[Dixielandjazz] Buck Clayton

[Stan Brager]

Ken;

I have the "Songs For Swingers" LP which was issued by Columbia on CL1320.
I'd often wondered why Mosaic didn't include it on their Complete Buck
Clayton Jam Sessions release. Possibly because "Songs..." was a more formal
setting. I haven't seen any re-issue of the LP. I know that Phillips issued
many Columbia LPs in Europe. I picked up a few in Germany and France when I
was in the service.

Stan
Stan Brager 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Mathieson [mailto:ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 5:57 AM
> To: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Buck Clayton
> 
> Hi All again,
> 
> One of Buck's great albums from 1959 seems never to have been re-issued
> either on Vynil or CD: Songs for Swingers was full of great Clayton
> charts played by an all-star cast of Buck and Emmett Berry (tpts),
> Dicky Wells at his most whimsical (tbn), Earle Warren and Buddy Tate
> (saxes and clts), Al Williams (pno), Gene Ramey (bs) and Herbie Lovelle
> swinging fiercely on drums. It came out in Europe on the Philips label,
> but swiftly disappeared again and I've never seen a re-issue in years
> of hunting. Does anyone know if it was ever re-issued? Sounds like one
> for Prof Bill in Oz.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ken Mathieson
> www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk
> 
>