tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post9167961681874888024..comments2024-03-19T07:26:41.137-04:00Comments on The Shellackophile: Boogie WoogieBryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501152469280142504noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-87190279072362795022012-05-24T15:23:31.277-04:002012-05-24T15:23:31.277-04:00I love BW!I love BW!daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168847973239303837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-36962359974353501512012-05-17T09:14:52.952-04:002012-05-17T09:14:52.952-04:00That's a good - if odd - selection of boogie p...That's a good - if odd - selection of boogie piano. Three points:<br />1. Basie didn't get credited on the original issue of "Boogie Woogie" as he was already tied into a flat fee, no royalty deal with Dave Kapp of Decca. John Hammond - who discovered Basie's band in KC - was incensed and rushed Basie and four of his musicians into Columbia's Chicago studios. To side-step the contractual problem with Decca the original release was as "Jones-Smith Incorporated" so it was probably the original "Alias Smith and Jones"!<br />2. You don't remember Basie "doing very much"! Throughout his career he'd pared down his playing so that by the time you heard him he was probably as minimalist as Glass, Reich or any of those other guys. If you want to hear him in full flow check out "Prince of Wails" from the last session he made with the Bennie Moten band in 1932 - think you'll be astonished! The other thing about the Basie band is that although the arrangements were credited to the likes of Buck Clayton, Neal Hefti or Quincy Jones they had already been submitted to a severe editing process by none other than Count Basie himself...<br />3. "Bearcat Crawl" is great but the real Meade Lux Lewis classic is "Honky Tonk Train Blues", either the 1927 Paramount original or the 1935 Decca remake.<br /><br />Great blog, BTW.Mike in Focushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17413172338762662840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-58751267838224582712012-05-10T15:06:10.253-04:002012-05-10T15:06:10.253-04:00That's a great album! Thanks a lot for sharing...That's a great album! Thanks a lot for sharing!Satyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882844330262516582noreply@blogger.com