Artist: Buster Bailey
Album: 1925-1940
Genre: Big Band, Swing
Label: Classics
Released: 1996
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Papa De Da Da (2:55)
- Squeeze Me (2:58)
- Call of the Delta (3:14)
- Shanghai Shuffle (2:51)
- The Bed Song (2:56)
- So You Won't Sing (2:35)
- Afternoon in Africa (2:58)
- Dizzy Debutante (2:45)
- Planter's Punch (2:55)
- Sloe Jam Fizz (2:26)
- Chained to a Dream (2:45)
- Light Up (2:48)
- Man with a Horn Goes Berserk (2:29)
- Should I (2:43)
- The Blue Room (2:51)
- April in Paris (3:13)
- Am I Blue (3:09)
- Seems Like a Month of Sundays (Since I Saw You Saturday Night) (3:17)
- The Fable of the Rose (3:03)
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (3:13)
- Eccentric Rag (2:50)
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Other than four titles from 1959 and an obscure 1958 LP, all of clarinetist Buster Bailey's recordings as a leader are on this definitive CD from the European Classics label. Bailey -- a virtuoso whose occasional display of a wild sense of humor (best heard on "Man With a Horn Goes Berserk") was always a surprise when one considered his cool and subtle tone -- starts off the reissue with two rare (and scratchy) performances from 1925. Otherwise, he heads an all-star group filled with fellow Fletcher Henderson sidemen in 1934, backs singer Jerry Kruger, and heads several overlapping combos mostly consisting of members of John Kirby's Sextet; Kirby's influence is strongly felt throughout the later selections. Highlights overall include "Shanghai Shuffle," "Dizzy Debutante," "The Blue Room," and "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie." Highly recommended.
Review by Scott Yanow