Squeeze Me: Big Hits from a Great Lady

by Mildred Bailey

Overview

This is a terrific collection of Mildred Bailey sides from her prime years, 1933-1939. It is true that some, maybe many, would argue that the years she spent with Paul Whiteman (1929-1932) were her best ones, but these were the years she actually came to national prominence. The creativity in her vocal style was fully developed in 1933 when she began to take some chances while continuing to score hits and enjoy widespread success. The list of musicians who appeared in her backing orchestras at this time included Bunny Berigan , Mary Lou Williams, Grachan Moncur II, Teddy Wilson, Chu Berry, Cozy Cole, Coleman Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Dorsey, Eddie Sauter, Johnny Hodges, and many others. The material here is basically knockout. Among the 24 cuts on this single disc are blues and jazz classics such as "Rockin Chair," "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "Don't Be That Way," "Junk Man," "Barrelhouse Music," "'Taint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)," her unique reading of "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You," and a terrific version of Fats Waller's wonderful nugget "Squeeze Me." Sound quality is fine for the period, the liner notes are fundamental but informational, and the price is absolutely right. Squeeze Me is a great place to start a Mildred Bailey collection. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2000
Label:	Jasmine Records
UPC:	0604988256826
Rank:	249813

Tracks

1. Bob White
2. Rockin' Chair
3. St. Louis Blues
4. Arkansas Blues
5. Barrelhouse Blues
6. 'Tain't What You Do
7. 'Long About Midnight
8. Is That Religion?
9. Hold On
10. Junk Man
11. Peace, Brother!
12. Ol' Pappy
13. Squeeze Me
14. Week End of a Private Secretary
15. Someday Sweetheart
16. Don't Be That Way
17. I Thought About You
18. There'll Be Some Changes Made
19. A Ghost of a Chance
20. Darn That Dream
21. Always and Always
22. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
23. Gulf Coast Blues
24. Rock It For Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mildred Bailey   Primary Artist
Arnold Covarrubias   Guitar
Stew Pletcher   Trumpet
Frank Simeone   Sax (Alto)
Al Mastren   Trombone
Joe Liss   Piano
Charlie Margulis   Trumpet
Leonard Goldstein   Saxophone
Eddie Powell   Flute
Jimmy Blake   Trumpet
Allen Hanlon   Guitar
Rueben "Zeke" Zarchey   Trumpet
Wes Hein   Trombone
Barney Zudecoff   Trumpet
Sonny Lee   Trombone
Melvin "Red" Solomon   Trumpet
Bill Hyland   Trumpet
Larry Binyon   Sax (Tenor)
Frank Worrell   Guitar
Jimmy Dorsey   Clarinet
Vernon Brown   Trombone
Nick Fatool   Drums
Red Norvo   Xylophone
Artie Shaw   Clarinet
Johnny Hodges   Sax (Alto)
Buster Bailey   Clarinet
Manny Klein   Trumpet
George Wettling   Drums
Buff Estes   Sax (Alto)
Ted Vesely   Trombone
Mitch Miller   Horn (English)
Dave Barbour   Guitar
Bunny Berigan   Trumpet
O'Neill Spencer   Drums
Billy Kyle   Piano
Teddy Wilson   Piano
Hank D'Amico   Sax (Alto)
Chu Berry   Sax (Tenor)
Cozy Cole   Drums
Eddie Sauter   Trumpet
Fletcher Henderson   Piano
Nuncio "Toots" Mondello   Sax (Alto)
Eddie Dougherty   Drums
Charlie Shavers   Trumpet
Russell Procope   Sax (Alto)
Floyd Smith   Guitar
Gene Krupa   Drums
John Kirby   Bass
Dick McDonough   Guitar
Red Ballard   Trombone
Jerry Jerome   Saxophone
Jimmy Carroll   Clarinet
Jimmy Maxwell   Trumpet
Ziggy Elman   Trumpet
Carl Prager   Clarinet (Bass)
Stan King   Drums
Coleman Hawkins   Sax (Tenor)
Fulton McGrath   Piano
Mary Lou Williams   Piano
Artie Bernstein   Bass
Herbie Haymer   Sax (Tenor)
Arthur Schutt   Piano
Robert Burns   Clarinet
Grachan Moncur II   Bass
Lou Shoobe   Bass

Technical Credits

Edwin Ward   Composer
Billy Higgins   Composer
Chet Forrest   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Marty Symes   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Jerry Levinson   Composer
Sue Werner   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Al J. Neiburg   Composer
Alex Hill   Composer
George W. Meyer   Composer
Spencer Williams   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Paul Pelletier   Coordination
Sy Oliver   Composer
Bernie Hanighen   Composer
Eddie DeLange   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Bing Crosby   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Benjamin Franklin Spikes   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
Benny Goodman   Composer
Edgar Sampson   Composer
W.C. Handy   Composer
Johnson   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Joseph Meyer   Composer
W. Benton Overstreet   Composer
John Spikes   Composer
Robison   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Trummy Young   Composer
Willard Robison   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
J. Johnson   Composer
Hall Johnson   Composer
Clarence Williams   Composer
Charlie Crump   Transfers
Jerry Livingston   Composer
Kay Werner   Composer
Anton Lada   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Robert Wright   Composer