Gene Kardos & Joel Shaw, Vol. 2

Gene Kardos & Joel Shaw, Vol. 2

Gene Kardos & Joel Shaw, Vol. 2

ASIN: B00005N85G

Track Listings
 
1. Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon
2. Business In F
3. Barnacle Bill
4. Sweet Violets
5. Some Of These Days
6. Alexander's Ragtime Band
7. Sing A New Song
8. If It Ain't Love
9. Business In Q
10. My Extraordinary Gal
11. Oh! Monah
12. Goofus
13. Dinah
14. Mouthful O' Jam
15. Whistle And Blow Your Blues Away
16. Darktown Strutters' Ball
17. Call Of The Freaks
18. How'm I Doin'?
19. The Scat Song
20. Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Gene Kardos led a popular dance band in New York in the early 1930s, but most of the records he recorded were released under a variety of names on different labels, which made it difficult for him to get proper credit for his accomplishments. The songs on this CD, for example, were released on the Crown label under the name of Joel Shaw and His Orchestra. Crown was a budget label that was started during the Depression--its slogan was "Two Hits for Two Bits"--and most artists who recorded for them used pseudonyms, particularly if they had recording contracts for other labels, as Kardos did. The Joel Shaw Orchestra, which was named for the band's piano player, had a propulsive rhythm. On tracks such as their cover of the Cab Calloway classic "Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day" and on standards ("Dinah"), they were capable of playing some fine jazz. And selections like "Barnacle Bill (the Sailor)" and "Call of the Freaks" reveal a goofy sense of humor that only adds to the band's raucous, but good-natured sound. No matter whose name is on the label, the music of Gene Kardos and his band deserves to be heard. --Michael Simmons

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Volume 1: New York Jazz In The Early Thirties
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Replacement CD is now available!
  • Defective version of this CD will be replaced!
  • first wretched CD from this label
  • The first wretched restoration from this label
 Volume 1: New York Jazz In The Early Thirties
Gene Kardos , and Joel Shaw
Manufacturer: Old Masters
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IJJK
Release Date: 1999-05-11

Tracks:

  1. Jig Time
  2. Left My Gal in Memphis
  3. Georgia on My Mind
  4. Lazy River
  5. Waiting for the Moon
  6. Red-Headed Baby
  7. Mean Music
  8. China Boy
  9. A Hot Dog, a Blanket and You
  10. Peter and Paul
  11. What Are You Thinking About, Baby?
  12. You've Got to Sell It
  13. Freddy the Freshman
  14. Now's the Time to Fall in Love
  15. Down on the Farm
  16. Sweet Violets
  17. Tell Tales
  18. You're Foolin' Yourself
  19. Business in F
  20. Corn Fed Cal
  21. Blue Danube Blues
  22. I Wouldn't Change You for the World
  23. Fate Introduced Me to You

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Replacement CD is now available!.......1999-08-24

Having checked out the replacement CD, the formerly worst tracks are now the best-sounding. The new CD (#121-A) is just fine. TOM is to be commended for producing a replacement CD. The Kardos/Shaw band is fantastic, and every volume of this series will be a must-have.

5 out of 5 stars Defective version of this CD will be replaced!.......1999-07-01

Word is that TOM is going to issue a new version of this CD (to be numbered 121A) to replace the poorly mastered original issue. This is great news, because the Gene Kardos/Joel Shaw records are GREAT!

1 out of 5 stars first wretched CD from this label.......1999-05-31

If you've ever wondered what your speakers would sound like if you put your foot through them, play this CD and you'll get a good idea. This is the first CD from The Old Masters to feature utterly wretched, distorted sound. Not surface noise, but hideous, added harmonics, even in quiet passages. A tragically botched CD--it should be withdrawn and redone before TOM issues further volumes in its projected four-volume set of Gene Kardos--whose records, by the way, are FANTASTIC!

1 out of 5 stars The first wretched restoration from this label.......1999-05-30

ZERO STARS! I own every single CD The Old Masters has produced. No reasonable person expects perfection on reissues of 78's from the 20's and 30's--but this CD will make your speakers sound as though someone had put a foot through them. It should be withdrawn and totally remastered from the ground up. I have a weekly jazz radio show, and absolutely cannot subject my listeners to the distortion and blast (none of which is present on the original 78's) present on this CD. Tragic.
Gene Kardos & Joel Shaw, Vol. 2
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    		Gene Kardos & Joel Shaw, Vol. 2
    Gene Kardos & Joel Shaw
    Manufacturer: Old Masters
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Classic Big BandClassic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Contemporary Big BandContemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. Volume 1: New York Jazz In The Early Thirties
    2. Fred Hall & His Sugar Babies

    ASIN: B00005N85G
    Release Date: 2001-06-19

    Tracks:

    1. Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon
    2. Business In F
    3. Barnacle Bill
    4. Sweet Violets
    5. Some Of These Days
    6. Alexander's Ragtime Band
    7. Sing A New Song
    8. If It Ain't Love
    9. Business In Q
    10. My Extraordinary Gal
    11. Oh! Monah
    12. Goofus
    13. Dinah
    14. Mouthful O' Jam
    15. Whistle And Blow Your Blues Away
    16. Darktown Strutters' Ball
    17. Call Of The Freaks
    18. How'm I Doin'?
    19. The Scat Song
    20. Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
    21. When You're Getting Along With Your Gal
    22. Who's Your Little Who-Zis?
    23. One More Kiss, Then Goodnight

    Amazon.com

    Gene Kardos led a popular dance band in New York in the early 1930s, but most of the records he recorded were released under a variety of names on different labels, which made it difficult for him to get proper credit for his accomplishments. The songs on this CD, for example, were released on the Crown label under the name of Joel Shaw and His Orchestra. Crown was a budget label that was started during the Depression--its slogan was "Two Hits for Two Bits"--and most artists who recorded for them used pseudonyms, particularly if they had recording contracts for other labels, as Kardos did. The Joel Shaw Orchestra, which was named for the band's piano player, had a propulsive rhythm. On tracks such as their cover of the Cab Calloway classic "Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day" and on standards ("Dinah"), they were capable of playing some fine jazz. And selections like "Barnacle Bill (the Sailor)" and "Call of the Freaks" reveal a goofy sense of humor that only adds to the band's raucous, but good-natured sound. No matter whose name is on the label, the music of Gene Kardos and his band deserves to be heard. --Michael Simmons

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