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        Big Bands - Don Redman and his Orchestra (3 Albums)               


Info: De serie Big Bands bestaat uit 100 Albums van verschillende artiesten. Ik spot ze alle 100 telkens per artiest. Hier Don Redman.




Donald Matthew Redman (July 29, 1900 – November 30, 1964) was an American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader and composer.
Redman was announced as a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame on May 6, 2009.

His father was a music teacher, his mother was a singer. Don began playing the trumpet at the age of three, joined his first band at the age of six and by the age of 12 was proficient on all wind instruments ranging from trumpet to oboe as well as piano. He studied at Storer College in Harper's Ferry and at the Boston Conservatory, then joined Billy Page's Broadway Syncopaters in New York City. (He was the uncle of saxophonist Dewey Redman, and thus great-uncle of saxophonist Joshua Redman and trumpeter Carlos Redman.) [2]

In 1923 Don Redman joined the Fletcher Henderson orchestra, mostly playing clarinet and saxophones. He soon began writing arrangements, and Redman did much to formulate the sound that was to become big band Swing. (It is significant to note that with a few exceptions, Henderson did not start arranging until the mid-1930s. Redman did the bulk of arrangements (through 1927) and after he left, Benny Carter took over arranging for the Henderson band.)

His importance in the formulation of arranged hot jazz can not be overstated; a chief trademark of Redman's arrangements was that he harmonized melody lines and pseudo-solos within separate sections; for example, clarinet, sax, or brass trios. He played these sections off each other, having one section punctuate the figures of another, or moving the melody around different orchestral sections and soloists. His use of this technique was sophisticated, highly innovative, and formed the basis of much big band jazz writing in the following decades.

In 1927 Jean Goldkette convinced Redman to join the Detroit, Michigan-based band McKinney's Cotton Pickers as their musical director and leader. He was responsible for their great success and arranged over half of their music (splitting the arranging duties with John Nesbitt through 1931). Redman was occasionally featured as their vocalist, displaying a charming, humorous vocal style.

Redman then formed his own band in 1931 (featuring, for a time, Fletcher Henderson's younger brother Horace on piano), which got a residency at the famous Manhattan jazz club Connie's Inn. Redman signed with Brunswick Records and also did a series of radio broadcasts. Redman and his orchestra also provided music for the animated short I Heard, part of the Betty Boop series produced by Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount. Redman composed original music for the short, which was released on September 1, 1933.

The Brunswick records Redman made between 1931-1934 were some of the most complex pre-swing hot jazz arrangements of popular tunes. Redman's band didn't rely on just a driving rhythm or great soloists, but it had an overall level of arranging sophistication that was unlike anyone else of the period.

Notable musicians in Redman's band included Sidney De Paris, trumpet, Henry Allen, trumpet Edward Inge, clarinet, and popular singer Harlan Lattimore, who was known as "The Colored Bing Crosby". On the side Redman also did arrangements for other band leaders and musicians, including Paul Whiteman, Isham Jones, and Bing Crosby.

In 1933, his band made a Vitaphone short film for Warner Bros. which is available as of 2006 on the DVD of the Busby Berkeley feature film Dames.

Redman recorded for Brunswick through 1934. He then did a number of sides for ARC in 1936 (issued on their Vocalion, Perfect, Melotone, etc.) and in 1937, he pioneered a series of swing re-arrangements of old classic pop tunes for the Variety label. His use of a swinging vocal group (called "The Swing Choir") was very modern and even today, quite usual, with Redman's sophisticated counterpoint melodies. He signed with Bluebird in 1938 and recorded with them until 1940, when he disbanded.

When Redman disbanded his orchestra, he concentrated on freelance work writing arrangements. Some of his arrangements became hits for Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Harry James. He appeared on Uptown Jubilee on the CBS Television network for the 1949 season. In the 1950s he was music director for singer Pearl Bailey.

In the early 1960s he played piano for the Georgia Minstrels Concert and soprano sax with Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle's band.

Don Redman died in New York City on November 30, 1964.






OPMERKING: 
Volgens audiochecker zijn track 9, 11 en 12 van vol. 006 geen FLAC maar Mpeg!! 
Volgens audiochecker zijn track 2, 3 en 5 van vol. 008 geen FLAC maar Mpeg!!


Artist: Don Redman.
Genre: Jazz, Big Band Jazz, Swing
Format: FLAC
Bitrate: Lossless
Grootte: 647Mb
Speelduur: 03:16:45
Covers: Nee

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Tracklist:


Big Bands Vol. 006


01 - Trouble, Why Pick On Me
02 - Shakin' The African
03 - Chant Of The Weed
04 - Chant Of The Weed
05 - Shakin' The African
06 - I Heard
07 - How'm I Doin'
08 - Try Getting A Good Night's Sleep
09 - Chant Of The Weed
10 - I Heard
11 - Got The South In My Soul
12 - Reefer Man
13 - Got The South In My Soul
14 - If It's True
15 - It's A Great World After All
16 - You Gave Me Everything But Love
17 - Tea For Two
18 - Hot And Anxious
19 - I Got Rhythm
20 - Pagan Paradise
21 - Two-Time Man
22 - Teo-Time Man

Big Bands Vol. 007:

01 - Underneath The Harlem Moon
02 - Ain't I The Lucky One
03 - Doin' What I Please
04 - Nagasaki
05 - Doin' The New Low-Down
06 - Doin' The New Low-Down
07 - How Ya Feelin'
08 - Shuffle Your Feet  Bandanna Babies
09 - Mommy, I Don't Want To Go To Bed
10 - How Can I Hi-De-Hi (When I Feel So Low-De-Low)
11 - Shuffle Your Feet  Bandanna Babies
12 - Sophisticated Lady
13 - I Won't Tell
14 - The Blue Eyed Baby From Memphis
15 - It's All Your Fault
16 - Lazy Bones
17 - Watching The Knife And The Fork Spoon
18 - I Found A New Way To Go To Town
19 - You Told Me But Half Of The Story
20 - Lonely Cabin
21 - She's Not Bad
22 - No-One Loves Me Like That Dallas Man

Big Bands Vol. 008

01 - Our Big Love Scene
02 - After Sundown
03 - Puddin' Head Jones
04 - My Old Man
05 - Tired Of It All
06 - Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'
07 - I Wanna Be Loved
08 - Got The Jitters
09 - Christopher Columbus
10 - A Little Bit Later On
11 - Lazy Weather
12 - Moonrise On The Lowlands
13 - I Gotcha
14 - Who Wants To Sing My Love Song
15 - Too Bad
16 - We Don't Know From Nothin'
17 - Bugle Call Rag
18 - Stormy Weather
19 - Exactly Like You
20 - The Man On The Flying Trapeze
21 - On The Sunny Side Of The Street
22 - Swingin' With The Fat Man
23 - Sweet Sue, Just You
24 - That Naughty Waltz
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