Name: 1935-1939
Brand: Classics Jazz (France)
SKU: 1289230
Price: 32.67 USD
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1935-1939

Rating

Album: 1935-1939
#	Song Title	Time
1)	In The Dark / Flashes
2)	Barrelhouse
3)	World Is Waiting For the Sunrise, The
4)	Ramblin'
5)	Complainin'
6)	Candlelights
7)	Complainin'
8)	Ain't Goin' Nowhere
9)	She's Funny That Way
10)	You're Driving Me Crazy
11)	Sell-Out, The
12)	Ec-Stacy
13)	What's New?
14)	Melancholy Mood
15)	Noni
16)	Jess Stay
17)	Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me) - (fox trot)
18)	Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me) - (blues)
19)	I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
20)	Good Man Is Hard to Find, A
21)	Clarinet Blues

Album: 1935-1939
#	Song Title	Time
1)	In The Dark / Flashes
2)	Barrelhouse
3)	World Is Waiting For the Sunrise, The
4)	Ramblin'
5)	Complainin'
6)	Candlelights
7)	Complainin'
8)	Ain't Goin' Nowhere
9)	She's Funny That Way
10)	You're Driving Me Crazy
11)	Sell-Out, The
12)	Ec-Stacy
13)	What's New?
14)	Melancholy Mood
15)	Noni
16)	Jess Stay
17)	Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me) - (fox trot)
18)	Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me) - (blues)
19)	I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
20)	Good Man Is Hard to Find, A
21)	Clarinet Blues

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Jess Stacy (piano); Carlotta Dale (vocals); Bud Freeman (tenor saxophone); Les Jenkins (trombone); Gene Krupa (drums); Israel Crosby. Bill Butterfield, Eddie Miller.
Pianist Jess Stacy did not lead that many recording sessions during the swing era since he spent long periods playing with the big bands of Benny Goodman and Bob Crosby. This excellent CD contains his 21 selections as a leader from a four-year period. Stacy's three numbers from 1935 include a solo Bix Beiderbecke medley and two songs with bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Gene Krupa. In addition, this set has Stacy's eight piano solos for Commodore, a duet with Bud Freeman on tenor ("She's Funny That Way"), and eight very rare performances (plus an alternate take) cut for Varsity in 1939 that also feature trumpeter Billy Butterfield, tenor saxophonist Eddie Miller, and either clarinetist Hank d'Amico or Irving Fazola in an octet. This CD contains more than its share of gems. ~ Scott Yanow

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (12/95, p.75) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...zingy, rich, Earl Hines-esque sprees..."

JazzTimes (5/96, p.122) - "...This is, in fact, a good Chicago-style session that is often overlooked."