Name: 1931-1934
Brand: Classics
SKU: 1289173
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1931-1934

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Album: 1931-1934
#	Song Title	Time
1)	River, Stay 'Way from My Door
2)	Shine on Harvest Moon
3)	I Can't Give You Anything But Love
4)	Porgy
5)	St. Louis Blues
6)	Stormy Weather
7)	Love Is the Thing
8)	Don't Blame Me
9)	Shadows on the Swanee
10)	Heat Wave
11)	Harlem on My Mind
12)	I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby
13)	Hundred Years from Today, A
14)	Come up and See Me Sometime
15)	You've Seen Harlem at Its Best
16)	Miss Otis Regrets
17)	Dinah
18)	When It's Sleepy Time Down South
19)	Moonglow
20)	Give Me a Heart to Sing To
21)	I Ain't Gonna Sin No More
22)	Trade Mark
23)	You're Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim

Album: 1931-1934
#	Song Title	Time
1)	River, Stay 'Way from My Door
2)	Shine on Harvest Moon
3)	I Can't Give You Anything But Love
4)	Porgy
5)	St. Louis Blues
6)	Stormy Weather
7)	Love Is the Thing
8)	Don't Blame Me
9)	Shadows on the Swanee
10)	Heat Wave
11)	Harlem on My Mind
12)	I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby
13)	Hundred Years from Today, A
14)	Come up and See Me Sometime
15)	You've Seen Harlem at Its Best
16)	Miss Otis Regrets
17)	Dinah
18)	When It's Sleepy Time Down South
19)	Moonglow
20)	Give Me a Heart to Sing To
21)	I Ain't Gonna Sin No More
22)	Trade Mark
23)	You're Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim

Performer Notes

Personnel: Ethel Waters (vocals); Tommy Dorsey (guitar, violin, trombone, piano, drums); Joe Venuti (guitar, violin, piano); Dick McDonough, John Trueheart (guitar); Benny Goodman (violin, viola, clarinet, tenor saxophone, piano); Edgar Sampson (violin, alto saxophone); Harry Hoffman, Lou Kosloff, Walter Edelstein (violin); Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet, alto saxophone); Larry Binyon (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Manny Klein (clarinet, trumpet, trombone); Elmer "Skippy" Williams, Art Karle (tenor saxophone); Sterling Bose, Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins, Arthur Whetsol, Taft Jordan, Shirley Clay, Bunny Berigan, Charlie Teagarden (trumpet); Jack Teagarden, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown , Sandy Williams (trombone); Duke Ellington, Fulton McGrath, Joe Meresco, Joe Steele , Joe Sullivan (piano); Gene Krupa, Stan King, Chauncey Morehouse (drums).
Liner Note Author: Anatol Schenker.
Recording information: New York, NY (08/10/1931-09/05/1934).
Directors: Duke Ellington; Victor Young.
Ethel Waters was one of the very few Black performers who was able to keep working in music during the early years of the Depression; in fact her fame grew during the period covered by this excellent CD from Classics' Complete series. Among her backup musicians on these consistently excellent sides are violinist Joe Venuti, the Dorsey Brothers, trumpeter Bunny Berigan, trombonist Jack Teagarden, clarinetist Benny Goodman members of the Chick Webb big band and the entire Duke Ellington orchestra (the latter on "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" and "Porgy"). Highpoints include the Ellington tracks, "St. Louis Blues" (with The Cecil Mack Choir), the original version of "Stormy Weather," "A Hundred Years from Today" and a remake of "Dinah." Highly recommended as are all of the Ethel Waters Classics discs. ~ Scott Yanow