MG-25158: Jazz Vignettes / George Barnes & Bud Freeman

	Label Type :	black/silver Mercury type A
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	YMG 25158A 1F
		SIDE-B	YMG25158B 1F

Comments

a paper piece sticked onto the back cover - maybe by previous owner.

Inside The Groove

A compilation of George Barnes and Bud Freeman's original Keynote recordings.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Side-A features George Barnes' sextet performance on September 1946. George Barnes plays incredible guitar here, though it is not just a pure straightahead jazz kind.

On the other hand, Side-B captures Bud Freeman's finest all-star ensemble recorded on December 1945. Very swingy, powerful and emotional.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-1, A-2, A-4:
Boyd Rolando (ts), Frank Rullo (vib), Earl Backus (g), George Barnes (el-g), Mike Rubin (b), Dick Balridge (ds).
Recorded in Chicago, IL on September 20, 1946.

A-3:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in Chicago, IL on September 23, 1946.

B-1:
Bud Freeman (ts), Joe Sullivan (p), Carmen Mastren (g), Sid Weiss (b), George Wettling (ds).
Recorded in New York City on December 5, 1945.

B-2:
same personnel/date/place as B-1, plus Peanuts Hucko (cl).

B-3:
same personnel/date/place as B-2, plus Wild Bill Davison (cor).

B-4:
Charlie Shavers (tp), Vernon Brown (tb), Ed Hall (cl), Bud Freeman (ts),
Gene Schroeder (p), Bob Casey (b), Dave Tough (ds).
Recorded in New York City on December 5, 1945.