The Best of Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven 1936–1938

~ Release by Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1At the Codfish Ball
clarinet:
Joe Dixon (on 1936-04-15)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1936-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1936-04-15)
guitar:
William Schaffer (on 1936-04-15)
piano:
Dick Jones (pianist, producer) (on 1936-04-15)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1936-04-15)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1936-04-15)
trumpet:
Max Kaminsky (on 1936-04-15)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1936-04-15)
recording of:
At the Codfish Ball (on 1936-04-15)
lyricist:
Sidney Mitchell
composer:
Lew Pollack
3:10
2The Milkman’s Matinee
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-04-15)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-04-15)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-04-15)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-04-15)
reeds:
Mike Doty (on 1937-04-15)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-04-15)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-04-15), Les Jenkins (on 1937-04-15) and Red Bone (house/rap artist, key track "Move Your Body") (on 1937-04-15)
trumpet:
Joe Bauer (on 1937-04-15), Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-04-15) and Andy Ferretti (on 1937-04-15)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-04-15)
recording of:
The Milkman's Matinee (on 1937-04-15)
composer:
Paul Denniker, Joseph M. Davis (US lyricist, producer, publisher & promoter) and Andy Razaf
3:22
3Twilight in Turkey
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-04-15)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-04-15)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-04-15)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-04-15)
reeds:
Mike Doty (on 1937-04-15) and Johnny Mintz (on 1937-04-15)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-04-15)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-04-15), Les Jenkins (on 1937-04-15) and Red Bone (house/rap artist, key track "Move Your Body") (on 1937-04-15)
trumpet:
Joe Bauer (on 1937-04-15), Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-04-15) and Andy Ferretti (on 1937-04-15)
recording of:
Twilight in Turkey (on 1937-04-15)
composer:
Raymond Scott (US composer, band leader, pianist & producer)
3:24
4He’s a Gypsy From Poughkeepsie
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-04-15)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-04-15)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-04-15)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-04-15)
reeds:
Mike Doty (on 1937-04-15)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-04-15)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-04-15), Les Jenkins (on 1937-04-15) and Red Bone (house/rap artist, key track "Move Your Body") (on 1937-04-15)
trumpet:
Joe Bauer (on 1937-04-15), Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-04-15) and Andy Ferretti (on 1937-04-15)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-04-15)
recording of:
He's a Gypsy From Poughkeepsie (on 1937-04-15)
lyricist:
Bud Green
composer:
Emery Deutsch
2:53
5Alibi Baby
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-04-15)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-04-15)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-04-15)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-04-15)
reeds:
Mike Doty (on 1937-04-15) and Johnny Mintz (on 1937-04-15)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-04-15)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-04-15), Les Jenkins (on 1937-04-15) and Red Bone (house/rap artist, key track "Move Your Body") (on 1937-04-15)
trumpet:
Joe Bauer (on 1937-04-15), Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-04-15) and Andy Ferretti (on 1937-04-15)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-04-15)
recording of:
Alibi Baby (on 1937-04-15)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman and Tot Seymour
composer:
Vee Lawnhurst
3:05
6Is This Gonna Be My Lucky Summer?
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-06-12)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-06-12)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-06-12)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-06-12)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-06-12)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-06-12)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-06-12)
recording of:
Is This Gonna Be My Lucky Summer? (on 1937-06-12)
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter)
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
3:11
7Who’ll Be the One This Summer?
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-06-12)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-06-12)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-06-12)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-06-12)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-06-12)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-06-12)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-06-12)
recording of:
Who'll Be the One This Summer? (on 1937-06-12)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman and Tot Seymour
composer:
Vee Lawnhurst
2:39
8Posin’
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-06-12)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-06-12)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-06-12)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-06-12)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-06-12)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-06-12)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-06-12)
recording of:
Posin' (on 1937-06-12)
writer:
Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
2:38
9All You Want to Do Is Dance
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-07-20)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-07-20)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-07-20)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-07-20)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-07-20)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-07-20)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-07-20)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-07-20)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-07-20)
recording of:
All You Want to Do Is Dance (on 1937-07-20)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
2:41
10Having Wonderful Time (Wish You Were Here)
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-07-20)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-07-20)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-07-20)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-07-20)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-07-20)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-07-20)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-07-20)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-07-20)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-07-20)
2:34
11After You
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-07-20)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-07-20)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-07-20)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-07-20)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-07-20)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-07-20)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-07-20)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-07-20)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-07-20)
recording of:
After You (on 1937-07-20)
writer:
Sam Coslow and Al Siegel (pianist)
3:24
12Stardust on the Moon
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-07-20)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-07-20)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-07-20)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-07-20)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-07-20)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-07-20)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-07-20)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-07-20)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-07-20)
recording of:
Stardust on the Moon (on 1937-07-20)
writer:
Emery Deutsch (in 1937) and Jimmy Rogan (in 1937)
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1937)
2:38
13The Big Apple
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-08-13)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-08-13)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-08-13)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-08-13)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-08-13)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-08-13)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-07-24, on 1937-08-13)
recording of:
The Big Apple (on 1937-07-24)
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier
composer:
Robert Emmerich (writer "Our Love")
recording of:
The Big Apple (on 1937-08-13)
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier
composer:
Robert Emmerich (writer "Our Love")
2:44
14The Lady Is a Tramp
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-09-11)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-09-11)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-09-11)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-09-11)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-09-11)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-09-11)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-09-11)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-09-11)
recording of:
The Lady Is a Tramp (from “Babes in Arms”) (on 1937-09-11)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
Pal Joey
2:56
15Tears in My Heart
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-09-11)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-09-11)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-09-11)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-09-11)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-09-11)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-09-11)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-09-11)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-09-11)
recording of:
Tears in My Heart (on 1937-09-11)
writer:
Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup
2:58
16Josephine
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-09-11)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-09-11)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-09-11)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-09-11)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-09-11)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-09-11)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-09-11)
vocals:
Jack Leonard (vocals, USA) (on 1937-09-11)
recording of:
Josephine (on 1937-09-11)
writer:
Burke Bivens, Gus Kahn and Wayne King
2:28
17If the Man in the Moon
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-09-11)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-09-11)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-09-11)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-09-11)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-09-11)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-09-11)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-09-11)
vocals:
Jack Leonard (vocals, USA) (on 1937-09-11)
2:46
18Nice Work If You Can Get It
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-10-14)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-10-14)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-10-14)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-10-14)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-10-14)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-10-14)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-10-14)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-10-14)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1937-10-14)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
2:24
19You’re a Sweetheart
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1937-10-14)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-10-14)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-10-14)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-10-14)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-10-14)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-10-14)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1937-10-14)
recording of:
You’re a Sweetheart (on 1937-10-14)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:07
20When the Midnight Choo‐Choo Leaves for Alabam’
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1938-03-10)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1938-03-10)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Purtill (on 1938-03-10)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1938-03-10)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1938-03-10)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1938-03-10)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1938-03-10)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1938-03-10)
recording of:
When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam' (on 1938-03-10)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1912)
part of:
Easter Parade (full musical)
recording of:
When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam' (on 1938-03-19)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1912)
part of:
Easter Parade (full musical)
3:14
21Everybody’s Doing It
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1938-03-10)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1938-03-10)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Purtill (on 1938-03-10)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1938-03-10)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1938-03-10)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1938-03-10)
trumpet:
Pee Wee Erwin (on 1938-03-10)
vocals:
Edythe Wright (on 1938-03-10)
recording of:
Everybody’s Doing It Now (on 1938-03-10)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
2:56