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The Jazz Swinger - Woody Herman & His Swinging Herd

The Jazz Swinger - Woody Herman & His Swinging Herd

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(11 tracks - 37 mins)

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Apparently, the same Columbia executives who tried to get Miles Davis to record an album of forgettable melodies from the film Dr.

Doolittle and were unsuccessful in persuading Thelonious Monk to record Beatles songs somehow talked Woody Herman into singing songs associated with Al Jolson.

Not only did Herman have a much different singing style than Jolson but many of the dated lyrics were embarrassing even 30 years ago.

As for the arrangements for the orchestra, the more modern they were, the cornier they sounded (particularly Bill Holman's modernization of "Swanee" and "Toot, Toot, Tootsie").

What a mess -- the only likable part about this misfire is the album drawing of Herman singing while down on one knee like Jolson; fortunately he was not drawn in blackface.

Title/Composers Performer Listen Time Size Size
1
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay03:157 MB0 MB
2
April Showers
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay03:358 MB0 MB
3
Swanee
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay03:528 MB0 MB
4
Dinah
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay05:0511 MB0 MB
5
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay02:235 MB0 MB
6
Carolina In the Morning
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay03:117 MB0 MB
7
Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Good-bye)
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay02:546 MB0 MB
8
There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay02:586 MB0 MB
9
I'm Sitting On Top of the World
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay01:574 MB0 MB
10
Sonny Boy
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay03:318 MB0 MB
11
San Francisco
Woody Herman & His Swinging HerdPlay04:4710 MB0 MB
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Artist Job
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Woody Herman
Clarinet, Primary Artist, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)

Woody Herman & His Swinging Herd

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