Description
Release Date: 2015
Label: JSP Records
Track List
Disc 1
1. It Should Be You
2. Biffly Blues
3. Feeling Drowsy
4. Swing Out
5. Make A Country Bird Fly Wild
6. Funny Feathers Blues
7. How Do They Do It That Way?
8. Pleasin Paul
9. Blood Hound Blues
10. Dirty T B Blues
11. Moaning The Blues
12. Telephoning The Blues
13. Heart Breakin Blues
14. Leavin You Baby
15. Sugar Hill Function
16. You Might Get Better But You ll Never Get Well
17. Everybody Shout
18. Dancing Dave
19. Roamin
20. Singing Pretty Songs
21. Patrol Waggon Blues
22. I Fell In Love With You
Disc 2
1. It Should Be You
2. Biffly Blues
3. Feeling Drowsy
4. Swing Out
5. Make A Country Bird Fly Wild
6. Funny Feathers Blues
7. How Do They Do It That Way?
8. Pleasin Paul
9. Day Breakin Blues
10. Heart Breakin Blues
11. Leavin You Baby
12. Longing For Home
13. It Should Be You
14. Feeling Drowsy
15. Swing Out
16. Singing Pretty Songs
17. I Fell In Love With You
18. I Got Rhythm
19. Saratoga Drag
20. Ease On Down (aka Case On Down)
21. Honey That Reminds Me
Notes
This set is a dream reissue for collectors – the whole of the Henry Allen New York Orchestra’s recordings made for Victor between 1929 and 1930, as well as sessions where the Allen band supported singers Victoria and ‘Sweet Peas’ Spivey. Also included are four titles by the Luis Russell Orchestra, comprising largely the same musicians. The sidemen featured here were handpicked by Allen and Russell and are generally regarded as among the finest of their era. Long before Ellington and Basie, this is where swing really started.
