1940-1941

Cab Calloway | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jazz Chronological Classics
• ASIN: B000001NLL
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #843,371 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Goin' Conga

2. Hot Air

3. Lonesome Nights

4. A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird

5. The Workers' Train

6. North of the Mohawk Trail

7. Make Yourself at Home

8. Run Little Rabbit

9. Willow Weep for Me

10. You Are the One in My Heart

11. Are You All Reet?

12. Ebony Silhouette

13. Hep Cat's Love Song

14. Jonah Joins the Cab

15. Geechy Joe

16. Special Delivery

17. Take the "A" Train

18. Chattanooga Choo Choo

19. My Gal

20. St. James Infirmary

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars The Iggy Pop of jazz...., August 13, 2009

By 

Matthew Watters (Vietnam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1940-1941 (Audio CD)

At this point in Calloway's career, he was leading one of the greatest bands in jazz, capable of roof-raising ensembles and including searing soloists like Chu Berry and Jonah Jones. But then there's the no small matter of the leader's vocals. Cab had a pleasant baritone and nicely clipped diction, but also a wavering sense of tone and time. He was also to jazz singing what Iggy Pop was to rock: his comic persona was so overpowering that even songs that he was otherwise trying to deliver "straight" came off as comic and arch. The effect can be a bit off-putting. But, as with Iggy, when Cab was just going for fun and dumb, he was a kick.