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Unlike other big-band singers who regarded the other musicians in the orchestra as little more than backup to their generally sugarcoated stylings, Billy Eckstine was a man with wide-ranging tastes and a musicality he brought to everything he lent his honeyed baritone voice to. When it was time for him to start his own band to capitalize on his growing fame, he didn't settle for hiring some hacks to read charts framed around his vocals. Instead, he put together what is now, in hindsight, the first big band to feature almost exclusively young, emerging bop players. Both "Bird" and "Diz" did time in the band and, at one time or another, Eckstine featured Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, and Kenny Dorham on his bandstand. The band was far, far ahead of its time, appealing more to musicians than white America, but making extraordinary music nonetheless. This single-disc collection brings together a delightful batch of tunes that band recorded for the tiny National label between 1945 and the following year. With Art Blakey, Tommy Potter, and Leo Parker also in the lineup, this is no nostalgic "remember the big bands" anthology by any stretch of the imagination, and Eckstine's vocals on "A Cottage for Sale," "Prisoner of Love," and "I'm in the Mood for Love" are every bit as fine as the band's two takes of Gillespie's "Oo Bop Sh'Bam." Originally a 32-track, two-disc vinyl album set, the compact disc configuration lops off the last five tunes from that original collection due to time restrictions.
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Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fats Navarro, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Budd Johnson, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Valentine, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leo Parker, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Potter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Malachi, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Shorty McConnell, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gail Brockman, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Connie Wainwright, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Larry Conley, ComposerLyricist - Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - WILLARD ROBISON, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Valentine, ComposerLyricist - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Charles F. Kenny, ComposerLyricist - Nick A. Kenny, ComposerLyricist - Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Austen Croom-johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Russ Columbo, Composer - Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Leo Robin, Author - Clarence Gaskill, Composer - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Russ Columbo, ComposerLyricist - Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Con Conrad, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Billy Eckstine, MainArtist - F. Goldhahn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Leonard Feather, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - AL DUBIN, ComposerLyricist - Harry Warren, ComposerLyricist - Norris Turney, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Harry Warren, ComposerLyricist - Mort Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Joe Young, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Earl Hines, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist - Gerald Valentine, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Kenny Dorham, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist - Larry Jackstein, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Billy Eckstine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Valentine, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Billy Eckstine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Valentine, ComposerLyricist - Cornelius Outcalt, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Vincent Youmans, Composer - Billy Rose, Author - Edward Eliscu, Author - Norris Turney, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Tadd Dameron, ComposerLyricist - Norris Turney, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Billy Eckstine, MainArtist - HENRY NEMO, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Gil Fuller, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Roberts, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Gil Fuller, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist - John Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Jay Roberts, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Abene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Earl Hines, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Edward Heyman, Composer - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist - Dana Suesse, Composer
℗ 2004 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Vincent Youmans, ComposerLyricist - Mack Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Harold Adamson, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Herb Abramson, Producer, Recording Producer - Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Craft Recordings.
Album review
Unlike other big-band singers who regarded the other musicians in the orchestra as little more than backup to their generally sugarcoated stylings, Billy Eckstine was a man with wide-ranging tastes and a musicality he brought to everything he lent his honeyed baritone voice to. When it was time for him to start his own band to capitalize on his growing fame, he didn't settle for hiring some hacks to read charts framed around his vocals. Instead, he put together what is now, in hindsight, the first big band to feature almost exclusively young, emerging bop players. Both "Bird" and "Diz" did time in the band and, at one time or another, Eckstine featured Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, and Kenny Dorham on his bandstand. The band was far, far ahead of its time, appealing more to musicians than white America, but making extraordinary music nonetheless. This single-disc collection brings together a delightful batch of tunes that band recorded for the tiny National label between 1945 and the following year. With Art Blakey, Tommy Potter, and Leo Parker also in the lineup, this is no nostalgic "remember the big bands" anthology by any stretch of the imagination, and Eckstine's vocals on "A Cottage for Sale," "Prisoner of Love," and "I'm in the Mood for Love" are every bit as fine as the band's two takes of Gillespie's "Oo Bop Sh'Bam." Originally a 32-track, two-disc vinyl album set, the compact disc configuration lops off the last five tunes from that original collection due to time restrictions.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:23
- Main artists: Billy Eckstine
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Savoy
- Genre: Jazz
© 1976 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1976 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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