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Tidal Wave
While Fletcher Henderson made the bulk of his important recordings for Columbia, gathered on A Study in Frustration, he also recorded some significant music for the Decca label, recording as both the Connie's Inn Orchestra and under his own name. There are two sessions from 1931 and three from 1934,and they all show Henderson's group as the prototype of the big swing bands. The eight tracks from 1931 are particularly interesting for their demonstration of the Henderson band's increasing ability to actually "swing," largely through the playing of drummer Walter Johnson and John Kirby's remarkably fluid tuba work. The band includes trumpeter Rex Stewart and tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, whose dominant presence is apparent in the solo on "House of David Blues." There are 12 tracks from 1934 and there's increasing sophistication in the arrangements by Benny Carter, Henderson, and his brother Horace. Horace's aggressive arrangement of Fletcher's "Hotter than Hell" is the highlight, but there's always plenty of spirit from the band, which includes trumpeter Red Allen, clarinetist Buster Bailey, and a young Ben Webster striving to fill Hawkins's absence. --Stuart Broomer
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Tracks| 1 | I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me) - Fletcher Henderson, Hill, Alex [1] | | 2 | Sugar Foot Stomp - Fletcher Henderson, Armstrong, Louis | | 3 | Just Blues - Fletcher Henderson, Henderson, Fletcher | | 4 | Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) - Fletcher Henderson, Lewis, Sam M. | | 5 | Low Down on the Bayou - Fletcher Henderson, Leslie, Nat | | 6 | The House of David Blues - Fletcher Henderson, Schoebel, Elmer | | 7 | Radio Rhythm - Fletcher Henderson, Palmer, Jack | | 8 | You Rascal You - Fletcher Henderson, Theard, Sam | | 9 | Limehouse Blues - Fletcher Henderson, Furber, Douglas | | 10 | Shanghai Shuffle - Fletcher Henderson, Rodemich, Gene | | 11 | Big John's Special - Fletcher Henderson, Henderson, Horace | | 12 | Happy as the Day Is Long - Fletcher Henderson, Koehler, Ted | | 13 | Tidal Wave - Fletcher Henderson, Morgan, Russ | | 14 | Down South Camp Meeting - Fletcher Henderson, Henderson, Fletcher | | 15 | Wrappin' It Up - Fletcher Henderson, Henderson, Fletcher | | 16 | Memphis Blues - Fletcher Henderson, Handy, W.C. | | 17 | Memphis Blues - Fletcher Henderson, Handy, W.C. | | 18 | Wild Party - Fletcher Henderson, Hudson, Will | | 19 | Rug Cutter's Swing - Fletcher Henderson, Henderson, Horace | | 20 | Hotter Than 'Ell - Fletcher Henderson, Henderson, Fletcher | | 21 | Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) - Fletcher Henderson, Gershwin, George |
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