King of Hi-De-Ho: 1934-1947

Cab Calloway | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Giants of Jazz (Ita)
• ASIN: B00000G1MT
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,034 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Minnie the Moocher

2. Honeydripper

3. The Hi De Ho Man

4. St. James Infirmary

5. Hey Now, Hey Now

6. The Calloway Boogie

7. San Francisco Fan

8. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You

9. Jungle King (You Ain't Done a Doggone Thing)

10. Oh Grandpa

11. Two Blocks Down Turn Left

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

13. Pluckin' the Bass

14. Hoy-Hoy

15. (Hep! Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive

16. Abi Gezunt (A Bee Gezindt)

17. Fifteen Minute Intermission

18. Everybody Eats When They Come to My House

19. I Want to Rock

20. My Gal

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome Back, Old Friend!, October 29, 2003

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B. Seigal (La Mesa, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King of Hi-De-Ho: 1934-1947 (Audio CD)

I grew up with the original Columbia 2-record set of this album, and although I realize a lot of this stuff is marginal and over-arranged compared to Cab's earlier work, it still holds a special place in my heart. I was thrilled to see this collection back in print. Even without the memories, Cab fans and swing fans in general will love this.
It took almost a month to arrive here from Italy but was worth the wait to hear such great tracks as "Nagasaki" (perhaps Cab's best recorded scat ever), "A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird" and "San Francisco Fan" again. There's also a few tracks here that weren't released on the original album.
WARNING: The cover painting is extremely cheesy and some butthead jazz snob wrote the liner notes -- which, unbelievably, insult Cab as a novelty act several times -- in ridiculous broken English.
The packaging isn't the important thing though: let the music speak for itself and you'll soon be spazz dancing with joy from these jumpin' sides!