Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings: The Biggest Little Band in the Land
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| Artist: | John Kirby |
| Release date: | 2000 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Tracks: | 52 |
| Duration: | 02:24:38 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | It Feels So Good | 2:46 |
| 2. | Effervescent Blues | 2:50 |
| 3. | The Turf | 2:54 |
| 4. | Dawn On the Desert | 2:54 |
| 5. | Anita's Dance | 2:48 |
| 6. | Sweet Georgia Brown | 2:51 |
| 7. | Drink to Me Only With Think Eyes | 3:00 |
| 8. | Minute Waltz | 2:33 |
| 9. | Front and Center | 2:57 |
| 10. | Royal Garden Blues | 2:33 |
| 11. | Opus 5 | 2:48 |
| 12. | Fantasy Impromptu | 2:39 |
| 13. | Blue Skies | 2:40 |
| 14. | Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) | 2:37 |
| 15. | I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) | 3:01 |
| 16. | Little Brown Jug | 2:45 |
| 17. | Nocturne | 2:47 |
| 18. | Once Alone | 2:49 |
| 19. | Humoresque | 2:17 |
| 20. | Serenade | 2:35 |
| 21. | Jumpin' In the Pump Room | 2:51 |
| 22. | Milumbu | 2:44 |
| 23. | You Go Your Way | 3:17 |
| 24. | 20th Century Closet | 2:50 |
| 25. | Temptation | 3:09 |
| 26. | Blues Petite | 3:10 |
| 27. | On a Little Street in Singapore | 2:54 |
| 28. | Chloe | 2:46 |
| 29. | Andiology | 2:47 |
| 30. | Can't We Be Friends | 2:38 |
| 31. | Then I'll Be Happy (I Wanna Go Where You Go - Do What You Do) | 2:50 |
| 32. | I Love You Truly | 2:58 |
| 33. | Frasquita Serenade | 2:40 |
| 34. | Sextet from "Lucia" | 2:33 |
| 35. | Coquette | 2:57 |
| 36. | Zooming At the Zombie | 2:40 |
| 37. | Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy | 2:22 |
| 38. | Beethoven Riffs On | 2:31 |
| 39. | Double Talk (A Fugue) | 2:57 |
| 40. | Cutting the Campus | 2:51 |
| 41. | Close Shave | 2:31 |
| 42. | Bugler's Dilemma | 2:33 |
| 43. | It's Only a Paper Moon | 3:10 |
| 44. | Fifi's Rhapsody | 2:59 |
| 45. | Night Whispers | 3:01 |
| 46. | Tweed Me | 2:49 |
| 47. | Move Over | 2:47 |
| 48. | Wondering Where | 2:44 |
| 49. | Keep Smilin' | 3:08 |
| 50. | Comin' Back | 2:41 |
| 51. | No Blues At All | 2:02 |
| 52. | Saint Louis Blues | 2:44 |
Details
[Edit]The recordings compiled on this two-disc set contain the entire recorded output by John Kirby's sextet between 1939 and 1942. The most amazing thing is, that with the exception of one personnel change, the band retained its membership for the entire run of these sessions. Definitive's collection features excellent biographical liner notes and complete session details, and features better than average sound. Kirby's band that featured soloist Charlie Shavers, Buster Bailey, Russell Procope, Billy Kyle, and O'Neill Spencer was dubbed, "the biggest little band in the world. Due to the tight control Kirby held over arranging for the band — despite the fact that Shavers was the group's main composer — that reputation is well deserved, and it is a shame the outfit is not better known. Nonetheless, collectors will be delighted by the selection of tunes here, and newcomers would be well advised to choose these recordings first before investigating further.