Cab Calloway - Cruisin' With Cab (1996) [FLAC] torrent

Cab Calloway & His Orchestra: Cruisin' With Cab

Label: Drive Archive

Release Date October 15, 1996


Tracklist:

01 Limehouse Blues
02 Hard Times
03 15 Minute Intermission
04 I'll Pray For You
05 Cupid's Nightmare
06 Boog It
07 Cruisin' With Cab
08 Frantic On The Atlantic
09 Russian Lullaby
10 St. Louis Blues
11 King Porter Stomp
12 9:20 Special


Review by Scott Yanow (allmusic.com)

Cab Calloway's Orchestra is featured on radio broadcasts from two different periods on this CD. Most of the material previously appeared on an Alamac LP. The 1940 performance is most notable for the occasional solos of tenor saxophonist Chu Berry and young trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (best featured on "Hard Times"). The 1945 broadcast is a bit odd in that Cab only takes one vocal ("St. Louis Blues") on the six numbers; heard from in prominent roles are trumpeter Jonah Jones and tenorman Ike Quebec. A swinging if not quite essential set, recommended most highly to swing specialists.