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Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Henry Crowder, Fable Bulletin: Violin Improvisation
Studies or
VISIT HENRY CROWDER HERE
To mark the 2009 centenary of Stuff SmithÕs birth a pamphlet has been
printed in a small edition presenting
STUFF SMITH AND THE ALPHONSO TRENT ORCHESTRA: A NEWLY DISCOVERED PHOTO
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ELECTRIC VIOLINS AND JAZZ VIOLINISTS 1930s–1950s
and
MUSINGS ON THE EVOLUTION OF JAZZ VIOLIN
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Avoid online and physical 1920s–1940s Smith and South
generic budget label releases. There are technical and sourcing
issues associated with them and their tracks are better available elsewhere
incl. Hep and Frog noted lower down
Online so-called labels whose Smith, South and other downloads are not
recommended include ABC Air
Bartenfields, Charly,
Classic Roots of Jazz Violin at DMusic Hallmark, Hot
Summer, Saland, Master Classics, Tetra Orionis
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CD CATALOGUE
All our CDs released between 2002 and 2010 shown below
are available now
Note that 2012 XABCD1-X025 is our 10th/11th
anniversary not-for-sale limited edition CD-R available on request to friends
of AB Fable
WILLIAM EMBLING
trumpet ANTHONY BARNETT percussion
The Lion in The Grove
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EYE OPENING 2010 RELEASE
From the Biltmore Hotel Lucidin Eye Lotion
Presents
ABCD1-024 STUFF SMITH AND HIS LUCIDIN ORCHESTRA FEATURING ELLA FITZGERALD
LetÕs Listen to Lucidin
Previously unreleased 1937 Lucidin Eye Lotion WMCA
broadcasts by
Stuff SmithÕs fourteen-piece orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald arranged and
co-directed by
Edgar Sampson and formed of members of the Chick Webb, Cab Calloway and Stuff
Smith orchestras including
Jonah Jones, Sandy Williams, Garvin Bushell, Walter
Thomas, Ben Webster, Clyde Hart, John Kirby, Cozy
Cole
An AllAboutJazz-NewYork Unearthed Gem for 2010
2009 RELEASE
Released for the first time on the occasion of the centenary of Stuff Smith
ABCD1-022 JOE BUSHKIN AND STUFF SMITH
Live Embers 1964 and c.1966 Violin Solos
More than sixty minutes of Joe Bushkin and Friends
featuring Stuff Smith on seven of the twenty-one titles
with bassist Whitey Mitchell i.m. 2009 and drummer Jo
Jones recorded in hi-fi mono at the Embers, NYC plus
Stuff SmithÕs fourteen-minute suite of his compositions Sketches for a Symphony
privately recorded in Copenhagen
An AllAboutJazz-New York Unearthed Gem for 2010
XABCD1-X023 STUFF SMITH VIOLIN AND PIANO
Unfinished Concerto, Moon Medley, Melody and Chords
Limited edition not-for-sale CD-R available only direct from AB on request
to purchasers of ABCD1-022
2008 RELEASES
Our 2008 releases are dedicated to the memory of our friend violinist Gayle
Dixon
who passed away on Sunday, November 23rd, while the CDs were in production
ABCD1-018 PROFESSOR VISITS HARLEM
or, SwinginÕ Till the Girls Come Home
Anthology of Swing String Ensembles 1930s–1950s incl. unreleased tests
and broadcasts
The first documentation of American and European mid-period adventures
in swing string ensembles with two or more bowed instruments
Includes a private jam session by Jimmy Bryant, Harold Hensley, Stuff Smith
An All About Jazz Unearthed Gem for 2009
ABCD2-019/20 BLOWS ÕNÕ RHYTHM
FiddlinÕ the Blues
The hottest bows in Rhythm ÕnÕ Blues, Blues ÕnÕ Rhythm, Rock ÕnÕ Roll
and Fiddle Curiosities 1939–1959
