Chiaroscuro Songbook, Vol. 1

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All Music Guide - Alex Henderson
One of the things that rock, R&B, blues, and pop fans often find peculiar about jazz is the fact that it is dominated by instrumentalists; to be sure, vocalists are the majority, not the minority, in most popular musical genres. Over the years, instrumentalists have been the primary focus of Chiaroscuro Records, a fine jazz label that has put out a lot of swing and Dixieland as well as bop. When Chiaroscuro occasionally recorded vocals, the recordings were generally by instrumentalists who sang on the side or by singers who were guests of an instrumentalist. Spanning 1964-1992, this good-to-excellent collection turns its attention to some of those vocals, most of ...
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All Music Guide - Alex Henderson
One of the things that rock, R&B, blues, and pop fans often find peculiar about jazz is the fact that it is dominated by instrumentalists; to be sure, vocalists are the majority, not the minority, in most popular musical genres. Over the years, instrumentalists have been the primary focus of Chiaroscuro Records, a fine jazz label that has put out a lot of swing and Dixieland as well as bop. When Chiaroscuro occasionally recorded vocals, the recordings were generally by instrumentalists who sang on the side or by singers who were guests of an instrumentalist. Spanning 1964-1992, this good-to-excellent collection turns its attention to some of those vocals, most of them swing or Dixieland. The CD's highlights range from Woody Herman's Louis Armstrong-ish take on "The Shiek of Araby" and a blues medley by Jimmy Rushing to Maxine Sullivan's thoughtful version of "One Hundred Years From Today." A 1989 performance of "Four or Five Times" gives listeners a rare chance to hear Joe Williams in a Dixieland setting, while "Good Time Charlie" recorded in 1990 is an entertaining example of late-period Cab Calloway who died in 1994. These recordings aren't among the artists' definitive work, but even so, this is a collection that fans of pre-bebop jazz singing will appreciate.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/24/1999
  • Label: Chiaroscuro Records
  • UPC: 091454021826
  • Catalog Number: 218
  • Sales rank: 153,120

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Howard Alden Guitar
Ruby Braff Cornet
John Bunch Piano
Cab Calloway Track Performer
Buck Clayton Trumpet
Eddie Condon Guitar
Kenny Davern Clarinet
Bud Freeman Tenor Saxophone
Al Grey Trombone
Jake Hanna Drums
Woody Herman Clarinet
Earl Hines Piano
Dave McKenna Piano
Jay McShann Piano
Flip Phillips Clarinet
Jimmy Rushing Track Performer
Pee Wee Russell Clarinet
Norman Simmons Piano
Maxine Sullivan Track Performer
Ralph Sutton Piano
Buddy Tate Tenor Saxophone
Joe Venuti Track Performer
Bob Wilber Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Joe Williams Track Performer
Eddie Barefield Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Dick Cary Piano
Marty Grosz Guitar
Bob Haggart Bass
Red Richards Piano
Derek Smith Piano
Dick Wellstood Piano
Lillette Jenkins Track Performer
Ben Riley Drums
Herman Autrey Trumpet
Tommy Benford Drums
Doc Cheatham Trumpet
Clark Terry Trumpet
Arthur "Babe"Clarke Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Vic Dickenson Trombone
Milt Hinton Bass
Gus Johnson Drums
Dill Jones Piano
Gerryck King Drums
Cliff Leeman Drums
Jack Lesberg Bass
Bobby Rosengarden Drums
Ron Traxler Strings, Drums
Jackie Williams Drums
Wayne Wright Guitar
Technical Credits
Lil Armstrong Composer
Jon Bates Digital Editing
Cliff Friend Composer
Jack Reynolds Composer
Victor Young Composer
Paul Bacon Cover Design
Joe Pesci Composer
Byron Gay Composer
Marco H. Hellman Composer
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