Billy Banks And His Orchestra 1932 & Jack Bland And His Rhythmakers 1932: The Complete Set-26 Tracks - 2006

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Billy Banks And His Orchestra 1932 & Jack Bland And His Rhythmakers 1932: The Complete Set-26 Tracks - 2006
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Audio CD (2006) - Number of Discs: 1 - Label: Retrieval - Catalog Number: RTR79049 - Source: BitTorrent
Jazz

Billy Banks Biography: It is extremely common for blues scholars to mistake one obscure female classic blues vocalist for another, especially if they are singing an itchy old number such as "Mean Old Bed Bug Blues". For said "female" vocal to have actually been done by a man is quite a rare occurence, but it has been known to happen if a fellow by the name of Billy Banks was lurking around. The aforementioned bed bug song was an early '30s side that for years was thought to feature the vocal efforts of a Fats Waller protege named Una Mae Carlisle. But it was actually Banks, a vocalist and bandleader marginally involved in some excellent jazz sessions from this period who was also an extremely succesful female impersonator. The more squeamish jazz biographers tend to just describe him as "eccentric." A case could be made that Banks' knack for passing as the opposite sex may have been his greatest talent. On the jazz scene, his name shows up basically because of some 1932 sessions at which he was a nominal bandleader, meaning he had very little to do with the actual music. Not that anyone there really needed any help from Banks: the line-up, representing one of the earliest multi-racial groups, featured players such as trumpeter Henry "Red"Allen, clarinetist Pee Wee Russell, trombonist Tommy Dorsey, pianist Jess Stacy, drummer Zutty Singleton and the incompareable Fats Waller, who needed a vocalist like a gopher needs someone to help dig a hole. It was a great combination of players, basically throwing together some members of the Luis Russell band with some white musicians that had been recruited by producer and publisher Irving Mills. His record company claimed these sides were the "hottest jazz records ever made", and it is a corny advertising pitch that a listener may feel quite sympathetic to after exposure to these romping, stomping sides, complete with Banks' high-pitched vocals. His style, which tends to bring forth measured compliments such as "unique", "interesting" and "curious", had not made much of an impact prior to these sessions. Banks had been working with the Russell band at the Lafayette Theater, doing as much a showman turn as a vocal act. Several years later he performed in the band of Noble Sissle. In the late '30s he moved to a cabaret spot at Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe, staying there nearly a decade. He then did cabaret in New York, touring Europe in the '50s as well as Australia and the Far East. The latter part of the world appealed to him particularly, and in the late '50s he settled in Japan, staying there until he died in the late '60s. One of his last recordings is a 1954 date with Cy Laurie's New Orleans Septet, recorded in Aarhus, Denmark, at which he pays a return visit to "Margie", one of the best numbers from the 1932 sessions.

* Born: 1901, Alton, IL
* Died: October 19, 1967, Tokyo, Japan
* Active: '30s
* Genres: Jazz
* Instrument: Vocals
* Representative Albums: "The Rhythmakers 1932", "1932"


Product Description: Orchestra/Jack Bland & Rhythmakers.The real spark behind the Rhythmakers can be summed up in three words: Henry "Red" Allen. Teamed with surrealistic reedman Pee Wee Russell (who plays a lot of tenor sax in addition to his famously wry clarinet), Red stirred up the Rhythmakers in the same way that he completely transformed every band he ever worked with. In addition to the dynamic front line, these snappy sides from 1932 are worthwhile mainly for the presence of pianists Joe Sullivan and Fats Waller, bassists Al Morgan and Pops Foster, and drummers Gene Krupa and Zutty Singleton. What about the nominal leader? Well, Billy Banks sounded more than a little like Cab Calloway in 1932, even singing some of the same topical hits. Billy seems to have gotten waylaid en route to the studio on April 18th. The band cooked up a steaming "Bugle Call Rag" while waiting for the singer to arrive. This is the only instrumental track on the entire album. It is followed by "Oh Peter (You're So Nice)" which has a vocal by Red Allen. Finally Banks showed and sang "Margie" in his rather shrill voice, sounding almost goofy after the wonderfully husky tones of Allen. The session of May 10th uses an unidentified band. Banks tried hard to be clever, scatting up a storm on "The Scat Song," but there are less kicks to be had with this group. As if to make up for a missed opportunity, Banks sang "Oh Peter" on May 23rd with the original ensemble except for Krupa, who was replaced by the mighty Zutty. Billy scats nicely on "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Take It Slow and Easy." These are strong performances, tough stomps played by a band that gradually works Billy down to a hipper delivery. "Bald Headed Mama" focuses on a theme revived years later by Professor Longhair ("Bald Head") and Lou Donaldson ("Wig Blues"). The epicenter of this album is the session of July 26th, 1932. Fats Waller and Pops Foster gas up the band so solidly that Banks sounds vicariously hipper than ever. Red Allen wails while Pee Wee plays only tenor sax, the clarinet being handled by Jimmy Lord. Strum support from simultaneous banjo and guitar certainly doesn't hurt. The most exciting track is "Mean Old Bed Bug Blues" with a very funny falsetto vocal chorus by Fats. W.C. Handy's "Yellow Dog Blues" bumps along at a good clip, with a marvelous piano solo after the perky vocal. "Yes Suh!" is pure vaudeville call-and-response. There's no telling who was in the band on August 18th 1932. About half of this material is quite rare, and it's good to have all of Banks' work on one disc. The album closes with Jack Bland and His Rhythmakers, a racially mixed band that blows the roof off of the "Hen House Door." This is one of Red Allen's wildest vocals on record. "Shine on Your Shoes," popularized by Fred Astaire, features unnervingly wholesome vocalist Chick Bullock, who advises everyone to face each dawn with polished footwear, either literally or metaphorically. The band cooks so hard it doesn't matter who the vocalist is! Bullock was the most heavily recorded vocalist of the 1930s, and this track is, without question, the best side he ever piped in on.

