1925-40

Buster Bailey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 1996)
• Label: Jazz Chronological Classics
• ASIN: B000001NSY
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,373,400 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Papa De-Da-Da

2. Squeeze Me

3. Call of the Delta

4. Shanghai Shuffle

5. The Bed Song

6. So You Won't Sing

7. Afternoon in Africa

8. Dizzy Debutante

9. Planter's Punch

10. Slow Jam Fizz

11. Chained to a Dream

12. Light Up

13. Man With a Horn Goes Berserk

14. Should I?

15. The Blue Room

16. April in Paris

17. Am I Blue

18. Seems Like a Month of Sundays (Since I Saw You Saturday Night)

19. The Fable of the Rose

20. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buster Bailey 1925-1940, May 22, 2000

By 

John Berry (Pompano Beach, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1925-40 (Audio CD)

This compilation of Bailey's works is truly magnificient and features some exceptionally talented musicians.

Besides Bailey's "smooth as silk" clarinet, many selections feature the incredible bass of Mr. John Kirby, who graced the world of jazz until his premature death at age 44.

"Afternoon in Africa" is as graceful as a swan and features many, many solos, clearly showing the unselfish nature of the leader. Frankie Newton plays a superior trumpet, Don Frye tickles the

ivories so tenderly and O'Neill Spenser sits behind the drums. It is a wonderful classic in jazz circles and reason alone for this review to be rated 5 stars.

"Dizzy Debutante" is wonderfully lively and "Planter's Punch" features a top notch lineup including Charlie Shavers, Pete Brown, Billy Kyle, and James McLin...along with Spencer, Kirby and Bailey.

"Chained to a Dream" is absolutely lovely...soft, but forceful enough to get the point across.

Two other snappy items are "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" and "Eccentric Rag."

These two selections feature Bailey's Sextet from 1940 (as opposed to the other selections mentioned, which were recorded earlier as Buster Bailey and His Rhythm Busters) and feature appearances by two greats in the world of jazz-- Zutty Singleton and Benny Carter.

If you love great jazz, this is a must!

JB