Volume 3: Tram! Frank Trumbauer's Legacy To American Jazz 1931-1934

Frankie Trumbauer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 4, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Old Masters
• ASIN: B000005DZG
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,878 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bass Drum Dan

2. Honeysuckle Rose

3. In the Merry Month of Maybe

4. In the Merry Month of Maybe

5. Crazy Quilt

6. Crazy Quilt

7. Georgia on My Mind

8. Honeysuckle Rose

9. Sizzling One-Step Medley

10. Isham Jones Medley

11. Love Me Tonight

12. Some of These Days

13. Cinderella's Wedding Day

14. I Think You're a Honey

15. Business in Q

16. Bass Drum Dan

17. Newest St. Louis Blues

18. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

19. Break It Down

20. China Boy

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tram on his own., December 1, 2009

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JJA Kiefte "Joost Kiefte" (Tegelen, Nederland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Volume 3: Tram! Frank Trumbauer's Legacy To American Jazz 1931-1934 (Audio CD)

This collection starts in april 1931, a few months before Bix Beiderbecke's death and finds Trumbauer out on his own. He had secured the services of cornetist Andy Secrest who was an ardent admirer of Bix (and who was his replacement in the Whiteman band; Secrest would contribute some delightful solos to some of Bing Crosby's recordings) and a number of other Whiteman colleagues to produce these highly enjoyable titles, with Trumbauers airy c-melody sax taking centre stage. Also from the Whiteman stable there is a very modern sounding vocal group called the King's Jesters who on the non-vocal titles hum like a complete trombone section to great effect. A very young Johnny Mercer makes one of his first appearances on record in the five minute "Sizzling One Step Medley" on whose flip side we have a very pleasant medley of Isham Jones titles (performed by almost the complete Whiteman orchestra). After leaving Whiteman, the recorded material drops a little in quality, mainly serving as a showcase for Tram's fabulous technique, but the last five tunes (1934), which include the Teagarden brothers, lift things back on a more artistically rewarding level.
Great liner notes, very good sound: get a copy while it's still available!