Newton,Frankie Frankie Newton Collection 1929-46 CD

Frankie Newton was a much-admired trumpeter whose recording career spanned two highly significant decades from the 1920s through to the 1940s during which time his adaptable, mellow swinging style made him a popular sideman in many different leaders' bands while he also led his own orchestras and small bands in sessions that produced some marvellously entertaining recordings. The fact that he somewhat lost interest in music in favour of other interests, resulting in him fading from the scene as bebop developed, meant that his influence and legacy has been sadly ignored over the years. This great-value 69-track 3-CD set comprises recordings from across his active career, and features recordings with a startling variety of top names, ranging from Bessie Smith in the 1920s, through the likes of Mezz Mezzrow, Teddy Wilson Willie "The Lion" Smith, Maxine Sullivan and Billie Holiday in the '30s, to Art Tatum, Mary Lou Williams, and Big Joe Turner in the '40s, as well as his own bands such as the Uptown Serenaders and Caf? Society Orchestra. It encompasses a highly entertaining range of jazz styles, showcasing him in a variety of different musical environments, both in the studio and 'live', as a powerful and inventive soloist and sensitive accompanist and ensemble player as well as a leader. It provides a substantial tribute to a musician who merits much more

1. Lawd, Lawd 2. In A Corner 3. Springfield Stomp 4. Do Your Duty 5. Gimme A Pigfoot 6. Moon Over Miami 7. I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze 8. Suzannah 9. Lights Out 10. Lost 11. Mutiny In The Parlor 12. The Panic Is On 13. I'se A Muggin' (Pt 1) 14. Christopher Columbus (A Rhythm Cocktail) 15. At The Rug Cutters' Ball 16. Blue Rhythm Fantasy 17. Passionette 18. You Showed Me The Way 19. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 20. Who's Sorry Now ' 21. The Harlem Twister (The New Sensation) 22. I've Found A New Baby 23. The Brittwood Stomp 24. There's No Two Ways About It 25. Cause My Baby Says It's So 26. A Study In Brown 27. Easy Living 28. The Onyx Hop 29. Where Or When 30. Get Acquainted With Yourself 31. Peace, Brother, Peace 32. Emperor Jones 33. Loch Lomond 34. Honeymoonin' On A Dime 35. Dizzy Debutante 36. The Bed Song 37. An Old Flame Never Dies 38. Light Up 39. Rosetta 40. Minor Jive 41. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 42. Who ' 43. The Blues My Baby Gave To Me 44. Rompin' [Romping At Victor] 45. Honeysuckle Rose 46. Daybreak Blues 47. Port Of Harlem Blues 48. Mighty Blues 49. Tab's Blues 50. Rockin' The Blues 51. Jitters 52. Frankie's Jump 53. Jam Fever 54. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 55. After Hour Blues 56. Blues For Tommy Ladnier 57. Pounding Heart Blues 58. Vamp 59. Parallel Fifths 60. Lady Be Good 61. Lullaby Of The Leaves 62. Four O'Clock Groove 63. Twilight In Teheran 64. Swing Street 65. Gone At Dawn 66. Sugar 67. I Love My Man 68. S.K. Blues (Pt 1) 69. Jazz Me Blues