Jazz Singer 1931-1941 [PA]

Performer: Bing Crosby
Distributor: Allegro Corporation (Dist

Notes: Personnel: Bing Crosby (vocals); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Connie Boswell (vocals); Abe Lincoln (guitar, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trombone, piano, drums); Dick McDonough, Perry Botkin and His Orchestra, Nappy Lamare, Bobby Sherwood (guitar); Max Solowsky, Harry Hoffman, Fred Glickman, Eddie Stone (violin); Woody Herman (clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Victor Hauprich, Jimmy Dorsey, Matty Matlock, Milt Yaner (clarinet, alto saxophone); Jack Mayhew, Irving Fazola, Benny Goodman, Danny Polo (clarinet); Fud Livingston (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Joe Ferdinando, Joe Kearns, Les Dreyer, Jack Stacey, Tony Antonelli (alto saxophone); Larry Binyon, Art Beck, Harold James, Saxie Mansfield, Gil Rodin, Art Moore, Clark Dick, Max Farley, Skeets Herfurt (tenor saxophone); Frankie Trumbauer (C-melody saxophone); Andy Secrest (trumpet, trombone); George Thow, Clarence Willard, Chelsea Quealey, Pokey Carriere, Max Connett, Frank Guarente, Truman Quigley, Toots Camarata, Billy Butterfield, Zeke Zarchy, Bunny Berigan (trumpet); Joe Bishop (flugelhorn); Joe Yukl, Sonny Lee, Seymour Goldfinger, Joe Ferrall, Warren Smith , Ward Silloway , Jack Jenney, Don Mattison, Tommy Dorsey, Will Bradley, Bobby Byrne (trombone); Herman Crone, Fulton McGrath, Harold "Hal" Smith, Ernie Hughes, Bobby Van Eps, Joe Meresco, Joe Sullivan, Lennie Hayton, Bob Zurke, Charlie LaVere (piano); Walter Lageson, Billy Marcus, Ray Bauduc, Ray McKinley, Spike Jones, Stan King (drums). Recording information: Chicago, IL (12/1931-05/1941); Hollywood, CA (12/1931-05/1941); Los Angeles, CA (12/1931-05/1941); New York, NY (12/1931-05/1941); San Francisco, CA (12/1931-05/1941). Arrangers: Joe Bishop; Bob Haggart. Before Bing Crosby became a movie and TV icon, he was a singer, one of the most popular America has ever known. A goodly portion of Bing's song output was jazz, recorded with some of the very best jazz musicians of the era. (These hepcats included immortals Bunny Berigan and Jack Teagarden, and even the young, soon-to-be-leaders Woody Herman and Spike Jones.) Crosby's jazz-inspired phrasing and laid-back rascality were an inspiration to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and even rhythm-&-blues singer Roy Brown, among many others. If anyone wants to hear a true icon before he settled completely into middle-class respectability, then this set is essential listening.

It can be safely said that Bing Crosby taught America how to sing. Before his arrival in the 1930s, the airwaves were filled with off-pitch, rakish crooners and semi-operatic belters. It was Crosby who brought nuance to popular singing, popularizing the crooning style that influenced everyone from Frank Sinatra to Nat "King" Cole. He was even on hand for the early years of jazz, singing with jazz vocal group the Rhythm Boys in the 1920s. For decades, Crosby was a multi-media giant, hosting his own radio show, appearing on TV, and turning in highly regarded performances in tons of films, both musical and dramatic. He won a Best Actor Oscar in 1945 for his leading role in GOING MY WAY, and his "Road" films with Bob Hope are the stuff of comedic legend.

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