Title: 1937-1938 Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra Release Date: 4/11/2000 Label: Classics Duration: 64:39 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 3307517109026, 723723816122 Genre: Jazz Moods: Earthy, Exuberant, Rollicking, Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Elegant, Joyous, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Sophisticated, Stylish, Cheerful, Complex, Energetic, Freewheeling, Party/Celebratory, Passionate Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. I Double Dare You
2. Why Talk About Love?
3. My Fine Feathered Friend
4. You're a Sweetheart
5. Let's Pitch a Little Woo
6. I Wanna Be in Winchell's Column
7. Loch Lomond
8. Broadway's Gone Hawaii
9. Calliope Blues
10. Twin City Blues
11. Carolina in the Morning
12. Saving Myself for You
13. Laughing Boy Blues
14. The Flat Floogie
15. Lullaby in Rhythm
16. Don't Wake up My Heart
17. Laughing Boy Blues
18. Indian Boogie Woogie
19. Who'll Buy My Violets?
20. Listen to the Mockingbird
21. Blue Evening
22. River Bed Blues

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD Classics 1090

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This entry in the chronological rundown of Woody Herman recordings focuses on all of his 1937 and 1938 Decca recordings. The Band That Plays the Blues was still searching for a style that would click with a public hungry for all swing music, and the song selection is a combination of standards, blues, a couple of boogie-woogies, and a stray novelty or two like "Flat Foot Floogie." It also features the oddball "Laughing Boy Blues" (his only hit in 1938) and "River Bed Blues," the first recording by the small group within the band, The Woodchoppers. The best was still to come. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Name Credits Anatol Schenker Liner Notes Clarence Willard Trumpet Frank Carlson Drums Hy White Guitar Jack Ferrier Sax (Alto) Joe Bishop French Horn Kermit Simmons Trumpet Malcolm Crain Trumpet Mary Martin Performer Neal Reid Trombone Nick Hupfer Violin Oliver Matthewson Guitar Pete Johns Sax (Tenor) Ray Hopfner Sax (Alto) Saxie Mansfield Vocals, Sax (Tenor) Tommy Linehan Piano Walter Yoder Bass Woody Herman Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Main Performer, Director, Vocals Woody Herman & His Orchestra Performer