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Don Redman - Today Cloudy (2019)
BAND/ARTIST: Don Redman
- Title: Today Cloudy
- Year Of Release: 2019
- Label: nagel heyer records
- Genre: Jazz, Swing
- Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3
- Total Time: 1:11:55
- Total Size: 340 / 169 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Today Cloudy
02. If I Had My Way
03. Dum-De-Dum
04. These Foolish Things
05. Lydia
06. Star Dreams
07. Laura
08. My Gal Sal
09. See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
10. Stormy Weather
11. Coffee Light
12. Mad Love
13. How High the Moon
14. Alexander's Ragtime Band
15. New Love
16. I Ain't Mad at You
17. I Got Rhythm
18. Why Didn't I
19. My Melancholy Baby
20. You Turned the Tables on Me
21. Embraceable You
01. Today Cloudy
02. If I Had My Way
03. Dum-De-Dum
04. These Foolish Things
05. Lydia
06. Star Dreams
07. Laura
08. My Gal Sal
09. See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
10. Stormy Weather
11. Coffee Light
12. Mad Love
13. How High the Moon
14. Alexander's Ragtime Band
15. New Love
16. I Ain't Mad at You
17. I Got Rhythm
18. Why Didn't I
19. My Melancholy Baby
20. You Turned the Tables on Me
21. Embraceable You
The first great arranger in jazz history, Don Redman's innovations as a writer essentially invented the jazz-oriented big band with arrangements that developed yet left room for solo improvisations.
After graduating from college at the age of 20 with a music degree, Redman played for a year with Billy Paige's Broadway Syncopators and then met up with Fletcher Henderson. Redman became Henderson's chief arranger (although Fletcher was often later on mistakenly given credit for the innovative charts) in addition to playing clarinet, alto, and (on at least one occasion) oboe. Redman, whose largely spoken vocals were charming, recorded the first ever scat vocal on "My Papa Doesn't Two Time" in early 1924, predating Louis Armstrong. Although his early arrangements were futuristic, they could be a bit stiff, and it was not until Armstrong joined Henderson's orchestra that Redman (learning from the brilliant cornetist) began to really swing in his writing; "Sugar Foot Stomp" and "The Stampede" are two of his many classic charts.
It was a shock to Fletcher Henderson when Redman was persuaded in 1927 by Jean Goldkette to direct McKinney's Cotton Pickers. Redman soon turned the previously unknown group into a strong competitor of Henderson's, composing such future standards as "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" and "Cherry." He sang more, emphasized his alto over his more primitive sounding clarinet (guesting on some famous recordings with Louis Armstrong's Savoy Ballroom Five in 1928), and made a strong series of memorable records. In 1931, Redman put together his own big band which lasted (if not prospered) up until 1941. After that, he freelanced as an arranger for the remainder of the swing era, led an all-star orchestra in 1946 that became the first band to visit postwar Europe, and eventually became Pearl Bailey's musical director. Although he recorded a few sessions in the late '50s, Don Redman's main significance is for his influential work of the 1920s and '30s. ~ Scott Yanow
After graduating from college at the age of 20 with a music degree, Redman played for a year with Billy Paige's Broadway Syncopators and then met up with Fletcher Henderson. Redman became Henderson's chief arranger (although Fletcher was often later on mistakenly given credit for the innovative charts) in addition to playing clarinet, alto, and (on at least one occasion) oboe. Redman, whose largely spoken vocals were charming, recorded the first ever scat vocal on "My Papa Doesn't Two Time" in early 1924, predating Louis Armstrong. Although his early arrangements were futuristic, they could be a bit stiff, and it was not until Armstrong joined Henderson's orchestra that Redman (learning from the brilliant cornetist) began to really swing in his writing; "Sugar Foot Stomp" and "The Stampede" are two of his many classic charts.
It was a shock to Fletcher Henderson when Redman was persuaded in 1927 by Jean Goldkette to direct McKinney's Cotton Pickers. Redman soon turned the previously unknown group into a strong competitor of Henderson's, composing such future standards as "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" and "Cherry." He sang more, emphasized his alto over his more primitive sounding clarinet (guesting on some famous recordings with Louis Armstrong's Savoy Ballroom Five in 1928), and made a strong series of memorable records. In 1931, Redman put together his own big band which lasted (if not prospered) up until 1941. After that, he freelanced as an arranger for the remainder of the swing era, led an all-star orchestra in 1946 that became the first band to visit postwar Europe, and eventually became Pearl Bailey's musical director. Although he recorded a few sessions in the late '50s, Don Redman's main significance is for his influential work of the 1920s and '30s. ~ Scott Yanow
Year 2019 | Jazz | FLAC / APE | Mp3
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