Solo Teddy Wilson Big Band [CD/DVD]

by Teddy Wilson

Overview

This massive box set collects a wide range of recordings by Teddy Wilson, from early radio transcriptions and broadcasts to sessions the pianist made late in his life for Storyville. Wilson, who left Benny Goodman in 1939 to launch his own ill-fated big band, never achieved commercial success with a large ensemble, though he produced plenty of enjoyable music. The band lacked the showmanship of its competition and Wilson was always a rather low-key leader on-stage, though he features trumpeter Shorty Baker and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster to good effect. The sextet session from 1944 includes most of his regular group at the time, with Emmett Berry, Bennie Morton, Edmond Hall, and Sid Catlett, plus Slam Stewart taking over on bass. Wilson is at his best in trio and solo sessions, though he was not one to give a lot of solo space to his sidemen. While Wilson's style didn't evolve significantly away from his brand of elegant swing, he was a consummate entertainer throughout his career, especially in the 1983 nightclub trio date, where he makes frequent remarks about the background of songs to his audience. An added bonus is a brief DVD of a 13-minute 1940s one-reeler, The Boogie Woogie Dream. Its theme centers around Lena Horne and boogie-woogie pianists Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons cleaning a nightclub after Wilson's set, dreaming of becoming professional musicians. As a result, Wilson's role is rather minor compared to the others, and while the plot is dated and somewhat insulting, the music is enjoyable, especially the boogie-woogie duets featuring Johnson and Ammons. Even if Teddy Wilson fans have many of the individual discs that make up this set, they will find it to be an essential purchase. ~ Ken Dryden

Product Details

Release Date:	11/09/2010
Label:	Storyville Records
UPC:	0717101860722
Rank:	251578

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Little Things That Mean So Much
2. I Know That You Know
3. Stairway to the Stars
4. Exactly Like You
5. The Man I Love
6. Booly-Ja-Ja
7. Back to Back
8. Body and Soul
9. Lonesome Road
10. Dear Old Southland
11. Little Things That Mean So Much
12. A Ghost of a Chance
13. Sunday
14. More Than You Know
15. Summer's End
16. Goin' Home Blues
17. Minute Steak
18. Sugar
19. At Sundown
20. Tuesday Jump
21. The Moon Is Low
22. Afternoon Blues
23. Little Things That Mean So Much
24. You're My Favorite Memory
25. Rhythmatics
26. Almost Blues
27. Tempo Positioned
28. Out of Nowhere
29. Night and Day
30. Oh! Lady Be Good
31. Jumpin' Off

Disc 2

32. You Will Be Sorry
33. Chinatown, My Chinatown
34. Twilight Blue
35. Love Is the Sweetest Thing
36. Rose Room
37. Why Shouldn't I
38. Flying Home
39. Indiana
40. Embraceable You
41. A Touch of Boogie Woogie
42. B-Flat Swing
43. Don't Be That Way
44. Honeysuckle Rose
45. Mop Mop
46. I've Got Rhythm
47. Rose Room
48. Oh! Lady Be Good
49. The Way You Look Tonight
50. Stompin' at the Savoy
51. You're My Favorite Memory
52. The Sheik of Araby

Disc 3

53. Love
54. Strollin'
55. Flying Home
56. King Porter Stomp
57. Serenata/When Your Lover Has Gone/Avalon
58. Summertime
59. You Can Depend on Me
60. I Ain't Got Nobody
61. All of Me
62. Liza
63. Sweet Lorraine/Body and Soul/I've Got the World on a String/April in Paris
64. Runnin' Wild
65. Basin Street Blues
66. Flying Home

Disc 4

67. Sweet Georgia Brown
68. Dinah
69. Body and Soul
70. I Know That You Know
71. I'm Confessin'
72. Whispering
73. It's the Talk of the Town
74. Speculation
75. China Boy
76. Theme: Sunny Morning
77. Bye, Bye Blues
78. My Man [Take 1]
79. Lover Come Back to Me [Take 2]
80. How High the Moon/Theme: Sunny Morning [Takes 1 and 2]
81. Theme: Sunny Morning
82. Nobody's Sweetheart
83. Blues for Trombone [Take 1]
84. I Would Do Most Anything for You [Take 2]
85. Runnin' Wild
86. I Never Knew/Theme: Sunny Morning [Takes 1 and 2]
87. Theme/Theme: Sunny Morning/Runnin' Wild
88. Tenderly
89. Just One of Those Things
90. Moon Glow
91. Autumn in New York
92. All of Me
93. Tea for Two/Theme

