Living Era's Cotton Club album opens with Irving Mills introducing Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra in a contrived "Cotton Club" setting. In a moment of supremely clueless artificial camaraderie, Mills, sounding like a diminutive gangster, refers to Ellington as "Dukie." What transpires next is a parade of performers who were essential participants in the musical nightlife of New York City during the late '20s and early '30s. Here come the big bands led by Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie ...
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Living Era's Cotton Club album opens with Irving Mills introducing Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra in a contrived "Cotton Club" setting. In a moment of supremely clueless artificial camaraderie, Mills, sounding like a diminutive gangster, refers to Ellington as "Dukie." What transpires next is a parade of performers who were essential participants in the musical nightlife of New York City during the late '20s and early '30s. Here come the big bands led by Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Lunceford, Andy Kirk, and Reginald Foresythe, with vocalists Ethel Waters, Adelaide Hall, Midge Williams, and epiglottal wonder Harold Arlen. Highlights include Chick Webb's solid take on "Heebie Jeebies," Cab Calloway's treatment of Fats Waller's "Old Yazoo," and Reginald Foresythe's very dignified rendering of his own "Serenade for a Wealthy Widow." Having presumably stowed his Thompson machine gun under a nearby tablecloth, Irving Mills re-emerges to conclude the Cotton Club album with an off-the-cuff vocal on "Doin' the New Low Down" in front of the greatest jazz orchestra in the world, led by Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington. ~ arwulf arwulf, Rovi
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Add this copy of Cotton Club to cart. $5.99, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Diamond rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Asv Living Era.
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Add this copy of Cotton Club to cart. $31.95, like new condition, Sold by First Coast Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eatonton, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1994.
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Like New. Size: 5x4x0; Original ASV release, CD AJA 5031R. Made in West Germany. Scratch free disc, original artwork, and case are all in great condition. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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