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Tracks 1-8 May 1960 feature Shorty Baker and Claude Hopkins. Tracks 9-11 August 1962 are from a session led by bassist Leonard Gaskin. Tracks 12-15 are from November 1935 and feature a vintage sextet meeting with ill-fated trumpeter Bunny Berigan, Eddie Condon, and Claude Thornhill. Freeman plays both clarinet and tenor sax.
16 de feb. de 2004 · The nine songs are a delight—Freeman and Baker play with effortless precision, and pianist Claude Hopkins, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer J.C. Heard provide a fresh, swinging groove. There’s standards such as “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” and “But Not for Me,” and also blues, ballads, and even a march.
14 de nov. de 2003 · Freeman found a more than capable frontline foil in the form of Shorty Baker. The two horns are suitably supported by the rhythm section led by pianist Claude Hopkins. Duvivier and Heard, though often slotted as modernists, also make an ably swinging team.
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1 de jun. de 1999 · Claude Hopkins - pianist, bandleader, (1903 - 1984) Often overlooked by historians, Claude Hopkins was a major contributor to the development of early jazz and swing music. He was an incredibly gentle yet powerful stride pianist who could perform both ballads and hot numbers with equal virtuosity.
This set has as its centerpiece one complete LP, 1960’s splendid, mainstream swing-geared quintet with the warm-toned Ellingtonian trumpeter Harold "Shorty" Baker an ideal front-line partner. There are also four tracks from 1935 by Freeman’s more trad-oriented Windy City Five, with the leader at times moving to clarinet; this date features as well fine performances by the ill-starred hot ...
Performers: On #1-8: Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone ; Harold "Shorty" Baker, trumpet ; Claude Hopkins, piano ; George Duvivier, bass ; J.C. Heard, drums.
