock, Knock Whos There?	2:53
2-19	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Jim Town Blues	2:42
2-20	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	You Can Depend On Me	3:27
2-21	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Slummin On Park Avenue
(-2)	2:32
2-22	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Slummin On Park Avenue
(-1)	2:25
2-23	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Rhythm Of The Tambourine	2:37
2-24	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Back In Your Own Backyard	2:31
2-25	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Rose Room	2:59
2-26	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Great Ceasars Ghost	2:19


CD3
3-1	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Now Youre Talking My
Language	2:49
3-2	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Back Home Again In Indiana	2:45
3-3	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Back Home Again In Indiana (Alt
Tk)	2:49
3-4	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Too Marvelous For Words (Alt
Tk)	2:53
3-5	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Too Marvelous For Words	2:52
3-6	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Limehouse Blues (Alt Tk)	2:48
3-7	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Limehouse Blues	2:51
3-8	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	All Gods Chillun Got
Rhythm	2:38
3-9	–Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra	Chris And His Gang	3:00
3-10	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Im Always In The Mood For You	2:52
3-11	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Shes Tall, Shes Tan, Shes
Terrific	2:30
3-12	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Go South, Young Man	2:07
3-13	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Mama, I Want To Make Rhythm	2:59
3-14	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Queen Isabella	2:42
3-15	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Savage Rhythm	2:31
3-16	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Chuberry Jam	2:16
3-17	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Maelstrom (Alt Tk)	2:46
3-18	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Maelstrom	2:456
3-19	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	My Secret Love Affair	2:48
3-20	–Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores	Ebb Tide	2:42
3-21	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	A Minor Brerakdown (-1)	2:21
3-22	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	A Minor Brerakdown (-2)	2:26
3-23	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Bugle Blues	2:25
3-24	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	My First Impression Of You	2:48
3-25	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	With A Smile And A Song (-1)	3:05
3-26	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	With A Smile And A Song (-2)	2:55


CD4
4-1	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	When Youre Smiling	2:54
4-2	–Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra	I Cant Believe That Youre In Love
With Me	2:33
4-3	–Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra	Thanks For The Memory (Alt Tk)	2:40
4-4	–Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra	Thanks For The Memory	2:33
4-5	–Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra	Lover Come Back To Me (Alt Tk)	3:07
4-6	–Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra	Lover Come Back To Me	3:12
4-7	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Annie Laurie	2:48
4-8	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Loch Lommond	2:30
4-9	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	My Mariuccia Takes A Steamboat	2:32
4-10	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	In The Land Of Yamo Yamo	
4-11	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Rustle Of Swing (Alt Tk)	3:04
4-12	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Rustle Of Swing	2:56
4-13	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Three Swings And Out	2:12
4-14	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	I Like Music (with A Swing Like
That)	2:33
4-15	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Penguin Swing	3:28
4-16	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Pack-A-Doodle-Do	2:47
4-17	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	At The Clambake Carnival	2:26
4-18	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Hoy-Hoy	2:46
4-19	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Miss Hallelujah Brown	2:20
4-20	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Shout, Shout, Shout	2:33
4-21	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Jive (Page 1 Of The Hepsters
Dictionary)	2:55
4-22	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Do You Wanna Jump, Children?	2:21
4-23	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Blue Interlude	2:34
4-24	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	FDR Jones	2:19
4-25	–Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra	Thats All I Ask Of You (Alt
Tk)	2:57
4-26	–Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra	Thats All I Ask Of You	2:55


