[Dixielandjazz] Hot vs. Cool / Cats vs. Chicks

[Harry Callaghan]

Wow,  Beryl Booker.............now there's a name I haven't heard in years.
I have one 10" LP she recorded (trio I believe) on the Cadence label.

Since I worked for Archie Bleyer's company just after I got out of high
school, I never paid for any Cadence records, including a coupla great
12"LPs by Billy Maxted, "Manhattan Style" and "Jazz at Nick's"

My most cherished album from that period though was "Andy Willams Sings
Steve Allen" it was recorded with Alvy West & the Little Band and sounded
nothing like the Andy Williams that people would come to know later.  No
electronics like those implemented when he switched to Columbia......just
pure soft and mellow Andy........he has never sounded better.

Unbeknownst to many, while still on Cadence, he also recorded an album in
France, arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones, not a commercial hit by any
means, but nonetheless rather impressive.

Tides
HC..

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Stephen G Barbone <
barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Interested list mates may hear clips from the album Hot vs. Cool / Cats vs
> Chicks,  at: :
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002ZF1T3U/ref=nosim/?tag=ciaouk-mp3-21
>
>
> Album details are:
>
> [Song # 1-8] Hot vs. Cool - Live at Birdland November 24, 1952.
>
> Each band plays a version of:
>
> How High The Moon,  Indiana, Muskrat Ramble, Battle of the Blues.
>
> JIMMY McPARTLAND HOT JAZZ ALL STARS
> Jimmy McPartland - c,  Vic Dickenson - tb, Edmond Hall - cl,
> Dick Cary - p & t, Jack Lesberg - sb, George Wettling - dr
>
> DIZZY GILLESPIE AND THE COOL JAZZ STARS
> Dizzy Gillespie - tp, Don Elliott - mel & tp, Buddy DeFranco - cl
> Ray Abrams - ts, Ronnie Ball - p, Al McKibbon - b, Max Roach - dr
>
>
> [Song # 9-15] Cats vs. Chicks - Recorded in NYC June 2, 1954
>
> Each band plays a version of:
>
> Cat Meets Chick, Mamblues, The Man I Love and then a combined version of
> Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better.
>
> CLARK TERRY AND HIS SEPTET -
> Clark Terry - tp, Urbie Green - tb, Lucky Thompson - ts ,Horace Silver - p
> Tal Farlow - g, Oscar Pettiford - b, Kenny Clarke - dr
>
> TERRY POLLARD AND HER SEPTET
> Norma Carson - tp, Terry Pollard - vb, Corky Hecht - hrp
> Beryl Booker - p, Mary Osborne - g, Bonnie Wetzel - b, Elaine Leighton - dr
>
> I still have my album of Cats vs. Chicks, having bought it after hearing
> pianist Beryl Booker and her quartet in NYC in the early 1950s. Those who
> listen to the clips might be surprised just how good the Chicks are even if
> the music is not YKOM.
>
> Bill H, you old one eyed mate, how did you like the album?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
>
>
>
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