The Indispensable

by Bix Beiderbecke

Overview

This double-CD from French RCA in their Jazz Tribune series (a reissue of an earlier double-LP) gives one a good overview of cornetist Bix Beiderbecke's Victor recordings. More serious collectors will want to acquire this music as part of a more complete series (since all of his solos are significant), while beginning collectors are advised to pick up his Columbia reissue CDs (which feature Beiderbecke in smaller groups) first. The 36 performances on this two-fer mostly focus on his sideman's appearances with the large dance orchestras of Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman during 1926-28, although there is one 1924 track ("I Didn't Know") with Goldkette, and a few later sessions from 1930. Highlights include "Clementine," "San," "There Ain't No Sweet Man," "From Monday On," and "You Took Advantage of Me." ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	02/05/2014
Label:	Rca
UPC:	0078636654027
Rank:	147239

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I Didn't Know
2. Idolizing
3. Sunday
4. I'm Proud of a Baby Like You
5. I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
6. I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now
7. Hoosier Sweetheart
8. My Pretty Girl
9. Slow River
10. In My Merry Oldsmobile
11. Clementine (From New Orleans)
12. Washboard Blues
13. Changes
14. Mary
15. Lonely Melody
16. San
17. Back in Your Own Backyard
18. There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears

Disc 2

19. Dardanella
20. From Monday On
21. Mississippi Mud
22. Sugar
23. Coquette
24. When
25. Lovable
26. My Pet
27. Forget Me Not
28. Louisiana
29. You Took Advantage of Me
30. Rockin' Chair
31. Barnacle Bill, The Sailor
32. Deep Down South
33. I Don't Mind Walking in the Rain
34. I'll Be a Friend With Pleasure
35. Georgia on My Mind
36. Bessie Couldn't Help It

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bix Beiderbecke   Primary Artist,Cornet
Joe Venuti   Vocals,Violin
Benny Goodman   Clarinet
Hoagy Carmichael   Piano,Vocals
Al Lynch   Vocals
Charles Strickfaden   Saxophone,Sax (Baritone)
Rube Crozier   Bassoon,Sax (Tenor)
Min Leibrook   Sax (Baritone)
Nye Mayhew   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Don Murray   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Austin Young   Vocals
Billy Murray   Vocals
Ferde Grofe   Piano
Roy Bargy   Piano
Arnold Brillhardt   Sax (Alto)
Mike Pingatore   Banjo
Henry Busse   Trumpet
Mischa Russell   Violin
Al Rinker   Vocals
Bubber Miley   Trumpet
Tommy Dorsey   Trombone
George Williams   Clarinet,Saxophone
Harry Barris   Vocals
Paul Mertz   Piano
Steve Brown   Bass
Harold McDonald   Drums
Wilbur Hall   Guitar,Trombone
Eddie Pinder   Trumpet
Mike Trafficante   Tuba
Boyce Cullen   Trombone
Charlie Margulis   Trumpet
Tommy Satterfield   Piano
Lawrence Freeman   Sax (Tenor)
Mario Perry   Violin
Hal McLean   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Kurt Dieterle   Violin
Bob Mayhew   Trumpet
Keller Sisters   Vocals
Lloyd Turner   Trombone
Gene Krupa   Drums
Charles Gaylord   Violin,Vocals
John Bowman   Violin
Howdy Quicksell   Banjo
Lennie Hayton   Piano
Pee Wee Russell   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Ray Lodwig   Trumpet
Bing Crosby   Vocals
Irene Taylor   Vocals
Irving Brodsky   Piano
Jack Teagarden   Trombone
Jack Fulton   Vocals,Trombone
Eddie Lang   Guitar
Frankie Trumbauer   Sax
Chester Hazlett   Sax (Alto),Clarinet (Bass)
Spiegle Willcox   Trombone
Chauncey Morehouse   Drums
Carl Kress   Guitar
Matty Malneck   Viola
Harry Goodman   Tuba

Technical Credits

Benny Meroff   Composer
George Green   Composer
Sidney Mitchell   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Bob Schafer   Composer
Billy Baskette   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Gus Edwards   Composer
Al Jolson   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Hal Dyson   Composer
Harry Woods   Composer
Henry Creamer   Composer
Dave Dreyer   Composer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Stuart Gorrell   Composer
Milton Ager   Composer
Harry Barris   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
J.C. Johnson   Composer
Bill Challis   Arranger
Edna Alexander   Composer
Peter MacBeth   Composer
Henry Myers   Composer
Irving Abrahamson   Composer
Daniel Nevers   Liner Notes
Don Waterhouse   Adaptation
Seymour Simons   Composer
Paul Ash   Composer
Billy Rose   Composer
Ray West   Composer
Charles M. Scwab   Composer
Johnny Black   Composer
Sam Messenheimer   Composer
Vincent Bryan   Composer
Charles A. Bayha   Composer
Byron Warner   Composer
Bob Shafer   Composer
Monty Collins   Composer
Fred B. Callahan   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Jean-Paul Guiter   Producer
Charles M. Schwab   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Walter Michels   Composer
Lindsay McPhail   Composer
Johnny S. Black   Composer
Sam Coslow   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Ned Miller   Composer
Jesse Greer   Composer
Bing Crosby   Composer
Jacques Richmond   Composer
J.C. Jones   Composer
Joe Goodwin   Composer
Jack Yellen   Composer
James Cavanaugh   Composer
Mort Dixon   Composer
Benny Davis   Composer
Charles Fulcher   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Clarence Williams   Composer
Benny Krueger   Composer
Felix Bernard   Composer
Frank Luther   Composer
Fred Fisher   Composer
Carmen Lombardo   Composer
Carson Robison   Composer
Leroy Holmes   Composer
Johnny Green   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Matty Malneck   Arranger
Al Hoffman   Composer