Harlem Heat

Mills Blue Rhythm Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000GYHXKU
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #606,118 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. African Lullaby

2. Algiers Stomp

3. Barrelhouse

4. Blue Flame

5. Blue Rhythm

6. Dancing Dogs

7. Drop Me Off In Harlem (Ft Adelaide Hall)

8. Futuristic Jungleism (Ft George Morton)

9. Harlem After Midnight

10. Harlem Heat

11. Heat Waves

12. Heebie Jeebies (Ft George Morton)

13. Jazz Martini

14. Love’S Serenade

15. Moanin’

16. Ol’ Yazoo (Ft Billy Banks)

17. Red Devil

18. Rhythm Spasm

19. Ride, Red, Ride (Ft Lucky Millinder)

20. Sugar Blues (Ft George Morton)

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The Mills Blue Rhythm Band was One of the Top Few Black Big Bands of the 30s. Musically Those "instrumental Gentlemen of Harlem" (As They were Billed) Could Compete with the Duke Ellingtons and Fletcher Hendersons of the Day But, Lacking a Charismatic Leader, They have Tended to Be Overlooked. Irving Mills Intended them to Be Alternatives to the Other Big Bands He Managed, Ellington’s and Cab Calloway’s, but their Originality and Musicianship Made them a Significant Outfit in their Own Right, Despite Being Limited to a Short Life from 1931 to 1936.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Red Hot Harlem, March 28, 2011

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This review is from: Harlem Heat (Audio CD)

This fine ensemble is generally overlooked by fans of the swing era but you won't be disappointed by this well-chosen sampler. As usual for this label, there is a generous selection of good music here, with excellent sound. Plenty of jumpin' tunes, put out there by some of the finest players of the day.