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Volume seven in the complete Classics Charlie Barnet chronology contains what appear to be all of the records he made for Victor's budget-priced Bluebird series between May 8 and September 17, 1940. Barnet, a rich kid from New York, began making records with his big band in 1933, gradually outgrowing the conventions of polite pop music and mastering the soprano, alto and tenor saxophones while following in the footsteps of great Afro-American bandleaders like Duke Ellington, {$Jimmie Lu   [ read more ]

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Some 40 years after Charlie "Mad Mab" Barnet led a big band in live performance at New York's Basin Street East, the amazing Scotland-based Hep record label brought out the only known recording of this ensemble, which included trumpeters Clark Terry, Randy Brecker, and Snooky Young; trombonist Jimmy Cleveland; saxophonists Barnet, Willie Smith, and Richie Kamuca, and pianist Nat Pierce, with arrangements by Bill Holman and Billy Byers. This recording, made in December 196   [ read more ]

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Charlie Barnet was at his prime as a tenor saxophonist and bandleader during 1939-1949 when his big bands were quite popular. By 1958 he was semi-retired but still enjoying himself, putting together orchestras whenever the mood struck him. He recorded two albums for Everest that year and, to be different, he left his tenor at home, instead playing alto and soprano sax. Although some of the songs are remakes of his earlier hits, they were often rearranged and sound fresh and new, particularly by 1958,    [ read more ]

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This 20-track collection of tracks by Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra doesn't contain any of Barnet's best-known recordings like "Skyliner" or the 1939 hit cover of "Cherokee," so it isn't necessarily a good starting point for a historical overview of his career. There are, however, some great cuts here, including "Really?" and the opening track, "Darn That Dream," as well as credible arrangements of several Duke Ellington compositions, including "In a Jam" and "C Jam Blues." ~ Ste   [ read more ]

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CD $14.23