He starred on Eddie Condon's memorable 1933 recording "The Eel." After stints with Joe Haymes and Ray Noble, Freeman was a star with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra and Clambake Seven (1936-1938) before having a short unhappy stint with Benny Goodman (1938). Freeman moved to New York later that year and worked with Red Nichols' Five Pennies, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Ben Pollack, Joe Venuti, Gene Kardos, and others. It took him time to develop his playing, which was still pretty primitive in 1927 when he made his recording debut with the McKenzie-Condon Chicagoans. Freeman, one of the top tenors of the 1930s, was also one of the few saxophonists (along with the slightly later Eddie Miller) to be accepted in the Dixieland world, and his oddly angular but consistently swinging solos were an asset to a countless number of hot sessions.įreeman, excited (as were the other members of the Austin High School Gang in Chicago) by the music of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, took up the C-melody sax in 1923, switching to tenor two years later. "When Bud Freeman first matured, his was the only strong alternative approach on the tenor to the harder-toned style of Coleman Hawkins and he was an inspiration for Lester Young. Often a sideman on many of the recordings here, Freeman also recorded several sides under his own name (albeit they were few and far between). Enjoy! + + +Ģ2 - I Nearly Let Love Go Slipping Thru' My Fingers Band title of the set goes to Louis Armstrong and Buster Bailey for their Red Onion Jazz Babies. In addition to these, there are some really interesting and / or alternative tracks here from many of the artists familiar to listeners of this series. The set starts off with a couple of Chick Webb instrumentals, the last before Ella Fitzgerald joined the band. Prior to becoming an author, he used to serve in the United States Army. The Berigan / Bullock combination on Let Yourself Go is alone worth picking up the entire 3-cd set, in my opinion. Author Tata is also known by the names Anthony J.
All is well now, as Classics made up for the inclusion of those tracks (which I believe had come from a 1960s Berigan LP - so beware should you be record browsing and contemplate purchasing it). They were why I had bought the cd in the first place! Thanks to a fellow collector, I'm able to share this. I can't speak to the former, but the Bunny Berigan 1935-36 disc was issued with the unforgivable sin of deleting Chick Bullock's vocals. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Closing out the month with a bang! For all the excellent work that Classics did in compiling this great music, there were sometimes complaints about missing and erroneous tracks. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms.
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