CD5
5-1	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Floogie Walk	2:18
5-2	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	I Can Give You Love	2:45
5-3	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	High Society	3:11
5-4	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	Johnny Get Your Horn	3:08
5-5	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	Sweethearts On Parade	2:58
5-6	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	Shufflin At The Hollywood (Alt
Tk)	3:07
5-7	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	Shufflin At The Hollywood	3:04
5-8	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	Denison Swing	3:13
5-9	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	Wizzin The Wizz (Alt Tk)	2:22
5-10	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	Wizzin# The Wizz	2:22
5-11	–Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Downright Disgusted Blues	2:27
5-12	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Corrine Corrini	2:12
5-13	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Im A Real Kinda Papa	2:48
5-14	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Jumpy Nerves	2:46
5-15	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Boogie Woogie	2:29
5-16	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	Aint Cha Comin Home?	3:16
5-17	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Royal Garden Blues	2:33
5-18	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	In The Barrel	2:25
5-19	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Farewell Blues	2:35
5-20	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Fare Thee, My Baby,
Fare-Thee-Well	2:33
5-21	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Limehouse Blues	2:16
5-22	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Trylon Swing	2:45
5-23	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Utt-Da-Zay	2:54
5-24	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Crescendo In Drums	2:44
5-25	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	The Jumpin Jive	2:48


CD6
6-1	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Pluckin The Bass (Alt Tk)	2:40
6-2	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Pluckin The Bass	2:40
6-3	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	I Aint Getting Nowhere Fast	2:44
6-4	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Blue Lou	2:50
6-5	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	When The Saints Go Marching In	2:26
6-6	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	My Honeys Lovin Arms	2:44
6-7	–Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*	Whe My Sugar Walks Down The
Street	2:49
6-8	–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra	Hot Mallets	2:13
6-9	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	A Bee Gezindt	2:48
6-10	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Give, Baby, Give	2:33
6-11	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Do It Again	2:50
6-12	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Calling All Bars (Alt Tk)	3:05
6-13	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Calling All Bars	2:44
6-14	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Do I Care? No, No (Alt Tk)	2:46
6-15	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Do I Care? No, No	2:44
6-16	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	The Lone Arranger (-2)	2:40
6-17	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	The Lone Arranger (-1)	2:29
6-18	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Hard Times	3:16
6-19	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Whos Yehoodi? (Alt Tk)	3:09
6-20	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Whos Yehoodi?	3:05
6-21	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Come On With The Come On	2:53
6-22	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	A Ghost Of Chance (Alt Tk)	2:51
6-23	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	A Ghost Of Chance	2:57
6-24	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Bye Bye Blues (Alt Tk)	2:49
6-25	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Bye Bye Blues	2:51


CD7
7-1	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Papas In Bed With The Bitches On (Alt
Tk -3)	2:34
7-2	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Papas In Bed With The Bitches On (Alt
Tk -2)	2:31
7-3	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Papas In Bed With The Bitches On	2:30
7-4	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Boo-Wah Boo-Wah (Alt Tk)	3:02
7-5	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Boo-Wah Boo-Wah	2:48
7-6	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Cupids Nightmare	2:40
7-7	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Are You Hep To The Jive?	2:47
7-8	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Hot Air	2:52
7-9	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Lonesome Nights (Alt Tk)	2:55
7-10	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Lonesome Nights	2:56
7-11	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	A Chicken Aint Nothin But A Bird
(Alt Tk)	2:53
7-12	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	A Chicken Aint Nothin But A Bird
(Breakdown)	2:34
7-13	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	A Chicken Aint Nothin But A
Bird	2:51
7-14	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	The Workers Train	3:17
7-15	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	The Workers Train (Breakdown)	3:04
7-16	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Run, Little Rabbit (Alt Tk)	4:25
7-17	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Run, Little Rabbit	3:10
7-18	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Are You All Reet? (Alt Tk)	3:04
7-19	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Are You All Reet?	3:03
7-20	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Special Delivery (Alt Tk -3)	2:58
7-21	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Special Delivery (Alt Tk -2)	2:56
7-22	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Special Delivery	2:55
7-23	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Take The A Train	3:03
7-24	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	Hey Doc!	3:14
7-25	–Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	My Coo-Coo Bird (Could Swing)	2:44

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