1933 - The complete set

1933 - The complete set

Spike Hughes and his negro orchestra

RTR 79005 - 0608917900514

Information GreatBrittain Germany

Patrick "Spike" Hughes had already achieved a degree of success in his native Britain, both as a bassist and as nominal leader of a series of fine hot dance band sides for Decca, when he went to the U.S.A. in 1933. The recordings that he made there with what was basically Benny Carter's Orchestra, plus some extra solists, have been regarded as classics ever since. Featuring such great players as Coleman Hawkins, Henry "Red" Allen, Benny Carter, Chu Berry, J.C. Higginbotham and Dickie Wells at the height of their powers playing some of Hughes' own somewhat Ellington-esque compositions, every side has something special to offer. Having achieved what he felt to be the best he ever could do, Hughes' retired from jazz and spent the rest of his life as a notable writer and critic of classical music. This beautifully restored set (John R.T. Davies transfers) contains the complete Hughes U.S. recordings plus the immediately preceding sides by Carter's Orchestra. Authorative notes are by noted Dutch Jazz trumpeter Menno Daams.

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Tracklisting
  • 1
    Nocturne
    02:57
  • 2
    Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn
    02:56
  • 3
    Pastorale
    02:58
  • 4
    Bugle Call rag
    03:13
  • 5
    Arabesque
    03:01
  • 6
    Fanfare
    03:00
  • 7
    Sweet Sorrow Blues
    03:13
  • 8
    Music At Midnight
    03:28
  • 9
    'Sweet Sue, Just You'
    02:41
  • 10
    Air In D-flat
    03:35
  • 11
    Donegal Cradle Song
    03:11
  • 12
    Firebird
    03:05
  • 13
    Music At Sunrise
    03:11
  • 14
    How come you do me like you do?
    03:36
  • 15
    Swing It
    03:08
  • 16
    Synthetic Love
    03:10
  • 17
    Six Bells Stampede
    03:12
  • 18
    Love You're Not The One For Me
    02:52
  • 19
    Devil's Holiday
    02:59
  • 20
    Devil's Holiday (previously unissued)
    02:49
  • 21
    Lonesome Nights
    02:58
  • 22
    Symphony In Buffs
    02:40
  • 23
    Blue Lou
    03:01