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Track Listing

01 - Bugle Call Rag - 2:49
02 - Margie - 2:53
03 - Oh Peter (You're So Nice) - 2:59
04 - Spider Crawl - 3:03
05 - Who's Sorry Now - 3:09
06 - Take It Slow And Easy - 2:40
07 - Bald Headed Mama - 2:52
08 - I Would Do Anything For You - 3:04
09 - I Would Do Anything For You - 3:05
10 - Mean Old Bed Bug Blues - 3:08
11 - Yellow Dog Blues - 3:20
12 - Yes Suh - 2:53
13 - Who Stole The Lock (On The Hen House Door) - 2:46
14 - Shine On Your Shoes - 3:06
15 - It's Gonna Be You - 2:52
16 - Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn - 3:08
17 - Oh Peter (You're So Nice) - 3:07
18 - Oh Peter (You're So Nice) - 3:11
19 - Oh Peter (You're So Nice) - 3:07
20 - Mean Old Bed Bug Blues - 2:51
21 - Yellow Dog Blues - 3:18
22 - Yes Suh - 2:49
23 - Who Stole The Lock (On The Hen House Door) - 2:44
24 - Shine On Your Shoes - 3:04
25 - Shine On Your Shoes - 2:58
26 - Track26 - 3:04

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Billy Banks and his Orchestra:
Billy Banks (vo) acc. by Henry "Red" Allen (tp,vo), Pee Wee Russell (cl,ts), Joe Sullivan (p), Eddie Condon (bj), Jack Bland (g), Al Morgan (sb), Gene Krupa (dm).
New York, April 18, 1932
01. 11716-1 Bugle Call Rag
17. 11717-1 Oh Peter
18. 11717-2 Oh Peter
02. 11718-1 Margie
XX. 11719-1,2 Spider Crawl (unissued)

Billy Banks (vo) acc. by Henry "Red" Allen (tp,vo), Pee Wee Russell (cl,ts), Joe Sullivan (p), Eddie Condon (bj), Jack Bland (g), Al Morgan (sb), Zutty Singleton (dm).
New York, May 23, 1932
03. 11717-3 Oh Peter
19. 11717-4 Oh Peter
XX. 11719-3 Spider Crawl (unissued)
04. 11719-4 Spider Crawl

New York, July 7, 1932
05. 11881-1 Who's Sorry Now ?
06. 11882-1 Take It Slow And Easy
07. 11883-1 Bald-Headed Mama

The Rhythmakers:
Billy Banks (vcl) acc. by Henry "Red" Allen (tp,vo), Jimmy Lord (cl), Pee Wee Russell (ts), Fats Waller (p), Eddie Condon (bj), Jack Bland (g), Pops Foster (sb) Zutty Singleton (dm).
New York, July 26, 1932
08. 12119-1 I Would Do Anything For You
09. 12119-2 I Would Do Anything For You
10. 12120-1 Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
20. 12120-2 Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
XX. 12121-1 Yellow Dog Blues (unissued)
21. 12121-2 Yellow Dog Blues
11. 12121-3 Yellow Dog Blues
22. 12122-1 Yes Suh !
12. 12122-2 Yes Suh !

Jack Bland and his Rhythmakers:
Henry Allen (tp,vo), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Happy Caldwell (ts), Frank Froeba (p), Eddie Condon (bj), Jack Bland (g), George "Pops" Foster (sb), Zutty Singleton (dm) Chick Bullock (vo).
New York, October 8, 1932
23. 12452-1 Who stole the lock on the hen house door
13. 12452-2 Who stole the lock on the hen house door
14. 12453-1 A shine on your shoes
24. 12453-2 A shine on your shoes
25. 12453-3 A shine on your shoes
15. 12454-2 It's gonna be you
16. 12455-1 Someone stole Gabriel's horn
26. 12455-2 Someone stole Gabriel's horn



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