Jimmie Lunceford was one of most prominent bandleaders of the swing heyday of the 1930s and early '40s

Jimmie Lunceford was one of most prominent bandleaders of the swing heyday of the 1930s and early '40s, his tight, highly professional band coming to prominence with a season at New York's Cotton Club, and establishing a reputation that saw it ranked alongside those of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Earl Hines. His style was highly individual, best-known for fine ensemble playing rather than virtuoso soloists, with trademark imaginative arrangements by the great Sy Oliver, trumpeter with the band for several years, and with his characteristic 'two-beat'rhythm, as well as an entertaining line in humorous lyrics and extrovert presentation. This great value 50-track 2-CD collection, which does not duplicate any tracks included on our existing Jimmie Lunceford products ('Jimmie Lunceford Jukebox Hits 1935-47' ACMCD4076, and 'Jazznocracy' ACRCD165), brings together recordings from his studio debut in 1930 with his first band The Chickasaw Syncopators, right through his career to include a track from his final session before his untimely sudden death in 1947. It's a thoroughly entertaining cross-section of the career of a bandleader who truly did know how to entertain.

Track Listing

• In Dat Morning
• Sweet Rhythm
• Breakfast Ball
• Swingin' Uptown
• Sophisticated Lady
• Miss Otis Regrets
• Star dust
• Black And Tan Fantasy
• Dream of You
• Solitude
• Rain
• Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down
• Jealous
• Shake Your Head (From Side To Side)
• Runnin' Wild
• Four or Five Times
• Bird of Paradise
• Rhapsody Junior
• Avalon
• Hittin' The Bottle
• My Blue Heaven
• Muddy Water
• Annie Laurie
• Frisco Fog
• Pigeon Walk

• Margie
• Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
• Blue Blazes
• Sassin' The Boss
• Wham (Re-bop-boom-bam)
• Swingin' on C
• Monotony In Four Flats
• Minnie The Moocher Is Dead
• State and Tioga Stomp
• I Had a Premonition
• Blue Afterglow
• I'm a Heck of a Guy
• The Morning After
• Battle Axe
• I'm Walking Through Heaven with You
• Okay for Baby
• Hi Spook
• Yard Dog Mazurka
• Impromptu
• Keep Smilin, Keep Laughin, Be Happy
• Strictly Instrumental
• I'm Gonna See My Baby
• This Is My Confession To You
• I Need A Lift
• Water Faucet

Additional Details

Label: Fabulous

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 145 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 07/08/14

UPC: 824046204228