The Scat Man Crothers R&B Legacy 1944-1956 (2-CD)

Description: Personnel: Scat Man Crothers (vcl, d), Leroy Nabors, Ted Buckner (tp), Calvin Boze (tp, vcl), Red Nichols (cnt), Vic Dickenson, King Jackson (tb), Jimmy Harris, Marshall Royal, Benny Carter (as), Rosy McHargue, Joe Darensbourg (cl), Lucky Thompson, Joe Rushton, Maxwell Davis (ts), Que Martin (ts, cl, bs), Lee Barnes, Riff Charles, Gerald Wiggins, Bob Hammack, Eddie Beal (p), Danny Barker, Chuck Norris, Lafayette Thomas, Frank Pasley (g), Syl Turpin, John Simmons, Luther Roundtree, Red Callender, Dave Bryant (b), Jesse Price, Rollie Culver, Chico Hamilton (d), Phil Harris (vcl), Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman (MC) Scat Man Crothers was amulti-talented entertainer of the old school. In addition to acting, he sang, danced, did comedy and played a number of musical instruments, including drums, ukulele and guitar. Born Benjamin Sherman Crothers on May 23, 1910, at fifteen he got a job playing drums in a local speakeasy. Four years later he was touring the Midwest and wound up in Dayton, Ohio, where he found a job on radio station WFMK, where his style of singing earned him the name Scat Man. His career gained momentum in 1943 with a booking at Chicago’s Capitol Lounge, and from there, he was off to Hollywood and Billy Berg’s famous Swing Club. Things slowed down after the war, until he recorded “Dead Man’s Blues” for Capitol in 1948, the same year he became the first black performer to host a TV Program in Los Angeles. Playing as a single at the Oasis club, his big break came in 1952 when producer Albert J. Cohen offered him a part in his upcoming movie, Meet Me at the Fair, which started Crother’s extensive film career, including such classics as The Shining and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. But TV was where Crothers really found fame, beginning with Disney’s The Aristocats. Until his death in 1986, he participated on countless shows, a work which earned him a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Including accurate liner notes by singer and music historian Billy Vera in a well-documented 20-page boolet. Scat Man Crothers' early recorded works are presented here for the first time, in his unique and personal Swing, Blues and R&B-tinged style. Enjoy his important but largely forgotten contribution to music history! TRACKLIST: CD 1 01. Fine (Benjamin Crothers) 2:20 02. Shoo Shoo Baby (Phil Moore) 2:43 03. One O'Clock Jump (Count Basie) 1:14 04. Riff’s Blues (Riff Charles) 2:55 05. The Thing (Riff Charles) 3:06 06. Mabel the Lush (Riff Charles) 2:39 07. Dead Man's Blues (Riff Charles) 3:09 08. Have You Got the Gumption (To Make the Assumption) (Austin-Smith) 2:55 09. Just Lookin' (Austin-Smith) 3:06 10. Blue-Eyed Sally (Bernard-Robinson) 2:28 11. I'm the Only Man (The Buscuit Song) (Billy Charles) 2:47 12. Do Something (Green-Stept) 2:48 13. I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird (Riff Charles) 3:14 14. Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy (Stone-Stapp) 3:15 15. Wondering (Carruthers) 2:43 16. Exactly Like You (Fields-McHugh) 2:12 17. It's You (Carruthers) 2:40 18. Keep It Hot (Benjamin Crothers) 3:03 19. Unemployment Blues (Virgil Phemister) 3:15 20. Shuffleboard Blues (Reed-Phemister) 3:04 21. I'd Rather Be a Rooster (With a Flock of Chicks) (Gomez-Vance) 2:54 22. Television Blues (Jones-Vilia) 2:54 23. Beale Street on a Saturday Night (Crothers-Moffet) 2:48 24. King Berman's Stomp (Joe Greene) 2:41 25. A-Gruntin' and A-Groanin' (TheWrestler’s Song) (Joe Greene) 2:16 26. Free Samples (Joe Greene) 2:18 27. Just Like Two Drops ofWater (Joe Greene) 2:23 CD 2 01. Elaine (Benjamin Crothers) 2:24 02. Man, Have I Got Troubles (Wynonie Harris) 2:47 03. