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Transcription Sessions 1936, Vol. 1

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Download links and information about Transcription Sessions 1936, Vol. 1 by Bob Crosby. This album was released in 2001 and it belongs to Jazz genres. It contains 20 tracks with total duration of 59:44 minutes.

Artist: Bob Crosby
Release date: 2001
Genre: Jazz
Tracks: 20
Duration: 59:44
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Summertime 1:38
2. Ol' Man Mose 4:09
3. The Touch of Your Lips 3:24
4. I Don't Want to Make History 3:19
5. It's Been So Long 2:49
6. In a Sentimental Mood 3:56
7. Somebody Ought to Be Told 2:21
8. Alone 3:05
9. Here Comes Your Pappy 2:59
10. Island In the West Indies 3:14
11. Wake Up and Sing 2:41
12. Let's Face the Music and Dance 3:05
13. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 2:43
14. At the Codfish Ball 2:32
15. What's the Name of That Song? 2:43
16. Looka-There, Ain't She Pretty? 2:53
17. A Melody from the Sky 3:26
18. Time On My Hands 2:43
19. Savoy Blues 4:05
20. I'm Coming Virginia 1:59

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Bing Crosby's little brother Bob led a very nice swing band during the 1930s and '40s. His overall discography extends as late as 1966, but the '30s and '40s were his heyday. The Bob Crosby Orchestra were capable of playing real jazz and did so from time to time, sometimes specializing in what soon became known as the Dixieland repertoire. Storyville's compendium of rare Bob Crosby recordings made between February 26 and March 19, 1936, contains titles that do not appear in most session-by-session discographies. This is because the records were waxed for the Muzak Transcription Service and sold to radio stations for periodic airplay. The best tracks either have some solid connection with jazz or feature vocalists who manage the lyrics without sounding foolish. An instrumental take on George Gershwin's "Summertime" is beautiful but lasts only about a minute and a half. "Old Man Mose," like many a Louis Armstrong cover, is good fun rendered slightly fishy as white people try to sound like black people clapping their hands and singing in "Southern" dialect. "In a Sentimental Mood" is worth hearing in order to savor the Bob Crosby Orchestra negotiating a theme composed by Duke Ellington. "Island in the West Indies" and "At the Codfish Ball" are entertaining, well-performed novelties with redeeming social value. Perhaps the best side in this stack of rare acetates is Crosby's down-to-earth rendering of Kid Ory's "Savoy Blues." This band always sounded best when reconnecting with the jazz tradition on which it and so many other bands built their successes.