G.I.'s in Paris 1945

Artist: Glenn Miller
Label: Timeless Holland
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 8711458205139
ASIN: B00000DGDV

Release Date: 1998-11-17

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Tracks:

How High The Moon
If Dreams come True
Beatin' The Hallelujah Drum (Hallelujah)
Stompin' At The Savoy
I Must Have That Man
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
S' Wonderful
Someday Sweetheart
Blue Skies
Red Light
You're Driving Me Crazy
You're Driving Me Crazy
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Hommage A Fats Waller
Hommage A Debussy
For Miss Black (Poor Miss Black)
Don't Blame Me
Pennies From Heaven
One, Two, Button Your Shoe
At Sundown
At Sundown
Stealin' Smack's Apples (Stealin' Apples)
Sugar
After You've Gone
Shoemaker's Apron
China Boy

Customer Reviews:

Forgotten master.......2006-01-03

This CD is a dream come true. It is a CD I thought would never come out. Alex Hill died at the age of 30, in 1937, right on the threshold of some kind of fame as a brilliant composer, arranger and pianist. In my listening to Jazz of this period, I have occasionally been struck by his name's coming up when I looked at composer credits. Almost invariably, his was the most interesting composition on the CD. This happened with a Willie Bryant disc and a King Oliver disc, and, most notably, with the classic Armstrong-Hines Hot Sevens. His amazing arrangement of his composition Beau Koo Jack is justly famed (see pages 127-29 of Schuller's Early Jazz). All of these minor masterworks are here plus 20 more. And the wonderful team of John R.T. Davies (remastering) and Sally-Ann Worsfold (liner notes) scores another triumph. This is a CD of highpoints, and if there were any justice in this world, attention would be paid to Hill as a kind of Herbie Nichols of the thirties. His compositions have very little which is eccentric about them (unlike Nichols'), but they have an innate musicality and sense of forward motion and drive which distinguish them. You Were Only Passing Time With Me (King Oliver) is, on the surface, no different from scores of other pop songs of the period (1930). But listen more carefully to the shout chorus. Hill was looking towards the later thirties, especially in his use of riffs, in a way that one hears in only the best music of this transitional moment. This aspect of his work is heard everywhere on this disc, from 'Long About Midnight to Functionizin', from I Would Do Anything For You to Baby Brown. There's something about his work that brings out the best in musicians, something which can also be heard on Volume 1 (don't miss Madame Dynamite, in which some of the greatest of the white Chicagoans confront riff-based Black music in a way that they rarely were forced to - piquant!). The difference between the two volumes is essentially that Hill is heard more as a player on Volume 1 and more as a composer being covered by Jazz stars on Volume 2. Both are essential. A major release.

GI's In France.......2003-10-03

A great find ,I was fortunate enough to be friend of Ray McKinley's and Mac spoke of the Sessions,but was'nt sure what happened to them , so I feel that eventhough the Quality may not be perfect the Music is more than worth the listening.A Wonderful find and a must for the Miller Collector. Great Samples of Django Reinhardt ,Mac and the guys having a great time doing what they do best.you will not stop listening to it once you have it. Good listening

Great Music - Not Remastered.......2001-04-04

While the music is the best, the recording is not. The people who released the CD did nothing to clean up the quality before release. That is disappointing. Also the cover leaves fails to mention that Ray McKinley is the drummer on the recording. Big oversight. The liner notes have some good information on the session. They were lifted from the book, "Next to a Letter from Home," a story of the Army Airforce Orchestra during World War II.

Jazz Club Francaise - Paris 1945 - A Treasure.......2001-03-08

This is one of the best jazz recordings ever. The boys were lifting the morale of the army that had just helped win the war, and they were swinging. Ray McKinley (drums & leader) and his pals, Peanuts Hucko (reeds), Mel Powell (piano), Bernie Priven (horn) and Joe Shulman (bass) joined Django Reinhardt (guitar)at a little hot Paris jazz spot. It was magic. Ray was always considered the jazzman's drummer because he could really keep time. You can hear his solid beat driving the Dorseys, Glenn Miller and his own great bands. In this recording, his beat is subtle and true. Peanuts' clarinet puts Benny Goodman to shame with tone and riffs that are flights of fancy. Bernie's horn is perfection. Joe's imaginative bass helps Mac keep the boys together. And Mel's piano is not to be believed. His homage to Fats and Debussy is music for the ages. Even Django fans will cheer this album. But the true jazz treasure is the gift of Mac and the boys.

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