Wingy Manone - The Chronological Classics: 1935-1936 '1995

Tracks list

Tracklist:

01. Sweet and Slow (2:59)
02. Lulu's Back in Town (2:46)
03. Let's Swing It (2:30)
04. A Little Door, A Little Lock, A Little Key (2:52)
05. Love and Kisses (2:40)
06. Rhythm Is Our Business (2:42)
07. From the Top of Your Head (2:57)
08. Takes Two to Make a Bargain (2:55)
09. A Smile Will Go a Long, Long Way (2:55)
10. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (2:44)
11. Every Now and Then (3:06)
12. I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' (2:48)
13. You Are My Lucky Star (2:43)
14. I've Got a Note (3:31)
15. I've Got a Note (2:40)
16. I'm Shooting High (2:45)
17. The Music Goes 'Round and Around (3:08)
18. You Let Me Down (3:21)
19. I've Got My Fingers Crossed (2:47)
20. (If I Had) Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes (2:59)
21. Old Man Mose (2:47)
22. The Broken Record (3:06)
23. Please Believe Me (2:52)

1935 and '36 were red-hot years for Fats Waller, and many musicians deliberately
chose to record songs which had quickly become closely associated with him.
Wingy Manone was capable of covering such tunes without sounding like an
imitator. Unlike Waller's slow, almost erotic version, Wingy's "Sweet and Slow"
trots along as briskly as "Lulu's Back in Town." Other songs popularized by
Waller and revisited here are "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a
Letter" and the cheerful "I've Got My Fingers Crossed." Wingy's bands during
this time period featured reedmen Bud Freeman, Eddie Miller, Matty Matlock and
Joe Marsala, and two of the sessions were bolstered by the presence of
trombonists Jack Teagarden and George Brunies. Teagarden plays exceptionally
fine trombone on the records made in October of 1935. His vocal contributions,
however, consist only of spoken interjections. Johnny Mercer is heard making his
own remarks during both takes of "I've Got a Note." Teagarden engages in a bit
of conversation with Wingy on take one. Take two is markedly faster and hotter.
Wingy was capable of singing and playing practically any song that came along.
He performs "The Music Goes 'Round and Around" as if it had been written just
for him, and takes on Louis Armstrong's "Old Man Mose" without flinching. "The
Broken Record" comes as a pleasant surprise, giving the singer and band a chance
to imitate a skipping record as the phrases "you're gorgeous," "I kiss you" and
"I love you" each get stuck and are repeated six times apiece. (Note that this
immortalizes the hasty rate at which 78 rpm records skip. It's much different
from a 33-and-1/3 rpm skip.) Finally, as the trombone gets stuck in the same
repetitious manner, Wingy says "Man, take that broken record offa there, and
throw it out the window!"




 

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