【オーディオパークSP復刻盤シリーズ】第2回配布(APCD-6005〜APCD-6008)
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1930年代のスイング全盛時代、大都会ニューヨークの52丁目は有名ナイト・クラブが軒を並べ、黒人、白人を問わず、一流ジャズ・ミュージシャンが連夜出演し、一大活況を呈していました。本アルバムは、この不夜城スイング・ストリートで活躍したジャズ史に残る名コンボの名演20曲を厳選した座右の名盤です。 演奏者の顔触れをみると、後のモダーン・ジャズ時代でも活躍した巨匠といわれる演奏家も若き時代の演奏を聴くことができ、感慨無量です。




【曲目と演奏楽団】

1. SWING OUT/Henry Allen and His Orchestra(1929)
2. HIGGINBOTHAM BLUES/J.C.Higginbotham and His Six Hicks(1930)
3. DARKTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL/Red McKenzie and The Mound City Blue Blowers(1931)
4. YELLOW DOG BLUES/The Rhythmakers(1932)
5. SWING, BROTHER, SWING/Wingy Manone and His Orchestra(1935)
6. SWING ME WITH RHYTHM/Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang(1935)
7. SQUARE FACE/Gene Gifford and His Orchestra(1935)
8. ONE NIGHT IN MONTECARLO/Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven(1935)
9. A PORTER'S LOVE SONG TO A CHAMBERMAID/Red Norvo and His Orchestra(1936)
10. WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN THERE AIN'T NO SWING?/Frank Froeba and His Swing Band(1936)
11. WHEN A LADY MEETS A GENTLEMAN DOWN SOUTH/Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra(1936)
12. YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE/Tempo King and His Kings of Tempo(1936)
13. ONYX CLUB SPREE/Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys(1937)
14. SUN SHOWERS/Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra(1937)
15. I'M COMING, VIRGINIA/Maxine Sullivan with Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra(1937)
16. CHUBERRY JAM/Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores(1937)
17. SINGIN' THE BLUES/Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters(1937)
18. LOVER, COME BACK TO ME/Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra(1938)
19. FROM A FLAT TO C/John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys(1938)
20. THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE/Frankie Newton and Orchestra(1939)

♪試聴 15. I'M COMING, VIRGINIA/Maxine Sullivan with Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra(1937)
18. LOVER, COME BACK TO ME/Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra(1938)