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (Mayhew-Smith) 3:20 04. Hot Rod Harry (The Coolest Cat In Town) (Darensbourg-Medley) 2:27 05. Hot Rod Cowboy (Darensbourg-Medley) 2:57 06. Saturday Night Drag Race, Part 1 (Darensbourg-Medley) 2:43 07. Saturday Night Drag Race, Part 2 (Darensbourg-Medley) 2:44 08. Papa (I Don't Treat That Little Girl Mean) (Jacques) 2:36 9. I Like Your Mother Better (Cameron-Dolphin) 2:46 10. Easy Money (Benjamin Crothers) [Mastertake] 2:45 11. Easy Money (Benjamin Crothers) [Alternate take] 2:19 12. Waiting for My Baby (Benjamin Crothers) 2:43 13. Beale Street on Saturday Night (Benjamin Crothers) 2:57 14. Walkin' My Baby Back Home (Turk-Ahlert-Richman) 2:55 15. Honeysuckle Rose (Waller-Razaf) 2:31 16. On The Sunny Side of the Street (McHugh-Fields) 3:08 17. A Smile Will Go a Long Way (Davis-Akst) 2:16 18. Keep That Coffee Hot (Adams-Corelli) 2:48 19. Dearest One (Benjamin Crothers) 2:08 20. Pork 'N' Beans (Charles Embree) 2:36 21. When OhWhen (Benjamin Crothers) 2:40 22. Do You Love Me? (Stan Freberg) 2:41 23. Sweet Lips (Jazz Lips) (Robin-Armstrong) 2:19 24. Waitin' for My Baby (Savoy Blues) (Ory-Robin) 2:54 25. The Death of Emmett Till, Part 1 (A.C. Bilbrew) 2:24 26. The Death of Emmett Till, Part 2 (A.C. Bilbrew) 2:23 Sources CD 1: Tracks #1-3, from Jubilee No. 70 Tracks #4 & 6, from Capitol 15220 Tracks #5 & 7, from Capitol 15076 Tracks #8 & 12, from Capitol 15431 Tracks #9 & 11, from Capitol 57-70062 Tracks #10 & 13, from Capitol 15383 Track #14, from RCA Victor 47-3216 Tracks #15 & 17, from Modern 20-560 Tracks #16 & 18, unissued Track #19, from Orchid 2-A Track #20, from Orchid 1-A Tracks #21 & 22, from London 17008 Track #23, from Aladdin 3079 Tracks #24 & 27, from Intro 6017 Tracks #25 & 26, from Intro 6016 Sources CD 2: Tracks #1 & 2, from Recorded in Hollywood 152 Track #3, from Cava-Tone 252 Track #4, from Colossal 101 Track #5, from Colossal 102 Tracks #6 & 7, from Hot Rod 45 x-1002 Track #8, from Recorded in Hollywood 142 Track #9, from Recorded in Hollywood 168 Tracks #10 & 12, from Recorded in Hollywood 401 Tracks #11 & 13, unissued Tracks #14 & 15, from Decca 28895 Tracks #16 & 17, from Decca 29097 Tracks #18 & 19, from Century 710 Tracks #20 & 21, from Century 712 Track #22, from Decca 29820 Tracks #23 & 24, from MGM 12199 Tracks #25 & 26, from Dootone 382 Personnel on CD 1 [1944-1951]: Tracks #1-3: SCAT MAN CROTHERS and His Orchestra Scat Man Crothers (vocals, drums) with prob. Leroy Nabors (trumpet); Jimmy Harris (alto sax); Lee Barnes (piano); Syl Turpin (bass); ensemble (vocals); Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman (MC). Recorded at NBC Studios, Hollywood, March 1944 Tracks #4-7: SCAT MAN CROTHERS with RIFF CHARLES and Friends, featuring VIC DICKENSON’S Trombone Scat Man Crothers (vocals); Vic Dickenson (trombone); Riff Charles (piano); unknow g, b, d. Recorded in Los Angeles, February 18, 1948 Tracks #8 & 9: SCAT MAN CROTHERS Scat Man Crothers (vocals); Lucky Thompson (tenor sax); unknow tp, tb, p, g, b, d. Recorded in Los Angeles, August 25, 1948 Tracks #10-13: SCAT MAN CROTHERS ScatMan Crothers (vocals); Gerald Wiggins (piano); Danny Barker (guitar); John Simmons (bass); Jesse Price (drums). Recorded in Los Angeles, January 10, 1949 Track #14: PHIL HARRIS and His Orchestra Scat Man Crothers (announcing himself as “Scat Man Ralph”), speech with Phil Harris (vocals); prob. Red Nichols (cornet); King Jackson (trombone); Rosy McHargue (clarinet); Joe Rushton (tenor sax); Bob Hammack (piano); Luther Roundtree (bass); Rollie Culver (drums). Recorded in Los Angeles, Spring 1949 Tracks #15-18: SCAT MAN CROTHERS Scat Man Crothers (vocals); Maxwell Davis (tenor