2CD anthology incl. 20 page booklet with essay by blues authority Howard Rye
including unreleased and rare discoveries by
Leon Abbey, Remo Biondi, Clarence Black, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Jimmy Bryant
Emilio Cceres, Pre-Papa Johnny Creach,
Bo Diddley, Joe Giordano, Don Bowman aka Sugarcane
Harris
Ray Nance, Richard Otto, Ray Perry, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Ginger Smock and
others
including unidentified violinists, one of whom is an important addition to 2CD
I Like Be I Like Bop
Includes two never-before-released Abbey tracks and eight newly identified
Black tracks
six never-before-released Smith tracks and two newly discovered Smith rarities
two newly identified South takes and four newly identified Smock rarities
and a never-before-rereleased Cceres rarity
ABCD1-021 EDDIE SOUTH
Best Years of My Life
DARK ANGEL ALBUM SETS
Three eight–title album sets released in 1940 and 1946 under the title
Dark Angel of the Violin
two of which have never before been rereleased in any form plus new transfers
of a 1940 session on which
the South orchestra, augmented with members of the John Kirby orchestra, accompanies
Ginny Simms
Important
These Dark Angel of the Violin album sets are not the 1944 Dark Angel of the
Fiddle
transcriptions released on CD Soundies noted in CD
links below
2006 RELEASES
ABCD1-015 STUFF SMITH
That Naughty Waltz
COMPLETE 1937–1942 TENOR SAX SEPTETS FEATURING
1942 FATS WALLER ALUMNI AND 1937 TEDDY WILSON ORCHESTRA
All the commercial releases and unreleased airchecks
known to us of the period by Stuff Smith Septets with tenor sax
including his leadership of Fats Waller alumni Herman Autr(e)y, Ted McCord, Al
Casey, Sammy Benskin, Al Hall, Slick Jones in 1942
while Waller was touring as a soloist; lays to rest the ubiquitous
string-along-theory error that Smith led the band in 1943 after Waller had died
plus Helen Ward with a 1937 Teddy Wilson Septet Featuring Stuff Smith with
Jonah Jones, Ben Webster, Lawrence Lucie, John Kirby,
Cozy Cole
plus a bonus all-star jam session aircheck by Karl
George, Stuff Smith, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Vernon Alley
Not as complete as we thought. Unreleased alternate takes of SmithÕs second
Varsity session
have been discovered and are included on 2008 release 2CD Blows ÕnÕ Rhythm
ABCD1-016 REX STEWART AND STUFF SMITH
Summertime
THE 1963 ST-ONGE LA DUETS AND NARRATION
Previously unreleased informal private session recorded by Roger St Onge in Los Angeles in which
Stuff Smith and Rex Stewart talk about their early days in jazz and play the
most beautiful duets, solos and vocals
plus a solo performance of Clair de lune by Smith and
bonus band sessions with Smith and Stewart
XABCD1-X017 IS THE CD INSERT WITH BOOK LISTENING FOR HENRY CROWDER
2005 RELEASES
ABCD1-009 EDDIE SOUTH
Tzigane in Rhythm
SOLO, TRIO, ORCHESTRA BROADCASTS, FILM & FUGITIVE 1940–1947
Including unreleased live broadcasts, private recordings with pioneer
bebop-inflected pianist Allen Tinney
film soundtrack, unreleased Columbia and a previously unknown release
ABCD1-010 GINGER SMOCK
Strange Blues
STUDIO & DEMO RECORDINGS 1946–1958
Including unreleased and rare recordings by the Central Avenue LA violinist
who studied with Stuff Smith
in genres from bop to blues to pop including an unreleased RCA Victor session
by The Jackson Brothers
Four more 1940s tracks have been discovered and are included on 2008 release
2CD Blows ÕnÕ Rhythm
