Artist: Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Album: 1939
Genre: Big Band, Swing
Label: Classics
Released: 2000
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Thanks for Everything (3:05)
- The Umbrella Man (3:03)
- They Say (3:07)
- Deep in a Dream (2:52)
- Les Filles de Cadix (The Girls from Cadiz) (2:27)
- Il Bacio (2:25)
- Begin the Beguine (2:57)
- Woodchopper's Ball (3:17)
- Big Wig in the Wigwam (2:41)
- Dallas Blues (3:00)
- Blues Downstairs (2:50)
- Blues Upstairs (3:10)
- Paleface (2:45)
- The Sheik of Araby (2:41)
- Casbah Blues (3:09)
- Farewell Blues (3:03)
- East Side Kick (3:17)
- Midnight Echoes (2:47)
- Jumpin' Blues (3:09)
- Big Morning (2:46)
- Love with a Capital "You" (2:59)
- Still the Bluebird Sings (3:20)
- Love Me (2:57)
- Rosetta (3:13)
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Woody Herman had a breakthrough during the period of time covered by Classics' third Herman CD. The Apr. 12, 1939, session yielded "Woodchopper's Ball," Herman's first hit, and it also featured "Dallas Blues," "Blues Downstairs," and "Blues Upstairs." From then on, Herman's first group would be known as "The Band That Plays the Blues." Other highlights of this enjoyable CD include four titles featuring singer Connie Boswell, the Andrews Sisters guesting on "Begin the Beguine," some vocals by Mary Ann McCall, and the tracks "The Sheik of Araby" and "Farewell Blues." Despite the lack of any major soloists (beyond the leader), things were definitely looking up by August 1939 for Herman.
Review by Scott Yanow