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‘Hoagy Sings Carmichael’ was recorded at three sessions, September 10,11, and 13, 1956 — with a band full of outstanding jazzmen: trumpeter Don Fagerquist had been in Les Brown's brass section for the 1955 "Hong Kong Blues" date; Harry "Sweets" Edison was an honored Basie veteran, then enjoying a career renaissance through his muted obbligato work on the arrangements Nelson Riddle was using to showcase Frank Sinatra; Jimmy Zito, another Brown alumnus, had ghosted the "Art Hazard" solos for Young Man With a Horn.
Alto saxophonist Art Pepper was new to Hoagy, as were pianist Jimmy Rowles and drummer Irv Cottler. An old Carmichael friend, Nick Fatool, replaced Cottier on drums for the third session. Said Mandel : "I spotted his vocals wherever I thought they'd be most effective, stuck 'em in the middles, usually. Remember, I didn't have a big band there — rather, a small band trying to sound big. So voicings were important. As a singer? He was a natural. Knew what to keep and what to throw away. Didn't try to be a capital-S singer: more often he approached the songs conversationally, like an actor, like Walter Huston doing 'September Song.' And you know, those are really the most effective readings for those sorts of things, rather than somebody doing something with a straight baritone. You never knew beforehand how he was gonna sing something: when be was going to talk it, where he was gonna leave spaces."
He not only leaves spaces, but on several songs confines his vocals to a decidedly secondary role, giving the major melody expositions to the band.»
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Georgia On My Mind
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals & Composer - The Pacific Jazzmen (Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Harry Klee, Flute - Harry Sweets Edison, Trumpet - Conrad Gozzo, Trumpet - Mort Friedman, Tenor saxophone, Clarinet - Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Marty Berman, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet - Joe Mondragon, Bass - Irving Cottler, Drums) - Stuart Gorrell, Lyricist - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1988 Capitol Records, Inc.
Winter Moon
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals, Composer - The Pacific Jazzmen (Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Don Fagerquist, Trumpet - Ray Linn, Trumpet - Joe Mondragon, Bass - Nick Fatool, Drums) - Harold Adamson, Lyricist - Richard Bock, Conductor - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1956 Blue Note Records
New Orleans
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals, Composer, Lyricist - The Pacific Jazzmen (Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Harry Klee, Flute - Harry Sweets Edison, Trumpet - Conrad Gozzo, Trumpet - Mort Friedman, Tenor saxophone, Clarinet - Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Marty Berman, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet - Joe Mondragon, Bass - Irving Cottler, Drums) - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1956 Capitol Records, LLC
Memphis In June (Hoagy Carmichael)
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals, Composer - The Pacific Jazzmen (Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Harry Klee, Flute - Harry Sweets Edison, Trumpet - Conrad Gozzo, Trumpet - Mort Friedman, Tenor saxophone, Clarinet - Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Marty Berman, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet - Ralph Pena, Bass - Irving Cottler, Drums) - Paul Webster, Author - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1956 Blue Note Records
Skylark
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals, Composer - The Pacific Jazzmen (Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Harry Klee, Flute - Don Fagerquist, Trumpet - Ray Linn, Trumpet - Mort Friedman, Tenor saxophone, Clarinet - Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Marty Berman, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet - Joe Mondragon, Bass - Nick Fatool, Drums) - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1956 Blue Note Records
Two Sleepy People
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals, Composer - The Pacific Jazzmen (Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Harry Klee, Flute - Harry Sweets Edison, Trumpet - Conrad Gozzo, Trumpet - Mort Friedman, Tenor saxophone, Clarinet - Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Marty Berman, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet - Ralph Pena, Bass - Irving Cottler, Drums) - Frank Loesser, Lyricist - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1957 Blue Note Records
Baltimore Oriole
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals, Composer, Lyricist - The Pacific Jazzmen (Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Harry Klee, Flute - Harry Sweets Edison, Trumpet - Conrad Gozzo, Trumpet - Mort Friedman, Tenor saxophone, Clarinet - Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Marty Berman, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet - Joe Mondragon, Bass - Irving Cottler, Drums) - Paul Webster, Lyricist - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1956 Blue Note Records
Rockin' Chair
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals, Composer, Lyricist - The Pacific Jazzmen (Jimmy Rowles, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Don Fagerquist, Trumpet - Ray Linn, Trumpet - Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Joe Mondragon, Bass - Nick Fatool, Drums) - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1956 Blue Note Records
Ballad In Blue
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals, Composer - The Pacific Jazzmen (Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Harry Klee, Flute - Don Fagerquist, Trumpet - Ray Linn, Trumpet - Mort Friedman, Tenor saxophone, Clarinet - Marty Berman, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet - Joe Mondragon, Bass - Nick Fatool, Drums) - Irving Kahal, Lyricist - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1956 Blue Note Records
Lazy River
Hoagy Carmichael, Vocals, Composer, Lyricist - The Pacific Jazzmen (Harry Edison, Trumpet - Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Harry Klee, Flute -Conrad Gozzo, Trumpet - Mort Friedman, Tenor saxophone, Clarinet - Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Marty Berman, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet - Ralph Pena, Bass - Irving Cottler, Drums) - Sidney Arodin, Composer, Lyricist - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1956 Blue Note Records
Georgia on My Mind
The Pacific Jazzmen (Jimmy Rowles, Piano, Celeste - Al Hendrickson, Guitar - Harry Klee, Flute - Harry Edison, Trumpet - Conrad Gozzo, Trumpet - Mort Friedman, Tenor saxophone, Clarinet - Art Pepper, Alto saxophone - Marty Berman, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet - Joe Mondragon, Bass - Irving Cottler, Drums) - Hoagy Carmichael, Composer - Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel - Richard Bock, Producer
(C) 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1956 Blue Note Records
Album review
‘Hoagy Sings Carmichael’ was recorded at three sessions, September 10,11, and 13, 1956 — with a band full of outstanding jazzmen: trumpeter Don Fagerquist had been in Les Brown's brass section for the 1955 "Hong Kong Blues" date; Harry "Sweets" Edison was an honored Basie veteran, then enjoying a career renaissance through his muted obbligato work on the arrangements Nelson Riddle was using to showcase Frank Sinatra; Jimmy Zito, another Brown alumnus, had ghosted the "Art Hazard" solos for Young Man With a Horn.
Alto saxophonist Art Pepper was new to Hoagy, as were pianist Jimmy Rowles and drummer Irv Cottler. An old Carmichael friend, Nick Fatool, replaced Cottier on drums for the third session. Said Mandel : "I spotted his vocals wherever I thought they'd be most effective, stuck 'em in the middles, usually. Remember, I didn't have a big band there — rather, a small band trying to sound big. So voicings were important. As a singer? He was a natural. Knew what to keep and what to throw away. Didn't try to be a capital-S singer: more often he approached the songs conversationally, like an actor, like Walter Huston doing 'September Song.' And you know, those are really the most effective readings for those sorts of things, rather than somebody doing something with a straight baritone. You never knew beforehand how he was gonna sing something: when be was going to talk it, where he was gonna leave spaces."
He not only leaves spaces, but on several songs confines his vocals to a decidedly secondary role, giving the major melody expositions to the band.»
Details of original recording : Recorded at the Forum Theatre in Los Angeles on September 10 (1,3,7,11), September 11 (4,6,10) & September 13 (2,5,8,9) 1956
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:42
- Main artists: Hoagy Carmichael
- Composer: Hoagy Carmichael
- Label: Pacific Jazz
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 1988 Blue Note Records ℗ 1988 Blue Note Records
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