These two live "Jubilee" radio shows were made in 1943 specifically to entertain the U.S. military during World War II, and have never before been released on CD. The first show features Louis Armstrong and his big band, plus the Red Callender Trio; the second show features the Count Basie Big Band and the Art Tatum Trio. The repertoire on this 19-track CD consists mainly of the greatest popular swing and trad-jazz hits of these two top big bands. The Count Basie Band features four great stars: Harry "Sweets" Edison and Snooky Young on trumpet, Don Byas on tenor sax, and Jimmy Rushing on vocals. One of the high points of the entire CD is Art Tatum's rendition of "Exactly Like You". These Jubilee shows give today's listener a valuable sampling of the swing-oriented black entertainment world of the mid-1940s. After decades of having these performances only available in piecemeal fashion, usually on bootleg LP's with inferior sound, it is a joy to have the opportunity to hear this timeless music as if it were being broadcast on the radio today.
Louis Armstrong Ochestra, Count Basie Orchestra, Art TatumCHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ORCHESTRA Louis Armstrong, trumpet & vocal; Shelton Hemphill, Frank Galbreath, Bernard Flood, trumpets; George Washington, trombone; Henderson Chambers, James Whitney, trombones; Rupert Cole, Joe Hayman, alto saxes; Joe Garland, Prince Robinson, tenor sax; Luis Russell, piano; Lawrence Lucie, guitar; Ted Sturgis, string bass; Henry "Chick" Morrison, drums; Sonny Woods, Teresa Harris, vocals.CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)RED CALLENDER TRIO Emanuel "Duke" Brooks, piano; Louis Gonzales, guitar; George "Red" Callender, string bass COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Eugene "Snooky" Young, trumpets; Dicky Wells, Robert "Buster" Scott, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor, trombones; Earle Warren, Jimmy Powell, alto sax; Buddy Tate, Don Byas, tenor saxes; Jack Washington, baritone sax; Count Basie, piano; Freddie Greene, guitar; Walter Page, string bass; Jo Jones, drums; Ida James, Jimmy Rushing, vocals
Introduction
Trumpet Adlib
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Tea for Two
Comedy Skit
Ain’t That Just Like a Man?
The Peanut Vendor
You’re Everything I Love
Lazy River
Sign Off
Introduction/One O’Clock Jump
Air Mail Special
After You’ve Gone
Sweet Lorraine
St. Louis Blues
Cabin in the Sky
Exactly Like You
I Won’t Say I Will
Swing Shift
Sign Off/One O’Clock Jump