Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - Strictly Lunceford
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About Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - Strictly Lunceford
2007 four CD box set from Proper. The Jimmie Lunceford band was one of the outstanding black big bands of the '30s and '40s. The relative lack of latter-day attention might be attributable to Lunceford's tragically early death in 1947 at the age of 45. But this alone cannot be the cause of Lunceford’s apparent dismissal from the collective memory of the Jazz world. In this respect the Lunceford band might have been a victim of its versatility, the band functioned as a show band, a dance band and a Jazz band, serving a musical menu of novelty tunes, sentimental ballads, music for dancing and spectacular "Flag wavers". Proper. Album Description
Tracks
Disc 1
- Chickasaw Stomp
- Memphis Rag
- In Dat Mornin'
- Sweet Rhythm
- Flaming Reeds And Screaming Brass
- While Love Lasts
- White Heat
- Jazznocracy
- Chillun, Get Up!
- Leaving Me
- Swingin' Uptown
- Breakfast Ball
- Here Goes (A Fool)
- Remember When
- Sophisticated Lady
- Mood Indigo
- Rose Room
- Black And Tan Fantasy
- Stratosphere
- Nana
- Miss Otis Regrets
- Unsophisticated Sue
- Stardust
- Dream Of You
- Stomp It Off
- Call It Anything (It Wasn't Love)
Disc 2
- Because You're You
- Chillun, Get Up!
- Solitude
- Rain,
- Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down
- Jealous
- Rhythm Is Our Business
- I'm Walking Through Heaven With You
- Shake Your Head (From Side To Side)
- Sleepy-Time Gal
- Bird Of Paradise
- Runnin' Wild
- Four Or Five Times
- (If I Had) Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes
- Swanee River
- (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North) I'll Take The South
- Avalon
- Hittin' The Bottle
- I'm Nuts About Screwy Music
- The Best Things In Life Are Free
- The Melody Man
- Organ Grinder's Swing
- On The Beach At Bali Bali
- Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
Disc 3
- Harlem Shout
- Running A Temperature
- He Ain't Got Rhythm
- Slumming On Park Avenue
- Coquette
- The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
- Hell's Bells
- For Dancers Only
- Posin'
- The First Time I Saw You
- Pigeon Walk
- Annie Laurie
- Frisco Fog.
- Margie
- The Love Nest
- Down By The Old Mill Stream
- My Melancholy Baby
- Sweet Sue, Just You
- By The River Sainte Marie
- 'Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)
- Cheatin' On Me
- Le Jazz Hot
- Time's A-Wastin
- Baby, Won't You Please Come Home ?
- The Lonesome Road
- What Is This Thing Called Swing ?
Disc 4
- Easter Parade
- Ain't She Sweet
- Well, All Right Then
- I Used To Love You (But It's All Over Now)
- Belgium Stomp
- Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)
- Uptown Blues
- Lunceford Special
- What's Your Story Morning Glory
- I Got It
- Monotony In Four Flats
- Blue Prelude
- Twenty-Four Robbers
- Battle Axe
- Chocolate
- Flamingo
- Siesta At The Fiesta
- Hi Spook
- Yard Dog Mazurka
- Impromptu
- Blues In The Night, Pts 1 & 2
- Strictly Instrumental
- Knock Me A Kiss
- Back Door Stuff Pts 1 & 2
- The Honeydripper
- Cement Mixer
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User Reviews
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Such a well rounded band. But unlike most well rounded bands the JLO isn't just good, but they excel at everything!!! I think this is a must have if you're collecting Jazz and Big Band music from the 20's to the 40's.
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