Name: Stardust Melody
SKU: 409116
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Personnel includes: Hoagy Carmichael (vocals, piano); Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Mildred Bailey, Billy Ekstine, Ethel Waters, Red McKenzie, Helen Ward (vocals); Bix Beiderbecke (cornet); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Paul Whiteman & His Concert Orchestra; Sunny Clapp & His Band O' Sunshine; Benson Orchestra Of Chicago, Earl Hines & His Orchestra; Hot Lips Page & His Orchestra.
Compilation producers: Richard Sudhalter, Barry Feldman.
Recorded between 1927 & 1947. Includes liner notes by Richard Sudhalter.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Hoagy Carmichael (vocals, piano); Hot Lips Page, Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Ethel Waters, Helen Ward, Mildred Bailey, Red McKenzie, Billy Eckstine (vocals); Mike Pingatore (guitar, banjo); Danny Barker , Clifton Best, Wilbur Hall, Allan Reuss, Roy Smeck, Carl Kress (guitar); Matty Malneck (violin, viola); Charles Strickfaden (violin, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Mischa Russell, Eddie Wolfe, Kurt Dieterle, Joe Venuti, John Bowman (violin); Andy Secrest (cornemuse); Chester Hazlett (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone); Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet); Scoops Carey, Sidney Arodin (clarinet, alto saxophone); John Cordaro (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Ray McDermott, Castor McCord, Peanuts Hucko, Benny Goodman (clarinet); Ernie Powell, Ben Smith , Benny Waters, Benny Williams (saxophone); Frankie Trumbauer (alto saxophone, C-melody saxophone); George Dixon (alto saxophone, trumpet); Arnold Brillhardt, William DePew, Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone); Arthur Rollini, William Randall , George Harper, Bud Freeman, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Dick Dickerson (baritone saxophone); Chris Griffin , Manny Klein, Nate Kazebier, Nat Natoli, Bob Moore , Jesse Miller , Harry Jackson , Tommy Howell, Maurice McConnell, Harry Goldfield, Ray Lodwig (trumpet); Bix Beiderbecke, Bobby Hackett (cornet); Bill Rank, Gerald Valentine, Harry White , George Stevens, Jr., Boyce Cullen, Joe McLewis, Jack Fulton, Harold Matthews, George Hunt, Murray McEachern, Sunny Clapp, Tyree Glenn, Lee Howell (trombone); Irving Brodsky (piano, celesta); Dick Cary, George Marks, Reginald Beane, Jess Stacy, Roy Bargy, Earl Hines (piano); Harold McDonald (vibraphone, drums); Red Norvo (xylophone); Alfred Taylor, Herb Quigley, Gene Krupa, Rudolph Taylor , Joe Hudson, Big Sid Catlett (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Doug Pomeroy.
Liner Note Author: Dick Sudhalter.
Recording information: Camden, NJ (05/23/1925-05/07/1947); Chicago Lab (05/23/1925-05/07/1947); RCA Victor Studio #4, NY (05/23/1925-05/07/1947); Webster Hotel, Chicago, IL (05/23/1925-05/07/1947).
Director: Don Bestor.
Arrangers: Gerald Valentine; Bill Challis; Jimmy Mundy; Roy Bargy.
Stardust Melody, RCA's first document of Hoagy Carmichael's rich, folksy songwriting and gentle vocal artistry in over ten years, does near-perfect work of balancing great performances by Carmichael the endearing vocalist with several outside versions familiar to those who know his pop songbook. First, it leads off with an expressive solo performance of "Star Dust" from 1933, then collects a pair of early (and unreleased) Carmichael performances ("Rockin' Chair," "March of the Hoodlums"). Bix Beiderbecke, an early friend (and the inspiration for "Star Dust"), appears with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra on one of his earliest compositions, "Washboard Blues." Other guests include Mildred Bailey singing "Rockin' Chair" (a song more associated with her than with Carmichael) and "Georgia on My Mind," Earl Hines & His Orchestra polishing "Skylark" with a refined reading from Billy Eckstine, Ethel Waters on "Old Man Harlem," and close to the top, Hot Lips Page on an ebullient version of "Small Fry" from 1938. Compiler Dick Sudhalter -- author of the Carmichael biography and recorder of an album tribute -- did an authoritative job bringing the diverse talents of an individual jazz voice (both vocal and compositional) to the fore in this excellent compilation. ~ John Bush

Album: Stardust Melody
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Stardust
2)	Rockin' Chair - (previously unreleased)
3)	March of the Hoodlums - (previously unreleased)
4)	Washboard Blues
5)	Cosmics
6)	Lazy River
7)	Daybreak
8)	Come Easy, Go Easy Love
9)	Sing It Way Down Low
10)	Riverboat Shuffle
11)	Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
12)	Georgia on My Mind
13)	Rockin' Chair
14)	Skylark
15)	Bread and Gravy
16)	Moon Country
17)	Judy
18)	Rockin' Chair
19)	Lazy Bones
20)	Small Fry
21)	Old Man Harlem

Album: Stardust Melody
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Stardust
2)	Rockin' Chair - (previously unreleased)
3)	March of the Hoodlums - (previously unreleased)
4)	Washboard Blues
5)	Cosmics
6)	Lazy River
7)	Daybreak
8)	Come Easy, Go Easy Love
9)	Sing It Way Down Low
10)	Riverboat Shuffle
11)	Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
12)	Georgia on My Mind
13)	Rockin' Chair
14)	Skylark
15)	Bread and Gravy
16)	Moon Country
17)	Judy
18)	Rockin' Chair
19)	Lazy Bones
20)	Small Fry
21)	Old Man Harlem