Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - The Best of "Smack" Henderson
FLETCHER HENDERSON
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SMACK’S BEST
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
1926-1934
(00:00) The Stampede 1926
solos: Fletcher Henderson (p), Rex Stewart (cn), Fletcher Henderson (p), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Joe Smith (tp), Rex Stewart (cn)
(03:15) St. Louis Shuffle 1927
arr.: Don Redman / solos: Coleman Hawkins (ts), Jimmy Harrison (tb), Tommy Ladnier (cn), Charlie Dixon (bj), Buster Bailey (cl)
(06:04) D Natural Blues 1928
arr.: Bill Challis / solos: Bobby Stark (tp), Jimmy Harrison (tb)
(09:36) Freeze And Melt 1929
arr.: Benny Carter / solos: Coleman Hawkins (ts), Rex Stewart (cn), Jimmy Harrison (tb), Harvey Boone (cl), Rex Stewart (cn)
(12:43) Raisin' The Roof 1929
arr.: Benny Carter / solos: Rex Stewart (cn), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Buster Bailey (cl), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Harvey Boone (as)
(15:25) Somebody Loves Me 1930
arr.: Benny Carter / solos: Bobby Stark (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Jimmy Harrison & unk. quartet (voc)
(18:31) Sweet And Hot 1931
arr.: Benny Carter / solos: Bobby Stark (tp), Claude Jones (tb), Jimmy Harrison (voc) Rex Stewart (cn), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Claude Jones (tb)
(22:00) Hot And Anxious 1931
arr.: Horace Henderson / solos:: Coleman Hawkins (cl), Clarence Holiday (g)
(25:23) Comin' And Goin' 1931
arr.: Benny Carter / solos: Benny Morton (tb), Bobby Stark (tp), Russell Procope (as), Benny Morton (tb), Bobby Stark (tp), Morton (tb), Horace Henderson (p)
(28:35) I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby 1931
solos: Bobby Stark (tp), Claude Jones (tb), unknown (voc), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Russell Procope (cl)
(31:48) Just Blues 1931
arr.: Fletcher Henderson / solos: Claude Jones (tb), Bobby Stark (tp), Rex Stewart (cn), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Bobby Stark (tp), Benny Morton (tb)
(35:00) Sugar Foot Stomp 1931
arr.: Fletcher Henderson / solos: Claude Jones (tb), Rex Stewart (cn), Fletcher Henderson (p), Benny Morton (tb), Coleman Hawkins (ts)
(38:07) Singin' the Blues 1931
arr.: Bill Challis / solos: Rex Stewart (cn), Russell Procope (cl)
(41:23) The House Of David Blues 1931
solos: Coleman Hawkins (ts), Bobby Stark (tp), Edgar Sampson (vn), Benny Morton (tb)
(44:36) Strangers 1932
solos: Coleman Hawkins (ts), John Dickens (voc), Rex Stewart (cn)
(47:50) Blue Moments (Henderson) - March 11, 1932
arr.: Fletcher Henderson / solos: Rex Stewart (cn), Coleman Hawkins (ts)
(50:27) Honeysuckle Rose 1932
arr.: Fletcher Henderson / solos: J. C. Higginbotham (tb), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Bobby Stark (tp), Fletcher Henderson (p)
(53:42) King Porter Stomp 1933
arr.: Fletcher Henderson / solos: Bobby Stark (tp), Russell Procope (cl), Dickiy Wells (tb), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Red Allen (tp)
(56:41) It's the Talk of the Town 1933
arr.: Fletcher Henderson / solos: Hilton Jefferson (cl), Red Allen (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts)
(1:00:15) Queer Notions 1933
arr.: Horace Henderson / solos: Coleman Hawkins (ts), Red Allen (tp)
(1:03:06) Hocus Pocus 1934
arr.: Will Hudson / solos: Buster Bailey (cl), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Red Allen (tp)
(1:06:23) Big John's Special 1934
arr.: Horace Henderson / solos: Irving Randolph (tp), Hilton Jefferson (as), Horace Henderson (p)
(1:09:14) Down South Camp Meetin' 1934
arr.: Fletcher Henderson / solos: Red Allen (tb), Hilton Jefferson (as),
(1:12:13) Wrappin' It Up 1934
arr.: Fletcher Henderson / solos: Hilton Jefferson (as), Red Allen (tp), Buster Bailey (cl)
(1:14:56) Rug Cutter's Swing 1934
arr.: Horace Henderson / solos: Red Allen (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Claude Jones (tb), Ben Webster (ts), Keg Johnson (tb), Red Allen (tp)
Fletcher Henderson’s orchestra, discographically active since 1921, was the seminal influence on the birth of Big Band Swing Style. This collection covers the most creative period of his career ranging from the middle Twenties, when he was often refferred to as the “black Paul Whiteman” to 1934 when he disbanded and joined the Benny Goodman organization, becoming chief arranger of the “King of Swing”’s band.
Listening to these masterworks in chronological sequence tells the story the birth of swing, really.
Besides great arrangements by himself and other top names like his brother Horace and Benny Carter, we have a chance to hear some of the greatest soloists of the period: trumpeters Rex Stewart and the nearly forgotten Bobby Stark, trombonists Jimmy Harrison, Benny Morton and Dicky Wells, clarinetist Buster Bailey and, above all, the one and only saxophonist Coleman Hawkins.