Track Listings (26) - Disc #1| All Artists: Fud Livingston Title: Fud Livingston Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Jazz Oracle Original Release Date: 1/1/2009 Re-Release Date: 9/22/2009 Genres: Jazz, Pop Style: Traditional Jazz & Ragtime Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 620588806025 |
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This CD begins with a 1924 test pressing of Red Hot. Clarinetist Fud Livingston played with Ben Pollack and His Californians on this recording, a group that included Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Gil Rodin and Earl Baker. F... more » |
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Product Description This CD begins with a 1924 test pressing of Red Hot. Clarinetist Fud Livingston played with Ben Pollack and His Californians on this recording, a group that included Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Gil Rodin and Earl Baker. Fud's style caught the attention of Nat Shilkret who ran the popular music department at Victor and brought Fud to New York. Livingston's talent, charm and capacity for drink won him instant acceptance from Red Nichols, Miff Mole, Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbauer, Joe Venuti and their associates. Included are three collaborations with Max Farley under the name All Star Orchestra. A special feature of this collection is all six titles by 'Mendello And His Five Gee Gees'. These are among the least known Fud Livingston records. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsHE SIGNPOSTED A NEW DIRECTION IN JAZZ Barry McCanna | Normandy, France | 10/19/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "Ben Pollack & his Californians: Red Hot; `Deed I Do; He's the Last Word; Charleston Chaser: Feelin' No Pain; Miff Mole & his Little Molers: Imagination; Frankie Trumbauer: Humpty Dumpty; Devonshire Restaurant DB: Sax Appeal; All Star Orch: Alexander's Ragtime Band; Oh, Baby!; Add a Little Wiggle; Leonard Hayton's Blue Four: Old-Fashioned Girl; Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere; Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers: Doin' Things; Mendello's DO: Cool Papa; Sunday Afternoon; High Hattin' Hattie; Easy; Dixie Drag; Baby's Coming Back; Fred Elizalde & his Music: Singapore Sorrows; Nobody's Sweetheart; Paul Whiteman: Choo-Choo; Bing Crosby: I'm Thru With Love; Lily Pons: The Blues Danube; Bob Zurke & his Delta Rhythm Band: I've Found a New Baby; Fud Livingston: Moo 77:55
This is a handsome tribute to Joseph "Fud" Livingston, whose skills kept him in demand from the early 20s to the late 30s, and would have continued to do so but for his addictions. His clarinet playing was reedy and angular, and placed him alongside Frank Teschmacher and Pee Wee Russell, and his compositions and arrangements signposted a new direction in jazz. There is an abundance of good things here, including four unissued test pressings, the two 1929 Parlophone sides with Fred Elizalde, and all six of the Banner sides recorded by Mendello's DO. They include a couple of hot solos by Glenn Miller, but are not improved by the vocals. The juxtaposition of the stratospheric soprano singing of Lily Pons with the anarchic playing of the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra comes from the film soundtrack of "That Girl From Paris", and has to be heard to be believed. The compilation includes a 40-page illustrated booklet with full discography and a detailed account by Brad Kay of the chosen tracks as milestones in Livingston's career, and I cannot praise it too highly. " |
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