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Hot Snow: Queen of Trumpet & Song
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Artist(s)Valaida
StudioDrg
Release DateMarch 23, 1999
UPC Code021471845525
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Tracks

Disc 1
  1. Poor Butterfly - Valaida, Golden, John [Broad
  2. I Wish I Were Twins - Valaida, DeLange, Eddie
  3. I Can't Dance (I Got Ants in My Pants) - Valaida, Williams, Clarence
  4. It Had to Be You - Valaida, Kahn, Gus
  5. (You Bring Out) The Savage in Me - Valaida, Conslow
  6. Imagination - Valaida, Snow, Valaida
  7. Sing You Sinners/Sing, It's Good for Ya - Valaida, Coslow
  8. Whisper Sweet - Valaida, Trent
  9. Singin' in the Rain - Valaida, Freed, Arthur
  10. Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Valaida, Cahn, Sammy
  11. High Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm - Valaida, Snow, Valaida
  12. I Want a Lot of Love - Valaida, Clare
  13. Take Care of You for Me - Valaida, Snow, Valaida
  14. Lovable and Sweet - Valaida, Clare
  15. I Must Have That Man! - Valaida, Fields, Dorothy
  16. You're Not the Kind - Valaida, Hudson, Will
  17. You Let Me Down - Valaida, Warren, Harry
  18. Mean to Me - Valaida, Turk, Roy
  19. Dixie Lee - Valaida, Hill, Alexander
  20. The Mood That I'm In - Valaida, Silver, Abner
  21. Sweet Heartache - Valaida, Stept, Sam
Disc 2
  1. Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin' - Valaida, Wainer, L.
  2. Where Is the Sun? - Valaida, Redmond, John [Comp
  3. Some of These Days - Valaida, Brooks, Shelton
  4. Chloe - Valaida, Kahn, Gus
  5. Swing Is the Thing - Valaida, Bloom, Rube
  6. Nagasaki - Valaida, Dixon, Mort
  7. I Wonder Who Makes Rhythm? - Valaida, Cahn, Sammy
  8. I Got Rhythm - Valaida, Gershwin, George
  9. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - Valaida, Gaskill, Clarence
  10. Tiger Rag - Valaida, DaCosta, Harry
  11. Minnie the Moocher - Valaida, Calloway, Cab
  12. Caravan - Valaida, Ellington, Duke
  13. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Valaida, Traditional
  14. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Valaida, Porter, Cole
  15. You're Driving Me Crazy - Valaida, Donaldson, Walter
  16. Take It Easy - Valaida, Ellington, Duke
  17. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Valaida, Fields, Dorothy
  18. St. Louis Blues - Valaida, Handy, W.C.
  19. Some of These Days - Valaida, Brooks, Shelton
  20. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny - Valaida, Public Domain [1]

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.0 (7 reviews)

rating: 3 Quote"THE QUEEN" for sureQuote
She is fantastic to listen to and hard to believe the album is more than 80 years old. I guess great holds it's own. A great addition to anyone's collection October 7, 2008

rating: 3 Quote"Hot Snow" SingsQuote
Hot Snow is an excellent, high-quality rendering of Valaida's hits. Perfect for anyone who does not already own Valaida Volue 1 or 2. Otherwise, it's a bit redunant.
April 20, 2008

rating: 2 QuoteSound qualityQuote
The samples I hear on this screen are pretty poor. One would hope the CDs are far better.
Anyone want to comment on that? October 5, 2007

rating: 5 Quotethis is the most complete volume you're going to findQuote
I became crazy about Valaida Snow ever since I heard the jamming Minnie the Moocher on the radio. This stuff is a gold mine, unknown to even jazz/swing aficionados. She combines vocals with trumpets in a way no one has managed to do except Louis Armstrong (who called her the "2nd greatest singer/trombonist in the world"). . BTW, the liner notes (prepared by a playwright, I think, were utterly fascinating and the best I'd ever read). And it dispelled lots of myths you'll find repeated in superficial web biographies on wikipedia and elsewhere. I.E. he casts doubt on the silly notion that Snow was involved in the drug scene in Europe during the Nazi takeover.

I am floored that Valaida Snow doesn't merit a single mention in Gary Giddins Visions of Jazz or Mark Gridley's Jazz Styles textbook.

One other thing. I recall checking the other CD's online before buying this 2 CD set. There may be one or two singles on the other releases, but this CD contains almost everything there is to find.

Sonically her best stuff sounds like roy Eldridge/Lionel Hampton, with her interpretations of traditional classics just so idiosyncratic you'll be amazed. Faves: I can't dance, Minnie the Moocher (outmooches Cab Calloway), I want a lot of love, Singing in the Ring, Poor Butterfly. December 13, 2005

rating: 5 QuoteA georgious and talnted hot jazz trumpet player/vocalist...Quote
Valaida Snow plays the trumpet hot in the Armstrong tradition, she also sings(similar to Adelaide Hall, but much hotter), Snow is virtually unknown today but in Europe in the 30's she was considered a jazz legend, and a very popular one at that. This two CD set highlights both her jazzy trumpet playing, and her lovley vocal talents. An excellent introduction to a hidden gem of a jazz legend. August 1, 2000

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