ABCD2-011/12 I LIKE BE I LIKE BOP
Disc 1: AbbeyÕs Boogie / Disc 2: Bebop Woogie
ODDS & SVENDS OF EARLY AMERICAN & EUROPEAN BEBOP VIOLIN
& CONTEMPORARY VIOLIN CURIOSITIES 1940s–1950s
An ear-opening double anthology with rare 78s and unreleased broadcasts that
establishes the chronology
and context of early bebop violin and rescues contemporary curiosities from
obscurity with 96 page analytical-historical photo-essay
Almost Like Being in Bop: A Not-So-Brief Account of the Swing to Recorded Bebop
& Progressive Violin in America and Europe
The essay ranges far and wide and includes new biographical-discographical
findings, new interview quotations, previously unseen photos
The CDs include rare and unreleased recordings including broadcasts by
Americans: Abbey; Bella; Creach; Frigo;
Girard; Kennedy; Lookofsky; Nance; Nero; Orloff; Otis; Perry; Smith; Smock; South; Wetmore
Europeans: Asmussen; Bacsik;
Christensen; Grappelli; Iwring;
Kahn; Laurence [Hodeir]; Ottersen;
Wentzel Larsen; Zacharias
Many of the rare 78s have never before been rereleased including a rare example
of a
1950s Leon Abbey recording and an overlooked Grappelli
recording with George Shearing
ABCD1-014 RAY NANCE
When WeÕre Alone
COMPLETE 1940–1949 NON-DUCAL VIOLIN RECORDINGS
FEATURING BEN WEBSTER CLARINET TRANSCRIPTIONS
Including unreleased only known clarinet solo home recordings by Ben Webster
with Fred Guy and Sonny Greer plus
Jimmie Blanton on three and other sessions with Ray Nance on violin and some
trumpet away from Duke Ellington
incl. Horace Henderson, Eddie Heywood, Earl Hines, Ivory Joe Hunter, etc
XABCD1-X013 BOWNUS 2005
Almost Like Being in Bop
BONUS CD-R TO FIRST 123 ADVANCE SUBSCRIBERS
Unreleased location and broadcast material by
Elek Bacsik, Harry Lookofsky, earliest Jean-Luc Ponty,
Stuff Smith, Dick Wetmore and other surprises
This CD-R is no longer available
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2002 RELEASES
ABCD2-004/5 STUFF SMITH & ROBERT CRUM
COMPLETE 1944 ROSENKRANTZ APARTMENT TRANSCRIPTION DUETS
Previously unreleased legendary recordings by The Jazz Violinist and The
Classical Pianist
Two concert performances by Smith & Crum are released on ABCD2-007/8
ABCD1-006 RAY PERRY
COMPLETE 1944 C. W. FRENCH & 1945 ROSENKRANTZ APARTMENT TRANSCRIPTIONS
Previously unreleased extended improvisations by Lionel HamptonÕs
transitional swing to bop violinist
with Parker pianist Argonne Thornton aka Sadik Hakim
and South, Grappelli, Reinhardt bassist Wilson Myers
and fugitive sextet recordings with Sabby Lewis
ABCD2-007/8 STUFF SMITH
1944–1946 STUDIO, BROADCAST, CONCERT & APARTMENT PERFORMANCES
A unique collection transferred from original sources of most of SmithÕs
unreleased with released recordings of the period
including Asch session with previously unreleased outtakes, complete Mildred
Bailey and Jubilee show performances
complete 1944 Times Hall trio with Jones/Levy and duo with Crum, 1945 Town Hall
trio newly transferred
previously unreleased recordings with Erroll Garner,
Chicago and New York airchecks and fugitive 78s
Go to Stuff Smith and Ray Perry entries in the FB:VIS pink page update facility
below for complete session date content
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CD LINKS
The following CDs from other companies include previously unreleased recordings
with booklet notes by Anthony Barnett
THE COMPLETE VERVE STUFF SMITH SESSIONS
www.mosaicrecords.com
This set has been withdrawn because of insoluble licensing difficulties.
