Title: Rare & Unissued Masters 1941-1952 Artist: Muggsy Spanier Label: GHB Jazz Foundation Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 762247640622 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2020-04-03 Number of Discs: 2
CD reissue. Francis Joseph Spanier was better known as "Muggsy,' established his own style that distinguished his playing from that of other cornet players. When he is leading a group, one can immediately recognize who is on the cornet. The notes for this CD set, along with the book Muggsy Spanier: The Lonesome Road (1995) by Bert Whyatt, give a fairly detailed analysis of his style. Suffice to say here he is a hot player, punching out his notes in flurries and driving the band. His tone is fat and firm and with just a slight vibrato at the end of each phrase.
Tracks: 1.1 I've Found a New Baby (Fade Out) 1.2 Swinging Without Mezz (Fade Out Into Double Tempo) 1.3 Exactly Like You (Fade Out) 1.4 [I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My] Sister Kate (Fade in) 1.5 You Took Advantage of Me (Fade in) 1.6 Jazz Me Blues (Fade in) 1.7 Three-Two-One Blues * 1.8 I've Found a New Baby * 1.9 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home * 1.10 Sugar [That Sugar Baby of Mine] * 1.11 [I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My] Sister Kate * 1.12 Sweet Lorraine * 1.13 September in the Rain * 1.14 Oh! Lady Be Good * 1.15 Relaxin' at the Touro 1.16 When the Saints Go Marching in * 1.17 [I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My] Sister Kate * 1.18 Muskrat Ramble 1.19 [I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My] Sister Kate * 1.20 Relaxin' at the Touro 1.21 Rosetta * 1.22 When the Saints Go Marching in * 1.23 St Louis Blues * 1.24 Dixie Flyer * 1.25 Lazy Piano Man Blues 1.26 [It's a Long, Long Way to] Tipperary 1.27 I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man 1.28 Jazz Me Blues * 1.29 Eccentric * 1.30 A Good Man Is Hard to Find 1.31 Shine * 1.32 Riverside Blues 1.33 Sunday 1.34 I'm Confessin' That I Love You 1.35 Dippermouth Blues 1.36 Panama 1.37 Cherry * 1.38 At the Darktown Strutters' Ball * 1.39 Sweet Georgia Brown * 1.40 Stumbling * 1.41 My Honey's Lovin' Arms * 1.42 I've Found a New Baby 1.43 Muskrat Ramble * 1.44 [I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My] Sister Kate * 1.45 Relaxin' at the Touro * 1.46 Rosetta * 1.47 When the Saints Go Marching in * 1.48 St Louis Blues * 1.49 Lazy Piano Man Blues * 1.50 [It's a Long, Long Way to] Tipperary * 1.51 I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man * 1.52 * Denote Previously Unissued Takes
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