Sunday, December 8, 2013

Gerald Wilson: A Great Lunceford LP Set

If you want to hear Gerald Wilson's earliest recordings from the late 1930s with the Jimmie Lunceford band, here's a great boxed set of LPs that has several sides filled with them.  Tracks 31 on all include Wilson on trumpet.

Jimmie Lunceford
The Complete Jimmie Lunceford
1939-40
CBS Special Products CBS 66421 CB 234
CBS 54131
Side 1
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
Eddie Tompkins, Tommy Stevenson, Sy Oliver (trumpets), Russell Bowles, Henry Wells (trombones), Willie Smith, Joe Thomas, Earl "Jock" Carruthers (reeds), Eddie Wilcox (piano), Al Norris (guitar), Moses Allen (bass), Jimmy Crawford (drums).
New York, May 15, 1933.
1. Flaming Reeds And Screaming Brass (2'55)
2. While Love Lasts (3'06)
Eddie Tompkins, Sy Oliver, Paul Webster (trumpets), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, James "Trummy" Young (trombones), Willie Smith, Ted Buckner, Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers (teeds), Eddie Wilcox (piano), Al Norris (guitar), Moses Allen (bass), Jimmy Crawford (drums).
New York, January 3, 1939.
3. Rainin' (2'58)
4. 'Tain't What You Do (3'04)
5. Cheatin' On Me (2'49)
6. Cheatin' On Me (2'46) alternate take
7. La Jazz Hot (2'41)
8. La Jazz Hot (2'44) alternate take
9. Time's A-Wastin' (2'32)
10. Time's A-Wastin' (2'32) alternate take
Side 2
New York, January 31, 1939.
11. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (2'51)
12. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (2'50) alternate take
13. You're Just A Dream (2'51)
14. The Lonesome Road (2'31)
15. You Set Me On Fire (2'38)
16. I've Only Myself To Blame (2'45)
17. What Is This Thing Called Swing? (2'26)
18. What Is This Thing Called Swing? (2'28) alternate take
CBS 54132
19. Mixup (2'18)
20. Shoemaker's Holiday (2'50)
21. Blue Blazes (2'50)
New York, April 7, 1939.
22. Mandy (2'52)
23. Easter Parade (2'40)
24. Ain't She Sweet? (2'27)
25. White Heat (2'20)
New York, May 17, 1939.
26. Oh Why, Oh Why (2'49)
Side 4
27. Well, All Right Then (2'42)
28. Well, All Right Then (2'42) alternate take
29. You Let Me Down (2'52) unissued
30. I Love You (2'46)
Gerald Wilson (trumpet) replaces Sy Oliver.
New York, August 2, 1939.
31. Who Did You Meet Last Night? (2'35)
32. You Let Me Down (2'46)
33. Sassin' The Boss (2'43)
34. I Want The Waiter (With The Water) (2'43)
35. I Used To Love You (But It's All Over Now) (2'45)
New York, September 14, 1939.
36. Belgium Stomp (2'29)
CBS 54133
Side 5
37. You Can Fool Some Of The People (Some Of The Time) (2'21)
38. Think Of Me, Little Daddy (2'42)
39. Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) (2'37)
Eugene "Snooky" Young (trumpet) replaces Eddie Tompkins.
New York, December 14, 1939.
40. Put It Away (2'40)
41. I'm Alone With You (2'37)
42. Rock It For Me (2'38)
43. I'm In An Awful Mood (2'46)
44. I'm In An Awful Mood (2'45) alternate take
45. Wham (Re Bop Boom Bam) (2'53)
46. Wham (Re Bop Boom Bam) (2'51) alternate take
Side 6
47. Pretty Eyes (2'40)
48. Uptown Blues (2'43)
49. Lunceford Special (2'49)
New York, January 5, 1940.
50. Bugs Parade (2'29)
51. Blues In The Groove (2'33)
52. I Wanna Hear Swing Songs (2'54)
53. It's Time To Jump And Shout (2'53)
Los Angeles, February 28, 1940
54. What's Your Story, Morning Glory? (3'09)
55 & 56. Dinah (Part I/Part II) (4'28)
CBS 54134
Side 7
57. Sonata By L. Van Beethoven ("Pathétique", Op. 13) (3'16)
Chicago, May 9, 1940.
58. I Got It (2'55)
59. Chopin's Prelude No. 7 (2'49)
60. Swingin' On C (2'22)
61. Swingin' On C (2'23) alternate take
62. Let's Try Again (3'03)
63. Monotony In Four Flats (2'53)
New York, June 19, 1940.
64. Barefoot Blues (2'43)
65. Minnie The Moocher Is Dead (2'28)
Side 8
66. I Ain't Gonna Study War No More (2'55)
67. Pavanne (2'48)
New York, July 9, 1940.
68. Whatcha Know, Joe? (2'37)
69. Red Wagon (2'32)
70. You Ain't Nowhere (2'54)
71. Please Say The Word (2'39)
New York, December 23, 1940.
72. Okay For Baby (3:07)
73. Flight Of The Jitterbug (2'28)
74. Blue Afterglow (3'11)

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