- Red Hot
- 'Deed I Do
- He's the Last Word
- Feelin' No Pain
- Imagination
- Humpty Dumpty
- Sax Appeal
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Oh, Baby!
- And a Little Wiggle
- Old Fashioned Girl
- Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere
- Doin' Things
- Cool Papa
- Sunday Afternoon
- High Hattin' Hattie
- Easy
- Dixie Drag
- Baby's Coming Back
- Singapore Sorrows
- Nobody's Sweetheart
- Choo-Choo
- I'm Thru with Love
- The Blues Danube
- I've Found a New Baby
- Moo
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Whereas a truly overarching examination of the triumphant and tragic career of reedman, composer, and arranger Fud Livingston would require more than 26 tracks on one CD, Jazz Oracle's meticulously researched and thoughtfully annotated salute to this overlooked character is entirely unprecedented, for nobody has bothered much about Fud over the years. More generally, this is also a fascinating and highly recommended survey of vintage hot jazz, popular dance music, and early swing. The Joseph Anthony Livingston story begins in Charleston, South Carolina where he was born on April 10, 1906. True to form, Jazz Oracle delves back to what must be among the earliest surviving examples of Fud on record, for it is doubtful that he pressed any platters with Talmadge Henry back in Greensboro in 1923. The retrospective opens with a previously unreleased test pressing made in Los Angeles during the summer of 1924 by Ben Pollack & His Californians. Two sides cut in Chicago for Victor in December 1926 document the Pollack band as it sounded when the lineup included Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and Fud Livingston. Vocals are by Pollack and the band on "'Deed I Do," and Dorothy and Hannah Williams on "He's the Last Word," a harmless pop tune by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn. The Livingston saga picks up again with five consecutive examples from 1927, beginning with one sole example by the Charleston Chasers, a friendly little mob that included Red Nichols, Miff Mole, and Pee Wee Russell. "Feelin' No Pain" is the first of four sequential Livingston originals. In title and substance (so to speak) this number appears to have been somewhat of a self-portrait. Fud's "Imagination" is done up by Miff Mole & His Little Molers, his "Humpty Dumpty" features Bix Beiderbecke with Frankie Trumbauer's Orchestra, and "Sax Appeal" stems from a visit to England. On this rare Zonophone recording, Livingston is heard alongside trumpeter Frank Guarente with Bert Firman at the helm of the Devonshire Restaurant Dance Band. Next Fud is heard with three different All-Star Orchestras under the leadership of Nat Shilkret, then with fiddler Joe Venuti and guitarist Carl Kress in a quartet led by pianist Leonard "Lennie" Hayton. He reappears with the Dorsey Brothers in a zippy group billed as Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers, then alongside Glenn Miller in a Dance Orchestra fronted by trumpeter Toots Mendello.
The year 1929 is represented by two lively little records cut in London at a point when Fud, trumpeter Chelsea Quealey, and the Rollini Brothers were all sitting in with Fred Elizalde & His Music. After "Singapore Sorrows" is played by a 19-piece orchestra, the unit is pared down to an octet for "Nobody's Sweetheart." The next three tracks place the artist's livelihood squarely within the context of U.S. pop culture during the '30s. Fud is heard with Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby and, in a segment from the soundtrack of the RKO motion picture That Girl From Paris, coloratura soprano Lily Pons. This charmingly historic portrait album closes with a Victor test pressing of "I've Found a New Baby" played by pianist Bob Zurke's short-lived 14-man big band in 1939 (using an arrangement by Livingston) and a hitherto undiscovered 1932 ARC test pressing of Fud singing while accompanying himself at the piano. The rest of Livingston's career saw him working in the music publishing business and Hollywood, where he drew up arrangements for the orchestras of Andre Kostelanetz and Freddie Rich. His final decade was a difficult one, and a pernicious addiction to alcohol ultimately took him out ahead of schedule. Until shortly before his death on March 25, 1957, Fud Livingston could periodically be seen playing piano at the back of various bars in certain sections of New York City. The producers of this particular Jazz Oracle collection deserve highest praise for illuminating selected portions of this man's underappreciated legacy. ~ arwulf arwulf
Product Details
Release Date: | 09/22/2009 |
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Label: | Jazz Oracle |
UPC: | 0620588806025 |
