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Track Listing
1. Your Socks Don't Match - (with Louis Jordan)
2. My Baby Said Yes - (with Louis Jordan)
3. Basin Street Blues - (with Connee Boswell)
4. Yes, Indeed! - (with Connee Boswell)
5. Someday, Sweetheart - (with Joe Sullivan/Bobby Sherwood)
6. Moonburn - (with Joe Sullivan/Bobby Sherwood)
7. Pennies From Heaven - (with Louis Armstrong/Jimmy Dorsey)
8. Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid, The - (with Jack Teagarden)
9. Birth of the Blues, The - (with Jack Teagarden)
10. Blue (And Broken Hearted) - (with Eddie Condon)
11. After You've Gone (Alternate Version) - (with Eddie Condon)
12. After You've Gone - (with Eddie Condon)
13. Personality - (with Eddie Condon)
14. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - (with Lionel Hampton)
15. On the Sunny Side of the Street - (with Lionel Hampton)
16. I Still Suits Me - (with Lee Wiley)
17. I Ain't Got Nobody - (with Woody Herman)
18. Deep in the Heart of Texas (With Woody Herman)
19. When My Dreamboat Comes Home - (with Bob Crosby)
20. Gone Fishin' - (with Louis Armstrong)
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Bing Crosby (vocals); Lionel Hampton (vocals, piano, vibraphone); Connie Boswell (vocals); Lee Wiley, John Scott Trotter Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong.
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five: Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone); Stafford Simon (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Eddie Roan (trumpet); Arnold Thomas (piano); Dallas Bartley (bass); Walter Martin (drums).
Bob Crosby's Bobcats: Bob Crosby (leader); Eddie Miller (tenor saxophone); Hank D'Amico, Matty Matlock (clarinet); Max Herman, Yank Lawson (trumpet); Muggsy Spanier (cornet); Jess Stacy (piano); Nappy Lamare (guitar); Bob Haggart (bass); Ray Bladuc (drums).
Eddie Condon & His Orchestra includes: Eddie Condon (guitar); Bud Freeman (tenor saxophone); Joe Dixon (clarinet); Wild Bill Davison (cornet); Brad Gowans (trombone); Bob Haggart (bass); George Wettling (drums).
Woody Herman's Woodchoppers: Woody Herman (clarinet); Cappy Lewis (trumpet); Neil Reid (trombone); Tommy Linehan (piano); Hy White (guitar); Walter Yoder (bass); Frank Carlson (drums).
Recorded between 1937 & 1951. Includes liner notes by Richard M. Sudhalter.
This is one of the hidden classics in Bing Crosby's discography, and it puts to shame anyone who ever called Crosby a square. BING CROSBY & SOME JAZZ FRIENDS collects work the great vocalist did in the 1930s with such legendary musicians as Louis Jordan, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, and Louis Armstrong. Of course, Crosby was developing his own legend at the time, and his beautifully hued baritone and lightly swinging performances show why. Moreover, these tracks contain lots of playful dialogue, with Crosby giving as good as he gets, and creating a fully formed and very likeable portrait of the artist as a young man.
Industry Reviews
4.5 Stars - Very Good Plus - ..There's superb melodic invention, quick humor, crooned lines, and many felicities, such as the long, curved notes with concluding grace notes that make I Ain't Got Nobody a near masterpiece..
Down Beat (08/01/1992)
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