McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS 78 " COTTON PICKER'S SCAT " VICTOR 23012 EX
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AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS MEGA RARE ORIGINAL US VICTOR 78 FROM McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS
COTTON PICKER'S SCAT / just a shade corn
William McKinney, showman-drummer, formed his Cotton Pickers in Springfield, Ohio in 1922, but it was not until the summer of 1928 that they commenced their short but illustrious recording career for Victor. In the autumn of 1931 Don Redman, who did most of the arrangements, took a band of his own, including in it several of the Cotton Pickers. The Cotton Pickers were based originally in the Greystone Ballroom in Detroit, opposite Jean Goldkette's excellent White orchestra, but by the early part of 1929 we find them in Harlem at various nightspots. Their personnel varied as any personnel in a band this size, but in it's ranks were at one time such brilliant stars of the Harlem Jazz firmament as Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Lonnie Johnson, James P. Johnson, Joe Smith, Ed Cuffee, Claude Jones and Fats Waller. The original policy of the band was to play hot numbers, many of which were composed by Redman and/or other musicians in the band, but once in New York, with a recording contract from Victor that was demanding of all its artists a more commerical approach to work, the Cotton Pickers included a repertoire of the better popular hits of the day, giving them a rich and rare treatment, with warm section work and beautifully executed soli . Although the brass bass is supposed to be heavier than a string bass, in Billy Taylor's hands it is a living thing, giving adequate support to Wilborn's lively banjo and Austin's crisp drumming.
Cotton Picker's ScatVocal refrain by George Thomas and chorus
(Don Redman / William McKinney) 7-31-1930 Camden, New Jersey Victor
23012-A Just A Shade Corn
Vocal refrain by Dave Wilborn
(Abe Maule) 7-31-1930 Camden, New Jersey Victor
21730-A
CONDITION - EX/EX+ nice!!
TWO GREAT SIDES ON THIS ORIGINAL VICTOR 78 IMPORTED INTO THE UK BY LEVY'S RECORDS
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