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| NOVEMBER 19, 1940
Tuesday |
“THE MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM” |
| Martin Block Show, WNEW Radio, NYC |
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12-BAR BLUES |
Key of |
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G |
Quarter Note = |
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172 |
Time: |
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3:40 |
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2-Bar Intro + 13 CHORUSES (Incomplete): |
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• |
2 chor –
muted trumpet |
(over CC
& ens theme riffs) |
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♪ |
2 chor – CC |
(over ens riffs) |
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• |
2 chor – muted trumpet |
(over CC
& ens riffs) |
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• |
1 chor – CC
& ensemble |
(theme riffs) |
[ last two bars are missing ] |
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Benny Goodman and his Sextet |
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| Composed by: |
Charlie Christian - Count Basie |
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C&A:
A couple of weeks after their long recording session at Columbia that
included several takes of this tune, Count Basie is still/once again with
the sextet on this radio studio broadcast on Martin Block’s “Make Believe
Ballroom.” Earlier that same day of the 19th of November, Basie had recorded
with his own band (including Lester Young on his last date with the Count
for a few years) for Columbia.
This is a particularly swinging session for the sextet. Wholly Cats is taken
at a slower tempo than at the recording studio and it certainly suits
everyone. Charlie Christian clearly takes advantage of the driving rhythm
that has been laid down.
Before the climactic last four bars of his solo, Charles plays a beautiful
sequence at mm 7-8 that is both bluesy and melodic. If compelled to choose,
this would be the choice as the best of the Wholly Cats solos with the sextet. |
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[ LP ] |
Festival |
ALB 377 |
(side D, track 1) |
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Jazz Anthology |
JA 5181 |
(side B, track 1) |
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Jazz Archives |
JA-23 |
(side B, track 1) |
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[ CD ] |
Archives of Jazz |
380123 2 |
(track 9) |
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Archives of Jazz |
389123 2 |
(track 9) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11177 |
(disc 3, track 9) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11386 |
(track 10) |
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Frémeaux |
FA 218 |
(disc 2, track 2) |
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Galaxy |
389944 2 |
(track 9) |
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Jazz Classics |
JZCL-5005 |
(disc 1, track 18) |
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JSP |
JSP909 |
(disc 3, track 9) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 67 |
(track 10) |
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Music Memoria |
87998 2 |
(disc 2, track 7) |
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Phoenix |
131606 |
(track 10) |
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Stardust |
CLP 1150-2 |
(track 9) |
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Vintage Jazz Classics |
VJC-1021-2 |
(track 18) |
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