Examples appear occasionally at auction
Corrections to the booklet notes originally posted on the Mosaic site are now
posted on the AB corrections link above
DARK ANGEL OF THE FIDDLE
THE COMPLETE 1944 STANDARD AND JUBILEE EDDIE SOUTH BROADCAST TRANSCRIPTIONS
Contact AB in the event of difficulty obtaining this CD released on the Soundies label
Beware
iTunes posting of this CD omits the three live Jubilee Show Transcription
tracks
BLACK GYPSY
THE COMPLETE 1927–1934 VICTOR, GRAMOPHONE, ARC EDDIE SOUTH RECORDINGS
2001 Cedar Award Winner for remastering of pre
1950 vintage recording
Corrections to the liner notes are posted on the AB corrections link above
Frog have also released Django Reinhardt, The Swing
Sessions, Vols 1, 2 incl. SouthÕs 1937 Paris sessions
www.frogrecords.co.uk
EDDIE SOUTH INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA THE CHELONI BROADCAST TRANSCRIPTIONS
Sixteen sponsored radio programs in a 3CD set studio recorded in Los Angeles
in 1933 while South was appearing at
smart Club Ballyhoo. Seven-piece multi-genre orchestra incl. two violinists,
Clifford King, Everett Barksdale, Milt Hinton
Previously unreleased, with 36 page booklet, transferred from the unique
undamaged complete set in the AB Fable Archive
An All About Jazz Unearthed Gem for 2006
www.jazzoracle.com
VARIOUS 1965–1967 STUFF SMITH PERFORMANCES IN EUROPE
Quartet, trio with Kenny Drew; Violin Duos with Svend
Asmussen, S¿ren
Christensen, Poul Olsen
Violin trio with S¿ren Christensen and Ray Nance;
Quartet with Henri Chaix
www.storyville-records.com
Also at itunes
STUFF SMITH AND HIS ONYX CLUB BOYS 1936–1937
COMPLETE FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH UNRELEASED AIRCHECKS
New compilation of all SmithÕs commercially released Vocalions
and Deccas incl. a newly identified withdrawn Vocalion take
with full documentation plus a selection of airchecks
from the AB Fable Archive never before on CD
www.hepjazz.com
Also at itunes though without essential
documentation
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Also recommended
THE COMPLETE 1943 WORLD STUFF SMITH TRIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
On JazzologyÕs Progressive label incl. outtakes;
complements AB Fable release of the trioÕs essential 1944 recordings
www.jazzology.com
RICHMOND RARITIES 1927–1933 incl. STUFF SMITH
Original John R. T. Davies transfers of Stuff SmithÕs complete 1928–1930
Gennett recordings with Alphonso
Trent
www.jazzoracle.com
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Classic Stuff Smith and Eddie South and other releases on certain generic
budget labels may
be a temporary convenience in some cases but they cannot seriously be
recommended
because of problematic transfers or deficiencies in information and
programming.
Improper reworking of earlier dubbed releases tends to introduce or perpetuate
errors and
undermines the future of well researched releases transferred
from original sources.
Jazz Oracle BDW8008 Richmond Rarities is the only recommended CD with SmithÕs
1928–1930 recordings
though we cannot agree a suggested identification of TrentÕs drummer.
Hep CD1085 is the only complete CD of SmithÕs 1936–1937 Vocalions and Deccas plus a
selection of airchecks.
AB Fable CDs are the only CDs of SmithÕs most essential unreleased with
released
1939–1946 recordings in transfers from original sources.
Progressive PCD7053 is the only complete CD of SmithÕs 1943 transcriptions.
Frog DGF36 is the only complete CD of SouthÕs 1927–1934 Victor etc recordings with
previously unreleased takes and titles in transfers from original sources.
Frog have also released new transfers of South in
Paris 1937 on Reinhardt Swing Sessions Vols 1 &
2.
Soundies SCD4120 is the only complete CD of SouthÕs
1944 Standard and Jubilee Transcriptions.
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BLUE PAGE PHOTOS
Unusual location shots of
Emilio Cceres, Mrs Dunbar, John Frigo,
Joe Giordano, Stphane Grappelli,
Joe Kennedy, Harry Lookofsky
Ray Nance, Ray Perry, Stuff Smith, Ginger Smock, Eddie South, Joe Venuti, Claude Williams, Juice Wilson
New photos added periodically of which the latest
Stuff Smith with Red Norvo, Clyde Lombardi, Remo Palmieri
Stuff Smith with Buster Bailey, Duke Ellington, Tiny Grimes, Ben Webster and
others
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UPDATES FROM 2001 TO THE PRESENT
Corrections and additions to
Stuff Smith: Desert Sands/Up Jumped the Devil
Eddie South: Black Gypsy
Fable Bulletin: Violin Improvisation Studies
See printed vols of FB:VIS
for corrections and additions before 2001
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Images of Stuff Smith and Eddie South pre-2001 update pages are now posted
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and all releases on LA 78 A Natural Hit! label
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