With Jean Goldkette's Orchestra 1924-1927

With Jean Goldkette's Orchestra 1924-1927

ASIN: B0000ARNEH

Track Listings

1. I Didn't Know

2. Idolizing

3. I'd Rather Be the Girl in Your Arms

4. Sunday

5. Proud of a Baby Like You

6. I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover

7. I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now

8. Hoosier Sweetheart

9. Look at the World and Smile

10. My Pretty Girl

11. Sunny Disposish

12. Slow River

13. In My Merry Oldsmobile

14. Blue River

15. Clementine (From New Orleans)

16. Idolizing

17. Sunday

18. Proud of a Baby Like You

19. I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover

20. I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now

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Hints of Greatness

With Jean Goldkette's Orchestra 1924-1927
Bix Beiderbecke
Manufacturer: Challenge
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000ARNEH
Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

I Didn't Know
Idolizing
I'd Rather Be the Girl in Your Arms
Sunday
Proud of a Baby Like You
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now
Hoosier Sweetheart
Look at the World and Smile
My Pretty Girl
Sunny Disposish
Slow River
In My Merry Oldsmobile
Blue River
Clementine (From New Orleans)
Idolizing
Sunday
Proud of a Baby Like You
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now
Look at the World and Smile
My Pretty Girl
Sunny Disposish
Slow River
In My Merry Oldsmobile

Customer Reviews:

Hints of Greatness.......2005-01-09

There are many tantalizing legends surrounding jazz and Jean Goldkette's orchestra is one of them. Numerous sources, including Rex Stewart and Artie Shaw, have sworn them to be the first truly great white big band orchestra. Twice in 1927 this group went head-to-head against Fletcher Henderson's great orchestra, one that included Rex Stewart and Coleman Hawkins, in New York in a "battle of the bands": Goldkette won the first and battled to a draw in the second. Great soloists, including Bix Beiderbeck, Frankie Trambauer, and Joe Venuti, combined with a driving rhythm made this Detroit-based outfit the band you would drive long distances to see. They were good enough to warrant significant time in Ken Burns' Jazz series.

Trouble was, when white bands of the 1920s went into the recording studio, they were often forced to tone down the sound and play material that would appeal to a wider white audience. The same constraints were not, ironically, placed on Black bands -- they were expected to record what made them famous, because they were not being marketed to anyone but their fan base.

Consequently, this collection of Victor recording sessions contains a lot of material that the band did not play on stage, material that was not matched well with the style of the band. The result is a lot of forgettable renditions of forgettable 20s popular tunes. As the liner notes indicate, one must be content here with a few moments of brilliance by soloists like Beiderbeck, interleaved with predictable, swingless melodies. Still, this collection contains a single gem, perhaps the best glimpse on record at the band's heart and soul: "Clementine". This perfectly rendered swing piece, recorded just prior to the band's demise, starts with Beiderbeck flawlessly weaving in and out of the opening bars, followed by playful sax solos, and two strong solos by Beiderbeck accompanied beautifully by brass, and Joe Venuti. Any jazz connoisseur should cherish this track; to appreciate the rest in this set, your musical tastes should be more specialized to the sort of hybrid of jazz and 20s dance music that Paul Whiteman would make famous.

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