Personnel:
Charlie Shavers (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Russell Procope (as), Billy Kyle (p), Aaron Bell(b), Specs Powell (d), Maxine Sullivan (vcl)
Reference: LHJ10140
Contains the complete LPs:
- Horn O Plenty
- The Complete Charlie Shavers with Maxine Sullivan"
- We dig Cole!
3 very unusual slices of work by trumpeter Charlie Shavers -- proof of his vitality and the range of his powers during the 50s! The first 4 tracks on the set are from the Horn Of Plenty 10" LP recorded for Bethlehem -- a pretty weird little record for trumpeter Charlie, done as a "story of the jazz trumpet", and featuring narration by Al Jazzbo Collins! Collins talks his way through the set -- providing some hipster speak that sets that stage for a variety of older tunes featuring Shavers on solo.
Tracklisting:
1. Dark Eyes
2. Dawn On The Desert
3. Moten Swing
4. Story Of The Jazz Trumpet
5. Rose Room
6. Flow Gently Sweet Rhythm
7. Windy
8. Molly Malone
9. If I Had A Ribbon Bow
10. What is This Thing Called Love?
11. It's Delovely
12. Begin the Beguine
13. It's All Right With Me
14. I Love Paris
15. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
16. Night and Day
17. Just one of Those Things
Tracks #1-4: Charlie Shavers (tp), Bennie Moten (tb), Hank D'Amico (cl), Kenny Kersey (p), Aaron Bell (b), Panama Francis (d), Al Collins(narration). Recorded NYC, October 25 & 27, 1954
#5-9: Charlie Shavers (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Russell Procope (as), Billy Kyle (p), Aaron Bell(b), Specs Powell (d), Maxine Sullivan (vcl). Recorded NYC, 1956
#10-17: Charlie Shavers (tp), Urbie Green (tb), Sol Yaged (cl), Sam Taylor(ts), Buddy Weed (p), Bob Haggart (b), Cozy Cole (d), Larry Clinton (arr). Recorded ca. 1957-58
