Title: Blowin Up a Storm: Classic First Herd Sides Artist: Woody Herman Release Date: 7/1/1999 Label: Charly Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 4017692318524, 604988915921 Genre: Jazz Styles: Big Band, Industrial 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: 2

1. As Long as I Live
2. I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
3. Laura
4. Apple Honey
5. I Wonder
6. Yeah Man (Amen)
7. Caldonia
8. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
9. Goosey Gander
10. A Kiss Goodnight
11. Northwest Passage
12. I've Got the World on a String
13. The Good Earth
14. Put That Ring on My Finger
15. Bijou
16. Gee, It's Good to Hold You
17. Your Father's Moustache
18. Wildroot
19. Blowin' up a Storm
20. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
21. Atlanta, GA
22. Welcome to My Dreams

1. Panacea
2. Steps
3. Four Men on a Horse
4. Igor
5. Fan It
6. Nero's Conception
7. Lost Weekend
8. Pam
9. Sidewalks of Cuba
10. Lady McGowan's Dream
11. Romance in the Dark
12. Summer Sequence
13. Everywhere
14. With Someone New
15. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
16. Back Talk
17. I Surrender, Dear
18. Someday, Sweetheart
19. Woodchopper's Ball
20. Non-Alcoholic

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD Charly 162

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There is no hype or exaggeration in calling these tunes the classic "First Herd" sides. Beginning in 1943 Woody Herman assembled his first great bands that counted among its numbers young lions such as guitarist Billy Bauer; arrangers Neil Hefti and Sy Oliver; trumpeters Shorty Rogers; Conte and Pete Condoli; saxophonists Flip Phillips and Serger Chaloff, Pete Mondello and Zoot Sims; vibraphonist Red Norvo; bassist Joe Mondragon and pianists like Jimmy Rowles, just to name a few. This Collection by Proper collects 42 sides over two discs and provides them a t a budget price. Sound is excellent for the period, the notes are more than serviceable, and some of the cuts include Hefti's "The Good Earth," and "Blowin' Up A Storm," "I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues," Herman's "Apple Honey," and Goosey Gander," Norvo's steaming "Back Talk," and Phillips "Lost Weekend." There are ballads and vocals interwoven thro0ughout, but what's most important is the evolution in sophistication the band shows both in its choice of material, its confidence as a unit and the sheer wire walking execution in the music. This is a recommended introduction to Herman's music, as well as a place to collect old favorites in one place. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Porcino Trumpet Arnold Fishkind Bass Bernie Glow Trumpet Bill Harris Trombone Billy Bauer Guitar Bob Peck Trumpet Bob Swift Trombone Buddy Rich Drums Cappy Lewis Trumpet Carl Warwick Trumpet Chubby Jackson Bass Chuck Peterson Trumpet Chuck Wayne Guitar Conrad Gozzo Trumpet Conte Candoli Trumpet Dave Tough Drums Don Lamond Drums Earl Swope Trombone Ed Kiefer Tuba, Trombone Ernie Royal Clarinet Flip Phillips Sax (Tenor), ? Frances Wayne Vocals Fred Otis Piano Gene Sargent Guitar Herbie Steward Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto) Irv Lewis Trumpet Irwin "Marky" Markowitz Trumpet Jimmy Rowles Piano Joe Mondragon Bass John LaPorta Clarinet, Sax (Alto) Joost Visser Compilation, Liner Notes, Producer Marjorie Hyams Vibraphone Mary Ann McCall Vocals Mickey Folus ?, Sax (Tenor) Neal Hefti Trumpet, Arranger Neal Reid Trombone Ollie Wilson Trombone Pete Candoli Trumpet Pete Mondello ?, Sax (Tenor) Ralph Burns Arranger, Piano Ralph Pfeffner Trombone, Tuba Ray Linn Trumpet Ray Wetzel Trumpet Red Norvo Vibraphone Sam Marowitz Sax (Alto), Clarinet Sam Rubinwich Flute, Bass, Sax (Bass) Serge Chaloff Sax (Bass) Shorty Rogers Trumpet Skippy de Sair Bass, Sax (Bass) Sonny Berman Trumpet Stan Fishelson Trumpet Sy Oliver Arranger Tony Aless Piano Walter Yoder Bass Woody Herman Leader, Vocals, Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Main Performer Zoot Sims Sax (Tenor)