This same tune is included in a spectacular live recording of a Town Hall concert from 1947. The arrangement seems to be the same. Briggs sings essentially the same scat vocal and Barnet plays essentially the same solo. A young Clarke Terry is on this recording and does some soloing. The title on the recording is "East Side, West Side". This was once available on an RCA LP and I have seen it in used record stores in recent years. I found it a couple of years ago in the USA on a CD label called "Hep Jazz, The Metronome Series" with the title "Town Hall Concert", CD 81. The sound is quite good. The interesting and informative original "liner notes" by Barnet are included. Barnet says neither he nor the band knew the recording was being made at the time. The CD also identifies a website www.hepjazz.com which still exists and shows the CD for sale.
Awesome! Do you you know if there is a recording available? That's something I'd like to swing out to.
ReplyDeleteI don't think there is a recording (apart from this) of this song but Bunny Briggs recorded a handful of other sessions with Charlie Barnet.
ReplyDeleteThis same tune is included in a spectacular live recording of a Town Hall concert from 1947. The arrangement seems to be the same. Briggs sings essentially the same scat vocal and Barnet plays essentially the same solo. A young Clarke Terry is on this recording and does some soloing. The title on the recording is "East Side, West Side". This was once available on an RCA LP and I have seen it in used record stores in recent years. I found it a couple of years ago in the USA on a CD label called "Hep Jazz, The Metronome Series" with the title "Town Hall Concert", CD 81. The sound is quite good. The interesting and informative original "liner notes" by Barnet are included. Barnet says neither he nor the band knew the recording was being made at the time. The CD also identifies a website www.hepjazz.com which still exists and shows the CD for sale.
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