Chubby Jackson
Today I love to point you to a great Japanese Audio-Park release, titled Early Be-Bop Scene 1944-1949. (APCD-6101). Subtitled: Dedicated to Chubby Jackson. Today the first part, dedicated to Chubby Jackson - later the second part dedicated to Serge Chaloff.
With the Early Be-Bop Scene CD the Japanese Audio Park label started a new series. This CD is dedicated, as the cover suggests, to Chubby Jackson, the double-bass player who died October 2003 eighty-five years old. In fact, this flag doesn’t covers the cargo completely, because on half of the tracks Chubby Jackson isn’t present.
This production is dedicated to two, now almost forgotten, early be-bop musicians, viz. Chubby Jackson and Serge Chaloff. Both do have their membership of Woody Herman’s band in common. Chubby Jackson, called the rhythmic soul of the band, started his professional musical career in 1942 in the Charlie Barnett Orchestra and changed to Herman’s “First Herd” band a year later. He stayed with that band until Woody reformed his band in 1947. The Woody Herman band was famous for the force and originality of its music. Some musicians in that band, like Neal Hefti, Ralph Burns, Flip Philips and Bill Harris are to be found on the first recordings Chubby Jackson made as the leader of a sextet and they were not only musical associates, but also close friends. This is to be heard in these early rare sextet recordings on this CD. Chubby was also very active as a composer and the first half of this album contains six of his own compositions like Gotcha’ Covered and Northwest Passage, which he wrote in cooperation with the piano player Ralph Burns. Although these be-bop tunes were recorded sixty year ago they sound new and fresh to me as if they were made yesterday; it gratifies the senses. When Woody Herman reorganised his "First Herd" band in 1947 Chubby Jackson made a tour with his group to Scandinavia and brought the first be-bop to Europe with a sextet that included Conte Candoli, Terry Gibbs, Frankie Socolow, Lou Levy and Denzil “Da Costa” Best.
f.l.t.r.: Bill Harris - Denzil da Costa Best - Flip Philips - Billy Bayer - Lennie Tristano and Chubby Jackson (New York City 1947)
This Audio Park CD ends its first half with two tracks of this Fifth Dimensional Jazz Group, he recorded for Cupol in Stockholm (Sweden) January 1948. Chubby remembered, how interested and enthusiast the Swedish audience was to hear the “new” music. “The old be-bop professor” as he calls himself at a program for the Swedish radio said: Such interest in bebop I have never seen in America. They face it exactly for what it is – a new phase of jazz. As far as I know the two Swedish tracks on this CD are the only ones that have been issued before on a Dragon Bebop Enters Sweden 1947-49 CD.
The second half of the Early Be-Bop Scene 1944-1949 CD contains tracks with Serge Chaloff. I will make a contribution about that later.
If you are anxious to learn how to order this Audio-Park CD, please contact me: keepswinging@live.nl
AT RANDOM:
Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio Theme) - RON CARTER Trio: Ron Carter bass, Mulgrew Miller piano, Russell Malone guitar. Recorded at the Avatar Studio in New York City on the 20th of July 2002 for Blue Note.
Time exposure for the 14th of January:
1928:
- what do you say? / singapore sorrows = california ramblers
- i just roll along / in the sing-song sycamore tree = sam lanin o
- i just roll along = master melody makers
1958:
- delirium = howard land quintet
Hans Koert
keepswinging@live.nl
PLAYLIST
ron carter/golden striker = clifford brown/on emarcy - record 7 = lee morgan/the gigolo = clifford brown/jazz immortal = chet baker/white blues = fifty six/have it ready-live in ekenstein = thelonious monk/monk's music = fletcher henderson/the harmony and vocalion sessions volume 1 1925-1926 = early be-bop scene/dedicated to chubby jackson-serge chaloff = jimmy lunceford/strictly lunceford-jazznocrazy
Retrospect
Kid Punch Miller
Nederlands ( To the English translation )
Vandaag wil ik een schitterende CD uitgave belichten uitgegeven door het Japanse Audio-Park, getiteld Early Be-Bop Scene 1944-1949. (APCD-6101). De ondertitel luidt: Dedicated to Chubby Jackson. (= Gewijd aan Chubby Jackson). Vandaag het eerste deel over Chubby Jackson - later het tweede dat vooral over baritonsaxofonist Serge Chaloff gaat.
Met deze Early Be-Bop Scene CD startte het Japanese Audio-Park label een aantal jaren geleden een nieuwe serie. Deze CD Early Be-Bop Scene 1944-1949 is, zoals de hoes aangeeft, gewijd aan Chubby Jackson, de bassist, die in oktober 2003 op 85-jarige leeftijd overleed. Eigenlijk dekt de vlag de lading niet helemaal, omdat op de helft van de nummers Chubby Jackson niet meespeelt.
Deze productie is gewijd aan twee, nu bijna vergeten, vroege be-bop musici, namelijk Chubby Jackson en Serge Chaloff; beiden speelden in de band van Woody Herman.
Chubby Jackson begon zijn professionele carriere in 1942 in het orkest van Charlie Barnett en stapte een jaar later over naar de “First Herd” band. Daar bleef hij totdat Woody zijn band in 1947 hervormde. De Woody Herman band was beroemd om zijn power en originaliteit. Sommige musici uit die band, zoals Neal Hefti, Ralph Burns, Flip Philips en Bill Harris zijn terug te vinden op de eerste opnamen van Chubby Jackson als leider van zijn sextet. Ze waren niet alleen collega's maar ook goede vrienden. Je kunt dit horen in de zeldzame sextet opnamen op deze CD. Chubby was ook een actieve componist en als je de eerste helft van deze plaat bekijkt vind je er zes eigen composities, zoals Gotcha’ Covered and Northwest Passage, dat hij schreef samen met pianist Ralph Burns. Hoewel deze be-bop zo'n zestig jaar geleden opgenomen werden, klinken ze nog steeds nieuw en fris alsof ze gisteren op de plaat vastgelegd werden - een lust voor het oor. Op het moment dat Woody Herman zijn “First Herd” band reorganiseerde ( in 1947 ) maakte Chubby Jackson een tournee met zijn groep door Scandinavië en brachten zo voor het eerst de nieuwe muziek, de bebop, naar Europa met een sextet waarin we Conte Candoli, Terry Gibbs, Frankie Socolow, Lou Levy en Denzil “Da Costa” Best tegenkomen.
Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio Theme) - RON CARTER Trio: Ron Carter bas, Mulgrew Miller piano, Russell Malone gitaar. Opgenomen in de Avatar Studio in New York City op 20 juli 2002 voor Blue Note.
- what do you say? / singapore sorrows = california ramblers
- i just roll along / in the sing-song sycamore tree = sam lanin o
- i just roll along = master melody makers
1958:
- delirium = howard land quintet
SPEELLIJST
ron carter/golden striker = clifford brown/on emarcy - record 7 = lee morgan/the gigolo = clifford brown/jazz immortal = chet baker/white blues = fifty six/have it ready-live in ekenstein = thelonious monk/monk's music = fletcher henderson/the harmony and vocalion sessions volume 1 1925-1926 = early be-bop scene/dedicated to chubby jackson-serge chaloff = jimmy lunceford/strictly lunceford-jazznocrazy
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