Disc 5

94. After You've Gone
95. Memories of You
96. China Boy
97. Whispering
98. Body and Soul
99. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
100. Poor Butterfly
101. Runnin' Wild
102. Flying Home
103. I've Got the World on a String
104. Just One of Those Things
105. Stomping at the Savoy
106. Air Mail Special
107. Basin Street Blues
108. I've Got Rhythm
109. Liza
110. It Had to Be You
111. Someone to Watch Over Me
112. Three Little Words
113. Tea for Two
114. Avalon
115. You're Driving Me Crazy

Disc 6

116. Honeysuckle Rose
117. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
118. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling/Ain't Misbehavin'
119. St. Louis Blues
120. In a Sentimental Mood/Mood Indigo
121. Perdido
122. Satin Doll
123. Take the "A" Train
124. Body and Soul
125. Basin Street Blues
126. Avalon
127. Moon Glow
128. I'll Remember April
129. Who Cares
130. Someone to Watch Over Me
131. S'Wonderful

Disc 7

132. S'Wonderful
133. Someday Sweetheart
134. The Sheik of Araby
135. More Than You Know
136. Nobody's Sweetheart
137. Rose Room
138. China Boy
139. Sweet Sue
140. Moon Glow
141. Exactly Like You
142. Sweet Lorraine
143. Whispering
144. How High the Moon
145. Keeping Out of Mischief Now
146. Don't Be That Way
147. Somebody Loves Me
148. St. Louis Blues
149. I'll Remember April

Disc 8

150. Shiny Stockings
151. Undecided
152. Like Someone in Love
153. Imagination
154. I Hadn't Anyone 'Till You
155. Fools Rush In
156. Tea for Two/Wilson Talks
157. Body and Soul/Wilson Talks
158. After You've Gone
159. I Can't Get Started/Moon Glow
160. Sweet Georgia Brown/Wilson Talks
161. Shiny Stockings
162. Li'l Darling
163. One O'Clock Jump/Wilson Talks
164. It Ain't Necessarily So/Bess, You Is My Woman Now/Summertime
165. But Not for Me/Wilson Talks
166. Sophisticated Lady
167. Duke Ellington Medley: In a Sentimental Mood/It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
168. Billy Strayhorn Medley/Wilson Talks: Lush Life/Take the "A" Train

Disc 9

169. [Untitled]
170. My New Gown
171. Boogie Woogie Dream
172. Unlucky Woman
173. Friday Dream

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Teddy Wilson   Primary Artist,Piano,Soloist
Teddy Wilson Big Band   Primary Artist
Teddy Wilson Quartet   Primary Artist
Teddy Wilson Trio   Primary Artist
Teddy Wilson & His Sextet   Primary Artist
Teddy Wilson All Star Sextet   Primary Artist
Ben Webster   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Emmett Berry   Trumpet
Gene Ramey   Bass
Lena Horne   Vocals
Johnny Williams   Bass
Pete Johnson   Piano
Kai Winding   Trombone
Hugo Rasmussen   Bass
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen   Bass
Red Norvo   Vibraphone
Remo Palmieri   Guitar
Milt Hinton   Bass
Arvell Shaw   Bass
Gene Price   Trumpet
George Irish   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
William Sciopffe   Drums
Coleman Hawkins   Sax (Tenor)
Rudy Powell   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
J.C. Heard   Drums
Hank D'Amico   Clarinet
Jo Jones   Drums
Bobby Donaldson   Drums
Jesper Lundgaard   Bass
Al Hall   Bass
Bert Dahlander   Drums
Karl George   Trumpet
Charlie Shavers   Trumpet
Walter Page   Bass
Floyd Brady   Trombone
Jake Wiley   Trombone
Jimmy Hamilton   Clarinet
Slam Stewart   Bass
Edmond Hall   Clarinet
Dizzy Gillespie   Trumpet
Ed Thigpen   Drums
Al Casey   Guitar
Thelma Carpenter   Vocals
Al Lucas   Bass
Albert Ammons   Piano
Specs Powell   Drums
Benny Morton   Trombone
Shorty Baker   Trumpet
Big Sid Catlett   Drums

