Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36131: Doodlin'

MG-36131: Doodlin' / Eddie Chamblee and Friend

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type C
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-36131A-1 MSI M A
	SIDE-B	MG-36131B-1 MSI M B


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Comments

Equivalent release: EmArcy SR-80007 (stereo).

Later reissued as Mercury MG-20521 (mono) and Mercury SR-60198 (stereo).

with original EmArcy inner sleeve.

Inside The Groove

Eddie Chamblee's second leader album backed up with talented artists.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Compared with his first album (EmArcy MG-36124, soon reissued as Mercury MG-20558 / SR-60127 his blowing and honking on this LP is very powerful. Also, overall atmosphere is very relaxed and swingy. Although this is not a straightahead hardbop album but a R&B-ish album, it's also enjoyable.

By the way, the track B-5 was recorded in the Dinah Washington's leader session (which can be heard on MG-36130. As you may know, Eddie and Dinah was spending a married life in this period.

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	16722 (JB305)	Doodlin' (Horace Silver)	4:23
A-2	16723 (JB306)	Back Street (Eddie Chamblee)	1:55
A-3	16721 (JB304)	Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish)	4:35
A-4	16726 (JB309)	Robbin's Nest (Sir Charles Thompson & Illinois Jacquet)	4:06
A-5	16720 (JB303)	Solitude (Duke Ellington, Eddie De Lange & Irving Mills)	2:18
SIDE-B
B-1	16724 (JB307)	Long Gone (Eddie Chamblee)	2:15
B-2	16725 (JB308)	Strollin' Sax (Preister & Washington)	2:21
B-3	16728 (JB311)	Lester Leaps Again (Buck Clayton)	3:25
B-4	16727 (JB310)	Swing A Little Taste (Preister & Dinah Washington)	2:38
B-5	16977 (JB318)	Village Square (Priester & Dinah Washington)	4:36

Personnel

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

Fortunatus “Fip” Ricard (tp), Julian Priester (tb), Eddie Chamblee (ts, arr, vo), Charles Davis (bs),
Jack Wilson (p), Robert Lee Wilson (b), James Slaughter (ds).
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL on January 15 (all tracks except B-5), January 20 (B-5), 1958.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Eddie Chamblee (ts) :

EmArcy MG-36124 : Chamblee Music
EmArcy MG-36131 / SR-80007 : Doodlin'
Mercury MG-20521 / SR-60198 : Doodlin' (reissue of MG-36131 / SR-80007)
Mercury MG-20558 / SR-60127 : Chamblee Music (reissue of MG-36124)

EmArcy MG-36119 / SR-80011 : Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller
EmArcy MG-36130 : Dinah Sings Bessie Smith / Dinah Washington
Mercury MG-20525 / SR-60202 : Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller (reissue of MG-36119 / SR-80011)