Cab Calloway - Hi De Hi De Ho
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Vocals – Cab Calloway
Bass – Joe Reisman, Milt Hinton
Drums – J.C. Heard
Guitar – Everett Barksdale
Piano – Hank Jones
Saxophone – Abraham Richman, Charles O'Kane, Sam Donahue, Sam Marowitz, Sol Schlinger (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9), Stanley Webb (tracks: 3 to 7, 10, 11)
Sleeve Notes – Dom Cerulli
Trombone – Chauncey Welsh, James Dahl (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9), Joe Bennett (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9), Richard Hixson (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 10), Thomas Mitchell (tracks: 4, 7, 11), Urbie Green (pistes : 3 to 7, 10, 11)
Trumpet – Bernard Glow* (tracks: 3 to 7, 10, 11), Carl Severinsen* (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 10), James Maxwell* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7 to 9, 11), James Nottingham* (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9), Joe Wilder
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Pure Pleasure Records
Original Label : RCA
Recorded in RCA Victor’s Studio A, New York City by Bob Simpson & Ernest Oelrich
Produced by Joe Reisman
Remastered by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
Originally released in 1960
Reissued in May 2010
Tracks:
Side A :
- The Hi De Ho Man
- I’ll Be Around
- Summertime
- It Ain’t Necessarily So
- Kickin’ the gong around
- You rascal you
Side B :
- Minnie the moocher
- I see a million people
- .St. James infirmary
- Stormy weather
- The jumpin’ jive
Reviews :
"In that wistful, screwball age that was the Thirties, one man, practically single-handed, launched an era of musical nonsense that had the whole nation humming bits of rhythmic fol-de-rol.
It was Cab Calloway, the Hi-De-Ho man in cream colored tails who gyrated to the point of actually flying while leading his band, and who sang slightly insane ditties (as well as the leading hit songs of the day) in a remarkably rich and resonant baritone. The Cab was one of that group of leaders of the 1930’s who, although playing no musical instrument, collected a fine band and a completely personal style.
In this album, Cab has freshly recorded a dozen of his biggest hits of former years, taking full advantage of the most modern high fidelity recording techniques. In so many ways Cab symbolized that whole era of “The Jumpin’ Jive” when people needed something to “make you nine feet tall when you’re four feet five….”.
Excerpt from original 1960 sleeve notes by Dom Cerulli (co-editor of The Jazz Word)
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 , Discogs : 3,71 / 5