Technical Credits

Barney Bigard   Composer
Ben Bernie   Composer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Ellis Reynolds   Composer
Fred E. Ahlert   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Cliff Burwell   Composer
Channing Pollack   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Charlie Christian   Composer
Ervin Drake   Composer
Vincent Rose   Composer
John Schonberger   Composer
Lena Horne   Composer
Johnny Green   Composer
Robert Sour   Composer
Lionel Hampton   Composer
Pete Johnson   Composer
Jelly Roll Morton   Composer
Marty Symes   Composer
Neal Hefti   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Nancy Hamilton   Composer
Nacio Herb Brown   Composer
Nathaniel Shilkret   Composer
Earl Hines   Composer
Otto Harbach   Composer
Milton Ager   Composer
Morgan Lewis   Composer
Alexander Hill   Composer
James F. Hanley   Composer
Buster Harding   Arranger,Composer
Brian Priestley   Liner Notes
Doc Dougherty   Composer
Pearce Marchbank   Design
Jean Schwartz   Composer
Joe Grey   Composer
Fred Hamm   Composer
Seymour B. Simons   Composer
Benjamin Spikes   Composer
Raymond Hubble   Composer
Leo Ward   Composer
Marylin Dunlop   Composer
Phil Boutelije   Composer
Mann Kurtz   Composer
Roberto Williams   Composer
Billy Meyers   Composer
Gerald Marks   Composer
Harry Link   Composer
Harry Williams   Composer
Henry Creamer   Composer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
William Jerome   Composer
Harry Ruby   Composer
Will J. Harris   Composer
Sigmund Romberg   Composer
Will Hudson   Composer
Kenneth Casey   Composer
Irving Caesar   Composer
J.C. Heard   Composer
Jacques Charles   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Gene DePaul   Composer
Eddie DeLange   Composer
Chauncey Gray   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Isham Jones   Composer
Billy Rose   Composer
Bing Crosby   Composer
Vernon Duke   Composer
J. Fred Coots   Composer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Chick Webb   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Jack Yellen   Composer
Count Basie   Composer
Patricia Johnston   Composer
Claude Hopkins   Composer
Elmer Schoebel   Composer
Jerry Livingston   Composer
Matty Malneck   Composer
Maurice Yvain   Composer
Ralph Blane   Composer
Albert Willemetz   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Arthur Harrington Gibbs   Composer
Jorgen Vad   Engineer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Einar Swan   Composer
Gorm Valentin   Photography
Rube Bloom   Composer
Charlie Shavers   Composer
Edgar Sampson   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Don Raye   Composer
Gene Austin   Composer
W.C. Handy   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Leo Woods   Composer
Duncan P. Schiedt   Photography
John Golden   Composer
Harry B. Smith   Composer
Anne Caldwell   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Dick Winfree   Composer
Horace Silver   Composer
Juan Tizol   Composer
Richard Coburn   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Teddy Wilson   Arranger,Composer
Ballard MacDonald   Composer
Clifford Grey   Composer
Francis Wheeler   Composer
Gene Autry   Composer
Frank Eyton   Composer
Frank Signorelli   Composer
Frank Foster   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
Benny Goodman   Composer
Ernie Erdman   Composer
Edward Eliscu   Composer
Charlie Carpenter   Composer
Fred Rose   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Eubie Blake   Composer
Joe Young   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Walter Gross   Composer
John Spikes   Composer
Sam M. Lewis   Composer
Harry Brooks   Composer
Harry Akst   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Art Hickman   Composer
Arthur Freed   Composer
Al Jolson   Composer
Al J. Neiburg   Composer
Albert Ammons   Composer
Buddy DeSylva   Composer
Bert Lown   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Turner Layton   Composer
Spencer Williams   Composer
Sidney D. Mitchell   Composer
Bert Kalmar   Composer
Anders Stefansen   Producer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Ted Snyder   Composer
Leroy Anderson   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Ted Fio Rito   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Ray Noble   Composer
Sid Robin   Composer
Hugh Martin   Composer