1931-1940

Ethel Waters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Giants of Jazz (Ita)
• ASIN: B00000DAK4
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,566,485 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Georgia on My Mind

2. Frankie and Johnny

3. Stop Myself from Worrin' over You

4. Jeepers Creepers

5. Baby, What Else Can I Do?

6. I Just Got a Letter

7. Cabin in the Sky

8. Taking a Chance on Love

9. Honey in the Honeycomb

10. Love Turned the Light Out

11. Old Man Harlem

12. Down in My Soul

13. Push Out

14. Y' Had It Comin' to You

15. Harlem on My Mind

16. Heat Wave

17. Shadows on the Swanee

18. Trade Mark

19. Stormy Weather [Keeps Rainin' All the Time]

20. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ETHEL WATERS' TRADE MARK STYLE, March 2, 2010

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Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1931-1940 (Audio CD)

Given the tendency for CDs to be hyped, this one is surprisingly modest. It could well have been entitled "The Best of Ethel Waters", given the quality of the accompaniments, and the fact that almost all of the 23 titles are standards. Ethel Waters had a distinctive voice and a very individual style that set her apart from the competition. By the early thirties she was being accompanied in the Columbia studio by the foremost bands of the day, represented here by the orchestras of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and the Dorsey Brothers, plus various studio groups. After 1934 she recorded only two titles until January 1938; for the remainder of that decade she recorded for Bluebird, accompanied by Eddie Mallory & his Orchestra. The last four tracks were recorded for the Liberty Music Shop label, accompanied by the mysterious Max Meth & his Orchestra.