Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust: 1927-1960

Title: Stardust: 1927-1960 Artist: Hoagy Carmichael Release Date: 1/26/1999 Label: Giants Of Jazz Recordings Duration: 62:23 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 800488319225 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Show Tunes, Early Jazz, American Popular Song, Cast Recordings, Standards, Traditional Pop, Tin Pan Alley Pop Moods: Reserved, Sentimental, Calm/Peaceful, Poignant, Soothing, Sweet, Gentle, Intimate, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Sophisticated, Springlike, Wistful, Cheerful, Elegant, Innocent, Romantic, Stylish Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Stardust
2. Rockin' Chair
3. Come Easy, Go Easy Love
4. Ginger and Spice
5. Sleepy Time Gal
6. Billy-A-Dick
7. Lazy River
8. Bessie Couldn't Help It
9. Georgia on My Mind
10. March of the Hoodlums
11. Washboard Blues
12. Hong Kong Blues
13. Cosmic
14. Lazy Bones
15. Snowball
16. Judy
17. Sing It Way Down Low
18. One Morning in May
19. One Night in Havana
20. So Tired
21. Moon Country
22. Barnacle Bill the Sailor

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD Giants Of Jazz Recordings 53192

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Hoagy Carmichael is different than the other great American jazz and pop song stylists of his time like the Gershwins, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin in that his songs only occasionally took romance as a central theme. Carmichael preferred instead to deal with places, times and mindsets, with a song like "Georgia on My Mind" being a perfect example. It's a love song, certainly, but it is a love song to a place, and more specifically, to a place in time, and (as the title states) a place in mind. Even Carmichael's most famous composition, "Stardust," isn't so much a song about love as it is a song about thinking about a song about love, which makes it a love song one step removed. Songs like "Rockin' Chair" or "Lazy River" may be romantic in tone but they aren't love songs in any normal sense. Perhaps this is why Carmichael's melodies also do so well as instrumentals, since they depend more on mood, time and feel than any kind of romantic plot line. At the very least, Carmichael's songs have proven to be extremely versatile, as the sheer range of artists on this compilation from the Italian reissue label Giants of Jazz makes clear, including turns by Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Dorsey and several others on Carmichael tunes recorded between 1927 and 1960. Covered are Carmichael classics like "Stardust," "Lazy River," "Lazy Bones" ("lazy" was a key word in Carmichael's lyrical lexicon), "Georgia on My Mind," and "One Night in Havana," songs that frame the legacy of a very unique writer, one who wrote love songs to places and ideas, and in doing so, defined the concept of americana in the purest sense. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Anderson Cornet Andy Secrest Trumpet Andy Van Sickle Drums Arnold Brillhardt Sax (Alto) Artie Bernstein Bass Benny Goodman Clarinet Bill Challis Arranger Bix Beiderbecke Cornet Bob Hutsell Clarinet Boyce Cullen Trombone Bubber Miley Trumpet Bud Freeman Sax (Tenor) Carl Kress Guitar Carson Robison Vocals Charles Dowling Bass Charles Strickfaden Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone) Chauncey Morehouse Vibraphone, Drums Eddie Lang Guitar Eddie Wolfe Violin Fizz Goodrich Bars Francis Palmer Bass Fred Murray Trumpet Gene Krupa Drums George Harper Sax (Tenor) George Marks Piano Harold George Tuba Harold McDonald Vibraphone, Drums Harold Stokes Accordion Harry Bason Piano Harry Goodman Tuba Harry Warner Guitar, Banjo Hoagy Carmichael Piano, Vocals Irving Brodsky Piano, Vocals Jack Teagarden Trombone Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra Performer Jim Johnston Bass Jimmy Dorsey Sax (Alto), Clarinet Joe Hudson Drums Joe Venuti Viola, Violin Kurt Dieterle Violin Larry Tice Sax (Alto), Clarinet Lee Howell Trombone Lorin Schulz Trombone Manny Klein Trumpet Matty Malneck Viola Mel Miller Drums Min Leibrook Sax (Baritone) Mischa Russell Violin Myron Schulz Violin Nat Natoli Trumpet Paul Whiteman Orchestra Performer Ray Lodwig Trumpet Red Ginsler Trombone Red Norvo Xylophone Reggie Byleth ? Roy Smeck Guitar Sid Peltyn Trumpet Sidney Arodin Sax (Alto), Clarinet Sterling Bose Trumpet Steve Brown Bass Sunny Clapp Clarinet, Sax (Alto) Tommy Dorsey Trombone Warren Carr Trombone Wilbur Hall Guitar