At the Jazz Band Ball: 1938-1940 [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED]

Bobby Hackett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 8, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1938
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jasmine Music
• ASIN: B00005B0GJ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,538 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. At The Jazz Band Ball

2. You, You And Especially You Lola Bard

3. That Da Da Strain

4. If Dreams Come True Lola Bard

5. At The Jazz Band Ball

6. Blue And Disillusioned Linda Keene

7. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance

8. Poor Butterfly

9. Doin' The New Low Down

10. Night And Day Maxine Sullivan

11. That's How Dreams Should End

12. Ain't Misbehavin'

13. Sunrise Serenade

14. Embraceable You

15. Twelve Bars Stampede

16. Bugle Call Rag

17. I Surrender Dear Claire Martin

18. Ja Da

19. Dardanella

20. Good Morning The Heidt-Lights

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The two instrumentals from the first session, "At The Jazz Band Ball" and "That Da Da Strain", are typical Dixieland fare with interesting solos, especially from Pee Wee Russell. The other two sides, "You, You And Especially You" and "If Dreams Come True", are more commercially designed and have vocals by Lola Bard. The live version of "At The Jazz Band Ball" taken from a "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast, provides an interesting comparison with the one from the studio recording session and the solos are rather different, as one might expect from a jazz group."Blue And Disillusioned", with a nice vocal from Linda Keene, is the attempt for commercial success from the second session with two sides, "Ghost Of A Chance" and "Poor Butterfly", designed to show off Hackett's playing. The final side, "Doin' The New Lowdown", is more of a group jazz vehicle with good solos. Even as early as 1938 he had acquired a reputation for his ability to enhance the performance, not only by his discrete embellishments behind the vocal but his sympathetic solos as well. This dual ability is beautifully illustrated on Maxine Sullivan's "Night And Day". There are two outstanding Hackett performances on the standards, "Ain't Misbehaving" and "Embraceable You". Two sides with Hackett as leader have vocals and were obviously intended to strike a more commercial note but the two instrumentals, "Clarinet Marmalade" and "Singing The Blues", show Hackett at his best especially in his tribute to Bix Beiderbecke on the second of these - not that he recreates either the style or the sound of Bix but the flavour is certainly present.