SY OLIVER: OLIVER’S TWIST/EASY WALKER (MFSL 2LP TEST)

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Feb 12, 2009 Sold Date

Feb 5, 2009 Start Date

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SY OLIVER: OLIVER’S TWIST/EASY WALKER

MFSL-2-242 ANADISC 200

This MFSL Anadisq 200 heavy vinyl is a piece of musical history and is the only audiophile pressing of this classic recording.

MFSL provides the highest level of recorded sound available
Virgin Vinyl significantly reduces background noise
Specially plated and pressed on 200 grams of Hi-Def Vinyl
Special Static Free Dust Free Inner Sleeve
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Audiophile Records are not simply luxury, they are the best vinyl ever stamped and essential to maximizing your system.... NOTE: This offering comes in a white labeled cover.

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RARE TEST PRESSING!

This highly collectible test pressing is from the first stamper and there are less than 20 in existence. Test pressings reflect the closest you can get to the lacquers and hence have a special collectible and value.

Forget low numbers – Test Pressings are as rare as they come!

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SY OLIVER: OLIVER’S TWIST/EASY WALKER

Melvin "Sy" Oliver (December 17, 1910 in Battle Creek, Michigan – May 28, 1988 in New York City) was a jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader. His mother was a piano teacher and his father was a multi-instrumentalist who made a name for himself demonstrating saxophones at a time that instrument was little used outside of marching bands.

He joined Jimmie Lunceford's band in 1933 and contributed many hit arrangements to the band, including "My Blue Heaven" and "Ain't She Sweet". In 1939, he became one of the first African Americans with a prominent role in a white band when he joined Tommy Dorsey as an arranger, though he ceased playing trumpet at that time. (Fletcher Henderson joined the Benny Goodman orchestra as the arranger in the same year.) He led the transition of the Dorsey band from Dixieland to modern big band. His joining was instrumental in Buddy Rich's decision to join Dorsey. His arrangement of "On the Sunny Side of the Street" was a big hit for Dorsey, as were his own compositions "Yes Indeed" (a gospel-jazz tune that was later recorded by Ray Charles), "Opus One," "The Minor is Muggin'," "T.D.'s Boogie Woogie," and "Well, Git It."

After leaving Dorsey, Oliver continued working as a free-lance arranger---one of his more successful such efforts was the Frank Sinatra album I Remember Tommy, a combined tribute to each man's former boss---and as music director for Decca Records.

A rare find from one of Tommy Dorsey's most outstanding band members: Sy Oliver composer, arranger, trumpet soloist, vocalist! One of the greatest big band arrangers, Sy (a youthful nickname for psychologist) Oliver transforms some familiar standards into a freewheeling swing idiom, stamped with assurance and outstanding musicianship. Oliver's writing made use of many simple, swinging effects, frequent staccato phrases that often had a touch of humor, and a brilliant sense of continuity and climax.

The high calibre of his arrangements allowed musical ideas to flow quickly the band literally radiates rhythmic and harmonic daring and imagination. From the PT Music SESAC radio transcription original master tapes, this Jazz Showcase release features 66 minutes of never-before released recordings.

Tracks:

1. Chiu Chiu

2. Oh Them Golden Slippers

3. This Is Love

4. The Blue Tail Fly

5. Annie Laurie

6. I'll Fly Away

7. Lazy Mississippi Moon

8. Intermezzo

9. I Found the One I Love

10. I'm a Little Teapot

11. Arkansas Traveler