sax); unknow tp, as, p, b, d; ensemble (vocals-1). Recorded in Los Angeles, June 8, 1949 Tracks #19 & 20: SCAT MAN CROTHERS Cosmo Combo Scat Man Crothers (vocals) with unknow p, g, b. Recorded in Los Angeles, November 1949 Tracks #21 & 22: SCAT MAN CROTHERS with Orchestral Accompaniment Scat Man Crothers (vocals) with unknow tp, as, ts, p, g, b, d. Recorded in Los Angeles, January 1950 Track #23: CALVIN BOZE with MAXWELL DAVIS Orchestra Calvin Boze (trumpet, vocals) with prob. Marshall Royal (alto sax); Maxwell Davis (tenor sax); unknow bar, p, g, b, d; Scat Man Crothers (speech); ensemble (vocals). Recorded in Los Angeles, January 15, 1951 Tracks #24-27: SCAT MAN CROTHERS with RED CALLENDER’s Sextet Scat Man Crothers (vocals); Maxwell Davis (tenor sax); prob. Marshall Royal (alto sax); Que Martin (tenor, baritone sax); Eddie Beal (piano); Chuck Norris (guitar); Red Callender (bass); Chico Hamilton (drums); ensemble (vocals on #27). Recorded in Los Angeles, April 16, 1951 Personnel on CD 2 [1951-1956]: Tracks #1 & 2: SCAT MAN CROTHERS Scat Man Crothers (vocals) with prob. Red Callender (bass); unknow p, g. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1951 Track #3: SCAT MAN CROTHERS & The JIMMY WILSON Band Jimmy Wilson (vocals); Scat Man Crothers (vocals, speech); Lafayette Thomas (guitar); unknow p, b, d. Recorded in San Francisco, 1951 Tracks #4-7: SCAT MAN CROTHERS with JOE DARENSBOURG and his Flat Out Five Scat Man Crothers (vocals); Joe Darensbourg (clarinet); Teddy Buckner (trumpet); Gerald Wiggins (piano); Frank Pasley (guitar); Dave Bryant (bass); ensemble (vcl on #6-7). Recorded in Los Angeles, November 1952 Tracks #8-13: SCAT MAN CROTHERS -Music by RED CALLENDER Sextette Scat Man Crothers (vocals); Maxwell Davis (tenor sax); prob. Que Martin (clarinet, alto, tenor, baritone saxes); Eddie Beal (piano); Chuck Norris (guitar); Red Callender (bass); Chico Hamilton (drums); overdubbed audience on #10; unknow tp intro #10. Recorded in Los Angeles, January 29, 1952; and February 19 (#4), 1953 Tracks #14-17: SCAT MAN CROTHERS with MATTY MATLOCK and His All-Stars Scat Man Crothers (vocals); Matty Matlock (clarinet, alto sax); unknow tp; prob. Eddie Miller (tenor sax); Stan Wrightsman (piano); George Van Eps (guitar); Phil Stevens (bass); Nick Fatool (drums). Recorded in Los Angeles, September 8, 1953 Tracks #18-21: SCAT MAN CROTHERS & The Mellow Men with BENNY CARTER’s Orchestra (#18, 20, 21) SCAT MAN CROTHERS with HENRY RUSSELL’s Orchestra (#19) ScatMan Crothers & The Mellow Men (vocals); Benny Carter (alto sax, solo on#21); unknown tb, ts, bs, p, g, d. On #19, prob. same personnel with Strings added. Recorded in Los Angeles, circa January 1955 Track #22: ALVINO REY, His Talking Steel Guitar and Orchestra with SCAT MAN Alvino Rey (steel-guitar); unknow p, g, b, d; Scat Man Crothers (vocals); The Revelaires (vocals chorus). Recorded in Los Angeles, December 13, 1955 Tracks #23 & 24: SCAT MAN CROTHERS with MATTY MATLOCK and His Orchestra Scat Man Crothers (vocals); Matty Matlock (clarinet); Dick Cathcart (trumpet); Abe Lincoln (trombone); Eddie Miller (tenor sax); Stan Wrightsman (piano); Phil Stevens (bass); Nick Fatool (drums). Recorded in Los Angeles, 1956 Tracks #25 & 26: THE RAMPARTS Scat Man Crothers (vocals, guitar); unknow el-b. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1956 Liner notes: Billy Vera Photos © Fresh Sound archives Project compilation, coordination & production: Daniel Gugolz Executive Producer: Jordi Pujol Hi Fi · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered Many thanks for their help: DieterMoll, Victor Pearlin, Dan Kochakian, Billy Vera, Galen Gart and Klaus Kettner

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