Volume 5: 1928-1929

Annette Hanshaw | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sensation
• ASIN: B00004SSY5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,319 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only female who was really singing jazz the the 20's!, April 12, 2002

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Aaron B. (u.s.a.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volume 5: 1928-1929 (Audio CD)

Annette Hanshaw possesed a delightful swinging voice(completely opposite of Ruth Etting's squeeky and stiff non-swinging style), she was pretty well to do, coming from a wealthy family, so she sang strictly for kicks and mostly for the musicians, she really didn't like being popular, and when she did beat Etting in popularity poles, she quit at age 26! This cd covers her 1928-29 period, a very strong period for the now virtually forgotten jazz singer, since Hanshaw was well to do, she only hired the best musicians(as a matter of fact, they came to her), she was a favorite of Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, and loved by all jazz musicians. She is backed on this cd by Lang, Venuti, and essentilly the same groups that would back up the Boswell sisters in the 30's, Hanshaw scats, swings, improvises, and interacts with her musicians, and gives them plaenty of room for their HOT solos. This is great classic jazz and proof taht Louis Armstrong wasn't the only truly GREAT jazz singer in the 20's. Any of her cd's you can get a hold of are worth getting.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Voice of an angel, September 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Volume 5: 1928-1929 (Audio CD)

The ability to take a song and effortlessly make it hers and seemingly hers alone. Her range, timing, phrasing have yet to be equalled. The voice is that of an angel, changing the atmosphere of a room and transporting the listener to higher spheres. I think her influence can be compared in a sense to Robert Johnson, someone who in a short space of time embodied the mystery of the gift of pure divine talent and left an imprint. Time stands still when you listen to the recordings of Annette Hanshaw. In this age of fiberglass discover where the treasures lie. The CD "Lovable and Sweet" may be a good place to begin.

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST WAS YET TO COME, October 25, 2010

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Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Volume 5 1928-29 (MP3 Download)

This compilation begins in mid-1928, just at the point when Annette switched from the Pathé label to Columbia and its superior recording process. Ten of the tracks are accompanied by Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio, but her voice transcends their limitations. The accompaniments are far superior for the remainder, which include variously such stalwarts of jazz as trumpeters Mike Mosiello, Frank Cush, and Manny Klein, clarinettists Jimmy Lytell and Benny Goodman, and pianists Rube Bloom, James P. Johnson and Clarence Williams. As Will Friedwald points out in his excellent liner note, some of the recordings were modelled on Helen Kane, but even within that limitation her voice blossomed. However, it's the straight readings with jazz accompaniments that are the highlights of this compilation, and they point the point the way to the joys of the next volume.