The Transcriptions Performances 1935

by Claude Hopkins

Overview

The Hep record label deserves high praise for having reissued 25 broadcast acetate recordings by the Claude Hopkins orchestra dating from the autumn of 1935. Using arrangements by Benny Carter, Fred Norman and Hopkins himself, this band sounded better at times than they did on their commercially issued records. Soloists include clarinetist Edmond Hall, saxophonists Hilton Jefferson and Bobby Sands, and trumpeters Sylvester Lewis and Washington D.C. native Ovie Alston, who possessed a pleasant singing voice. Three exceptional titles from this collection represent this band at its very finest and more than justify the purchase of the entire album: they are the "Farewell Blues," the "Washington Squabble" and "Chasing the Blues Away," a veritable masterpiece that gradually evolves into an exotic shuffle propelled by growling trumpet and Caribbean percussion. ~ arwulf arwulf

Product Details

Release Date:	08/10/1999
Label:	Hep
UPC:	0603366010494
Rank:	156111

Tracks

1. Nagasaki
2. Canadian Capers
3. Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town
4. Somebody Else, Not Me
5. Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet
6. You Stayed Away Too Long
7. What'll I Do?
8. Traffic Was Terrific
9. Hodge Podge
10. Swingin' and Jivin'
11. Farewell Blues
12. Minor Mania
13. Washington Squabble
14. Singin' in the Rain
15. Nola
16. Back Beats
17. Chasing the Blues Away
18. Aw Shucks
19. Just as Long as the World Goes 'Round and Around
20. Truckin'
21. Preacher and the Bear
22. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
23. That's A-Plenty
24. Everybody Shuffle
25. (I Would Do) Anything for You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Claude Hopkins   Primary Artist,Piano,Director
Fred Norman   Trombone
Pete Jacobs   Drums
Henry Wells   Trombone
Hilton Jefferson   Clarinet
Sylvester Lewis   Trumpet
Albert Snaer   Trumpet
Henry Turner   Bass (Upright)
Bobby Sands   Sax (Tenor)
Walter Jones   Guitar
Gene Johnson   Sax (Alto)
Ovie Alston   Vocals,Trumpet

Technical Credits

Bert White   Composer
Paul Mares   Composer
Bernie Hanighen   Composer
Felix Arndt   Composer
Bobby Williams   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Frank Driggs   Liner Notes
Ben Pollack   Composer
Claude Hopkins   Composer
Elmer Schoebel   Composer
Mort Dixon   Composer
Rube Bloom   Composer
Egbert VanAlstyne   Composer
Leon Roppolo   Composer
Nacio Herb Brown   Composer
Alexander Hill   Composer
James F. Hanley   Composer
Arthur Freed   Composer
Alastair Robertson   Producer
Harry Williams   Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Benny Carter   Composer
Percy Wenrich   Composer
George A. Whiting   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
J.C. Johnson   Composer
Gus Chandler   Composer
Henry Cohen   Composer
Nat Schwartz   Composer
Stanley Murphy   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Terry Farley   Composer