A swell two-CD collection gathering 43 of New Orleans trumpet master Henry "Red" Allen's best early recordings for the Victor label, 1929-1930 shows the first glimpse of what could be termed the post-Louis Armstrong school of jazz trumpet. Though like everyone in jazz (not just trumpet players), Allen was influenced by his former New Orleans compatriot, he took just as much from Duke Ellington's trumpet players from the same period, particularly James "Bubber" Miley's work with mutes. The other key difference is that Allen ...
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A swell two-CD collection gathering 43 of New Orleans trumpet master Henry "Red" Allen's best early recordings for the Victor label, 1929-1930 shows the first glimpse of what could be termed the post-Louis Armstrong school of jazz trumpet. Though like everyone in jazz (not just trumpet players), Allen was influenced by his former New Orleans compatriot, he took just as much from Duke Ellington's trumpet players from the same period, particularly James "Bubber" Miley's work with mutes. The other key difference is that Allen lacked Armstrong's natural ebullience, both as a trumpeter and as a singer, and favored a grittier tone; Armstrong rarely recorded anything as gripping as "Dirty TB Blues" (one of 12 tracks with vocals by the great Victoria Spivey) or as funky as the bass-driven "Ease on Down (Case on Down)," recorded in late 1930 with the Luis Russell Orchestra, where Allen would be a featured soloist for the next several years. The remastered sound on these discs is exceptional, making 1929-1930 one of the best available compilations of this period of Henry "Red" Allen's career. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi
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Add this copy of 1929-1930 2 to cart. $3.99, good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Jsp Records.
