Cab Calloway - The Scat Song (2005) (4CD BoxSet)
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Genre: Jazz | Label: Quadromania Records | Release: 2005

“ One of the great entertainers, Cab Calloway was a household name by 1932, and never really declined in fame. A talented jazz singer and a superior scatter, Calloway's gyrations and showmanship on-stage at the Cotton Club sometimes overshadowed the quality of his always excellent bands. The younger brother of singer Blanche Calloway (who made some fine records before retiring in the mid-'30s), Cab grew up in Baltimore, attended law school briefly, and then quit to try to make it as a singer and a dancer. For a time, he headed the Alabamians, but the band was not strong enough to make it in New York. The Missourians, an excellent group that had previously recorded heated instrumentals but had fallen upon hard times, worked out much better. Calloway worked in the 1929 revue Hot Chocolates, started recording in 1930, and in 1931 hit it big with both "Minnie the Moocher" and his regular engagement at the Cotton Club. Calloway was soon (along with Bill Robinson, Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington) the best-known black entertainer of the era. He appeared in quite a few movies (including 1943's Stormy Weather), and "Minnie the Moocher" was followed by such recordings as "Kicking the Gong Around," "Reefer Man," "Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day," "You Gotta Hi-De-Ho," "The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man," and even "Mister Paganini, Swing for Minnie." Among Calloway's sidemen through the years (who received among the highest salaries in the business) were Walter "Foots" Thomas, Bennie Payne, Doc Cheatham, Eddie Barefield, Shad Collins, Cozy Cole, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, Mario Bauza, Chu Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn, Panama Francis, and Ike Quebec. His 1942 recording of "Blues in the Night" was a big hit.

With the end of the big band era, Calloway had to reluctantly break up his orchestra in 1948, although he continued to perform with his Cab Jivers. Since George Gershwin had originally modeled the character Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess after Calloway, it was fitting that Cab got to play him in a 1950s version. Throughout the rest of his career, Calloway made special appearances for fans who never tired of hearing him sing "Minnie the Moocher." ”




Tracklist:

cd1 01 - Sweet Georgia Brown
cd1 02 - Basin Street Blues
cd1 03 - It Looks Like Susie
cd1 04 - Bugle Call Rag
cd1 05 - You Rascal, You
cd1 06 - Stardust
cd1 07 - You Can't Stop Me From Lovin' You
cd1 08 - You Dog
cd1 09 - Somebody Stole My Gal
cd1 10 - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea+
cd1 11 - Trickeration
cd1 12 - Kickin' The Gong Around
cd1 13 - Down-Hearted Blues
cd1 14 - Corinne Corinna
cd1 15 - The Scat Song
cd1 16 - Cabin In The Cotton
cd1 17 - Strictly Cullud Affair
cd1 18 - Aw You Dawg
cd1 19 - Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
cd1 20 - Dinah

cd2 01 - Weakness
cd2 02 - I Ain't Got Nobody
cd2 03 - Nagasaki
cd2 04 - Hoy Hoy
cd2 05 - (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive
cd2 06 - Pluckin' The Bass
cd2 07 - Abi Gezunt (A Bee Gezindt)
cd2 08 - Ghost Of A Chance
cd2 09 - Fifteen Minutes Intermission
cd2 10 - Goin' Conga
cd2 11 - Hot Air
cd2 12 - Lonesome Nights
cd2 13 - A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird
cd2 14 - The Workers' Train
cd2 15 - North Of The Mohawk Trail
cd2 16 - Make Yourself At Home
cd2 17 - Run Little Rabbit
cd2 18 - Willow Weep For Me

cd3 01 - You Are The One In My Heart
cd3 02 - Are You All Reet_
cd3 03 - Ebony Silhouette
cd3 04 - Hep Cat's Love Song
cd3 05 - Jonah Joins The Cab
cd3 06 - Geechy Joe
cd3 07 - Special Delivery
cd3 08 - Take The 'a' Train
cd3 09 - Chattanooga Choo Choo
cd3 10 - My Gal
cd3 11 - St. James Infirmary
cd3 12 - We Go Well Together
cd3 13 - Hey, Doc!
cd3 14 - I See A Million People (But All I Can See Is You)
cd3 15 - Conchita
cd3 16 - Blues In The Night
cd3 17 - Mrs. Finnigan
cd3 18 - Says Who_ Says You, Says!

cd4 01 - The Mermaid Song
cd4 02 - Who Calls_
cd4 03 - Nain Nain (No No)
cd4 04 - Tappin Off
cd4 05 - A Smo-O-O-Oth One
cd4 06 - The Moment I Laid Eyes On You
cd4 07 - Virginia, Georgia And Caroline
cd4 08 - Lordy
cd4 09 - I Want To Rock
cd4 10 - I'll Be Around
cd4 11 - Tain't No Good
cd4 12 - Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
cd4 13 - Let's Go Joe
cd4 14 - Ogeechee River Lullaby
cd4 15 - I Get The Neck Of The Chicken
cd4 16 - Honey Dripper
cd4 17 - Hey Now - Hey Now
cd4 18 - Hi De Ho Man