John Kirby - Jhon Kirby (22 tracks) +Album Reviews

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. It Feels So Good - John Kirby, Shavers, Charlie
2. Sweet Georgia Brown - John Kirby, Bernie, Ben
3. Front and Center - John Kirby, Kirby, John [1]
4. Andiology - John Kirby, Kirby, John [1]
5. Coquette - John Kirby, Berlin, Irving
6. Zooming at the Zombie - John Kirby, Shavers, Charlie
7. Opus Five - John Kirby, Chopin, Frederic
8. Blue Skies - John Kirby, Berlin, Irving
9. Jumpin' in the Pump Room - John Kirby, Kirby, John [1]
10. 20th Century Closet - John Kirby, Kirby, John [1]
11. Blues Petite - John Kirby, Shavers, Charlie
12. Royal Garden Blues - John Kirby, Williams, Clarence
13. Can't We Be Friends? - John Kirby, James, Paul
14. Beethoven Riffs On - John Kirby, Beethoven, Ludwig v
15. Rehearsin' for a Nervous Breakdown - John Kirby, Shavers, Charlie
16. Undecided - John Kirby, Robin, Sydney
17. Prelude for a Trumpet - John Kirby, Chopin, Frederic
18. Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider - John Kirby, Leonard, Eddie
19. The Peanut Vendor Boogie - John Kirby, Simons, Moises
20. Revolutionary Etude (Etude in C Minor) - John Kirby, Chopin, Frederic
21. Blue Fantasy - John Kirby, Singer, Lou
22. Echoes of Harlem - John Kirby, Ellington, Duke

CD Details

All Artists: John Kirby
Title: Jhon Kirby
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 1/28/2008
Album Type: Import
Genre: Jazz
Style: Swing Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Splendor! Smooth. Impressive. Excellent. Solid. Good value.

David Porta | Sacramento | 04/07/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This John Kirby CD is from Italy's Giants of Jazz label, CD 53243.

Released 1998-10-27.

It arrived today. 2009-04-06.

I am listening to it now.

I like this music, these musicians, this band.

Two tracks are from 1938, six from 1939, seven from 1940, and seven from 1941, his top year. Tracks arranged by group - JK & his Ork (Jan 1939-Jan 1941), JK & his Onyx Club Boys (Oct 1938), JK Sextet (Summer 1941).

Smooth arrangements. The trumpet makes nice notes. Impressive clarinet solos. The sax sounds good. The piano work sounds fine to me. Bass gets nice play. Drums do their job just fine.

Excellent big band jazz sound from a small band. Solid.

Good value for the price - New from an Amazon Seller for $3.01 + $2.98 Shipping = $5.99 Total. Under 28 cents a track. You could do worse.

A splendid selection of a great band in an even greater era: Swing!

Recording dates are listed, but for the six Sextet tracks.

All the Sextet tracks are listed as circa Summer 1941.

All of the recordings on this disc are listed as NYC sessions.

The musicians (all six).

Charlie Shavers (tp) Buster Baily (cl) Russell Procope (as) Billy Kyle (p) John Kirby (b) O'Neil Spencer (d).

Prob. Cozy Cole replacing Spencer on Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider, on The Peanut Vendor, and on Revolutionary Etude (Etude in C Minor)."

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