Vol, 7: Whoopee Makers, Remaining Titles 1931-33

by Ben Pollack

Overview

The seventh and final volume in Jazz Oracle's Ben Pollack reissue program completes a series that put out every selection led by Pollack or featured a group of his sidemen during 1926-1933. This particular CD has a leftover feel to it although there are some rewarding performances heard along the way. The first 15 selections essentially complete Volume 6 which had all of the other performances by the recording group The Whoopee Makers. Dating from 1929, many of these numbers feature cornetist Jimmy McPartland, trombonist-singer Jack Teagarden, and either Benny Goodman or Jimmy Dorsey on reeds. Unfortunately a portion of those performances are essentially joke sides, with the musicians purposely playing corny since their earlier cornball version of "Shirt Tail Stomp" had been an unexpected hit. However some of the blues numbers are taken a bit more seriously and Teagarden in particular comes across well. Volume 7 also includes four numbers from a Jack Teagarden date from 1931 and a Pollack swing session from 1933. While the two selections from Teagarden's date that were released at the time are decent dance band numbers, the two numbers that were not released until the 1980s, "China Boy" and "Tiger Rag," have the great Fats Waller on piano and are quite heated and exciting. Completists will want this CD while more general collectors will be more interested in the first couple of volumes from this rewarding series. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	10/19/2004
Label:	Jazz Oracle
UPC:	0620588804427
Rank:	254415

Tracks

1. Shirt Tail Stomp
2. It's Tight Light That
3. Four or Five Times
4. Little Rose Covered Shack
5. Tiger Rag
6. Makin' Friends
7. Sweet Liza
8. Dirty Dog
9. Would You Be Happy?
10. (Eyes of Blue) You're My Waterloo
11. Honey
12. Honey
13. After You've Gone
14. 12th Street Rag
15. It's So Good
16. China Boy
17. Lies
18. I'm Sorry Dear
19. Tiger Rag
20. Linger a Little Longer in the Twilight
21. Two Tickets to Georgia
22. Two Tickets to Georgia

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ben Pollack   Primary Artist,Director
Jack Teagarden   Violin,Vocals,Trumpet,Trombone
Fats Waller   Piano,Guitar
Benny Goodman   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Charlie Teagarden   Trumpet
Gene Austin   Vocals
Adrian Rollini   Sax (Bass)
Gil Rodin   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Jimmy McPartland   Cornet,Conductor
Nappy Lamare   Guitar,Vocals
Ray Bauduc   Drums
Harry Goodman   Bass,Tuba,Brass Band,String Bass
Harold "Scrappy" Lambert   Violin,Vocals
Raymond Cohen   Violin
Alex Beller   Violin
Gil Bowers   Piano
Vic Breidis   Piano
Doris Robbins   Vocals
Tommy Gott   Trumpet
Tommy Thunen   Trumpet
Jerry Johnson   Bass
Ralph Copsey   Trombone
Larry Binyon   Sax (Tenor)
Charlie Spivak   Trumpet
Jimmy Dorsey   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Pee Wee Russell   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Matty Matlock   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Bud Freeman   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Sterling Bose   Trumpet
Harold Lang   Sax (Alto)
Jack Kaufman   Violin,Vocals

Technical Credits

Seymour Simons   Composer
Turner Layton   Composer
J. Fred Coots   Composer
Jack King   Art Direction
Jack Teagarden   Composer
Ben Pollack   Leader
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer
Benny Goodman   Composer
Euday L. Bowman   Composer
Anson Weeks   Composer
Gil Rodin   Composer
Henry Creamer   Composer
John R.T. Davies   Engineer,Producer,Transfers,Remastering
Lew Pollack   Composer
Harry Barris   Composer
John Wilby   Engineer,Producer,Liner Notes
Marco H. Hellman   Composer
Cornel Tanassy   Composer
Alfredo d'Orsay   Composer
Ross Wilby   Engineer
Byron Gay   Composer
Colin Bray   Producer
James Williams   Engineer
Richard Rudy   Graphic Design
Joe Showler   Engineer,Liner Notes
Charles Tobias   Composer
Joe Young   Composer
Johnnie Scott   Composer
Jimmy Campbell   Composer
Nick LaRocca   Composer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer