''Dance Bash'' is a studio album by

Charlie Barnet Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His major recordings were "Skyliner", "Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", "In a Mizz", and "Southland Shuffle ...

and his Orchestra released on Verve Records

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MGV-2007 in 1956.

Recording

The album was recorded in several sessions between the years 1947 and 1952, in sessions produced by Norman Granz. The album's lead track, "Jubilee Jump" was recorded in New York City on August 25, 1947 in a session for Apollo Records. Four songs were recorded by Barnet for this date, three of which originally appeared as 78rpm singles. Only this one track from the session makes it onto this album. It was originally released as Apollo 1092. Although recorded for Apollo, the rights for this and all subsequent Barnet sessions done for Apollo were retained by Granz, allowing its appearance here. Before appearing on this LP, it also was released as a single on Granz's

Clef Records Clef Records was an American jazz record label founded by Norman Granz in 1946. It became part of Verve Records, which Granz created in 1956. Clef recordings were, in the mid 1950s, licensed to Columbia (UK) who issued 78rpm discs with a special w ...

as catalog #8982. "Charleston Alley" is from November 30, 1947. This recording made its debut on Clef single #8981. From the same session come "Gal from Joe's" (originally Clef 8979) and "Southern Fried" (Clef 8982.) The standard "Deep Purple" again originally appeared on Apollo (as #1092), from a September 2, 1947 5-song session where three of the tracks were for Apollo, and the remaining 2 were for the

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program. "Blue Lou" is the earliest recording on the album. It is from the earliest session that appears on this album, taking place on February 3, 1947. This session consisted of four songs, each of which appeared on Apollo as 78rpm singles. "Charleston Alley" was recorded "Blue Lou" was originally released as Apollo 1082. Rounding out side 1 were Barnet's two biggest his: Cherokee and Skyliner. These two songs were recorded March 5, 1951 in Los Angeles. They originally appeared on Clef 8981 and 8979, respectively. All of these songs appearing on side 1 were first issued on Clef LP MCG114. Side 2 consists of tracks recorded on July 9 and 10. All of these were originally issued in the Clef 89000 single series, except for "St. Louis Blues" which is original to this album and has not otherwise been issued.

Reception

Although most of these tracks have not been officially issued in digital format,

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has stated the album is "excellent" and therefore "worth searching for."

Track listing

Personnel

* Bob Bain - guitar * Charlie Barnet - soprano, alto, tenor saxophones * Walt Benson - trombone * Kurt Bloom - tenor sax * Frank Bradley - trombone * James Campbell - trumpet * Porky Cohen - trombone * Don Davidson - baritone sax * Bob Dawes - baritone sax * Joe Graves - trumpet * Jack Henderson - tenor sax * Burt Johnson - trombone *

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...

- piano * Dick Kenney - trombone * Al Killian - trumpet * Don Lamond - drums * Irving Lewis - trumpet *

Mundell Lowe James Mundell Lowe (April 21, 1922 – December 2, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist who worked often in radio, television, and film, and as a session musician. He produced film and TV scores in the 1970s, such as the ''Billy Jack'' soundtrac ...

- guitar * Everett McDonald - trumpet * Guy McReynolds - alto sax * Obie Massingill - trombone * Bill Miller - piano * Dave Nichols - trumpet * Wayne Nichols - trumpet * Ray Norman - tenor sax * Jimmy Nottingham - trumpet * Dick Paladino - alto sax * Frank Papalardo - alto sax * Tommy Pederson - trombone * Bob Peterson - bass * Al Porcino - trumpet * Don Raffael - tenor sax * Art Robey - trumpet *

Shorty Rogers Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arrang ...

- trumpet * Stan Seckler - alto sax *

Doc Severinsen Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) a ...

- trumpet * Dick Shanahan - drums *

Charlie Shavers Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) was an American jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, Tommy Dorsey, and Billie Holiday. H ...

- trumpet * Dick Sherman - trumpet * Frank Sivaro - bass * John Soltaine - trombone * Clark Terry - trumpet * Phil Washburne - trombone * Walt Weidler - alto sax * Fred Zito - trombone

References

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