Eddie Condon & Bud Freeman: The Commodore Years (Atlantic, enr. 1938-1939; publ. 1973)

Atlantic SD 2-309 (1973)

Face A: 

Eddie Condon and his Windy City Seven

Bobby Hackett (cornet), George Brunis (trombone), Pee Wee Russell (clarinette), Bud Freeman (saxo ténor), Jess Stacy (piano), Eddie Condon (guitare), Artie Shapiro (contrebasse), George Wettling (batterie). Brunswick Record Corp., New York, N.Y., 17 janvier 1938. 

1. Love is Just Around the Corner (Lewis Gensler & Leo Robin) 3:03
2. Jada (Robert Carleton) 2:40
3. Beat to the Socks (Milt Gabler) 2:49

Les mêmes; Jack Teagarden (trombone) remplace Brunis. Brunswick Record Corp., New York, N.Y., 30 avril 1938. 

4. Embraceable You (George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin) 4:05
5. Diane (Lew Pollack & Erno Rapee) 3:05
6. Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland (Leo Friedman & Beth Slater Whitson) 3:07

Face B: 

Bud Freeman and his Gang

Bobby Hackett (cornet), Pee Wee Russell (clarinette), Dave Matthews (saxo alto), Bud Freeman (saxo ténor), Jess Stacy (piano), Eddie Condon (guitare), Artie Shapiro (contrebasse), Dave Tough (batterie sur 3 & 4), Marty Marsala (batterie sur 1 & 2). Brunswick Record Corp., New York, N.Y., 12 juillet 1938. 

1. Life Spears a Jitterbug (Alexander King) 2:52
2. What's the Use? (Isham Jones & Charles Newman) 3:18
3. Tappin' the Commodore Till (Milt Gabler) 3:18
4. Memories of You (Eubie Blake & Andy Razaf) 3:18

Eddie Condon and his Band

Bobby Hackett (trompette), Vernon Brown (trombone), Pee Wee Russell (clarinette), Bud Freeman (saxo ténor), Joe Bushkin (piano), Eddie Condon (guitare), Artie Shapiro (contrebasse), Lionel Hampton (batterie). Brunswick Record Corp., New York, N.Y., 12 novembre 1938. 

5. California, Here I Come (Al Jolson, B. G. DeSylva & Joseph Meyer) 3:02
6. Sunday (Chester Conn, Jules Styne, Bernie Krueger & Ned Miller) 3:10

Face C: 

The Bud Freeman Trio

Bud Freeman (saxo ténor), Jess Stacy (piano), George Wettling (batterie). Brunswick Record Corp., New York, N.Y., 17 janvier 1938. 

1. You Took Advantage of Me (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart) 2:53
2. Three's No Crowd (Bud Freeman) 1:58
3. I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin) 2:51

Les mêmes. Brunswick Record Corp., New York, N.Y., 13 avril 1938. 

4. Keep Smiling at Trouble (Al Jolson, Lewis Gensler & B. G. DeSylva) 2:52
5. At Sundown (Walter Donaldson) 2:58
6. My Honey's Lovin' Arms (Joseph Meyer & Herman Ruby) 3:03

Face D: 

Les mêmes. Decca Records, New York, N.Y., 30 novembre 1938. 

1. Three Little Words (Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby) 3:00
2. Swingin' Without Mezz (Fiji Anderson) 3:10
3. Blue Room (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart) 3:06
4. Exactly Like You (Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields) 2:47

Les mêmes; même session que C4-C6. 

5. I Don't Believe It (Bud Freeman & Milt Gabler) 3:01

The Jess Stacy/Bud Freeman Duo

Bud Freeman (saxo ténor), Jess Stacy (piano). Reeves Sound Studio, New York, N.Y., 13 juin 1939. 

6. (I Got a Woman Crazy for Me) She's Funny That Way (Richard A. Whiting & Neil Moret) 3:43

Design de l'album: Loring Eutemey
Produit par Milt Gabler, Commodore Records, avec l'assistance de Bernie Hanighen pour la session du 30 novembre 1938 chez Decca Records
Notes de pochette: Herb Shultz

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