Rank: | 179768 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Fud Livingston Primary Artist,Piano,Violin,Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)Devonshire Restaurant Dance Band Primary Artist
Bob Zurke & His Delta Rhythm Band Primary Artist
Lily Pons Primary Artist,Violin
Leonard Hayton's Blue Four Primary Artist
Mendello's Dance Orchestra Primary Artist
Fred Elizalde & His Music Primary Artist
The Charleston Chasers Primary Artist
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra Primary Artist
Ben Pollack & His Orchestra Primary Artist
Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra Primary Artist
All Star Orchestra Primary Artist
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers Primary Artist
Miff Mole & His Little Molers Primary Artist
Max Sturgis Reeds
Chuck Dale Sax (Baritone)
Jack Hull Banjo
Roy Covert Violin
Mike Pingitore Banjo
Ted Schilling Trumpet
Harold Peppie Trumpet
Mario Lorenzi Harp
Len Lees Violin
Hannah Williams Violin
Bobby Van Eps Piano
Slim Taft String Bass
Al Armer Bowed Bass
Lou Raderman Violin
Kurt Dieterle Violin
Jack Stacey Sax (Alto)
Del Staigers Trumpet
Frank Guarente Trumpet
Tommy Gott Trumpet
Dudley Fosdick Mellophonium
Ronnie Gubertini Drums
Charles Strickfaden Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Sid Stoneburn Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Milt Rettenberg Piano
Fred Elizalde Director
Nat Natoli Trumpet
Don Murray Baritone,Clarinet,Sax (Baritone)
Wayne Allen Piano
Nobby Knight Trumpet
Jack Trebble Drums
Bert Firman Violin,Director
Arthur Lally Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Vincent Grande Trombone
Jack Simmons Banjo
Joe Yukl Trombone
Felix Giobbe String Bass
Larry Binyon Sax (Tenor)
John Firman Piano
Al Baker Violin
Billy Thorpe Guitar
Harry Greenberg Cornet
Barney Sorkin Reeds
Ross Dugat Trombone
Arnold Brilhart Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra Orchestra
John Gassoway Sax (Tenor)
John Kurzenknabe Banjo
Chester Hazlett Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Clarinet (Bass)
Frank Coughlan Trombone
Andy Secrest Clarinet
Paul Whiteman Director
Bobby Davis Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Bob Zurke Piano,Director
Jimmy McPartland Trumpet
Chauncey Morehouse Drums,Vibraphone
Stan King Drums
Carl Kress Banjo,Guitar
Roc Hillman Guitar
Matty Malneck Violin
Bobby Byrne Trombone
Ray McKinley Drums
Red Nichols Trumpet
Miff Mole Trombone
Fuzzy Farrar Trumpet
Arthur Rollini Sax (Tenor)
Noni Bernardi Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Harry Goodman Bowed Bass
Tommy Dorsey Trombone
Harold "Scrappy" Lambert Violin
Arthur Schutt Piano
Victor Young Violin
Leo McConville Trumpet
Herb Winfield Trombone
Earl Baker Cornet
Tiny Stock String Bass
Harry Goldfield Trumpet
Don Mattison Trombone
Mike Trafficante Bowed Bass
Max Farley Oboe,Flute,Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Jack Hansen Bowed Bass
Norman Payne Trumpet
Phil Cardew Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Artie Foster Trombone
Billy Bell Bowed Bass
Chick Reeves Guitar
Bill Barton Reeds
Bing Crosby Violin
Bix Beiderbecke Clarinet
Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt Sax (Tenor)
Jack Fulton Trombone
Toots Camarata Trumpet
Ben Pollack Drums,Vocals
Eddie Lang Guitar
Benjamin Frankel Violin
Dorothy Williams Violin
Nuncio "Toots" Mondello Trumpet
Frank Signorelli Piano
Benny Goodman Flute,Clarinet
Frankie Trumbauer Sax,Director
Vic Berton Drums
Joe Venuti Violin
Billy Mason Piano
Lennie Hayton Piano,Celeste
Dick McDonough Guitar
Jimmy Dorsey Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Pee Wee Russell Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Ray Lodwig Trumpet
Nathaniel Shilkret Director
Mischa Russell Violin
Roy Bargy Piano
Bill Rank Trombone
Sterling Bose Trumpet
Jack Kaufman Violin
George Thow Trumpet
Billy Pritchard Trombone
Chelsea Quealey Trumpet
Adrian Rollini Sax (Bass)
Al Harris Cornet
Al Bowlly Guitar
Joe Tarto Bowed Bass
George Hurley Violin
George Marsh Drums
Gil Rodin Reeds,Sax (Alto)
Glenn Miller Trombone
Technical Credits
Jutta Thiel Graphic DesignTim Fitak Original Recordings
Ross Wilby Original Recordings
Ate Van Delden Original Recordings
Colin Bray Producer
Brad Kay Liner Notes,Original Recordings
Jim Prohaska Original Recordings
John Techlenburg Cover Photo
Hans Eekhoff Original Recordings,Transfers,Remastering
Fud Livingston Arranger,Composer
Erdman Composer
Owen Murphy Composer
John Wilby Producer
Jack King Art Direction
Jack Yellen Composer
Frankie Trumbauer Arranger
Fred Rose Composer
Farrar Composer
Walter Hirsch Composer
Venuti Composer
Milton Ager Composer
Al Jolson Composer
Gus Kahn Composer
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