Early Days 1935-1944 (1998)

About this title: George Chisholm was one of Great Britain's finest trombonists of the 1935-50 period. This definitive CD features him on sessions with clarinetist Danny Polo in 1938, two songs with pianist Gerry Moore's Chicago Brethren in 1937, a pair of titles with Lew Stone's Stonecrackers in 1941 and on his first three dates as a leader (from 1938 and 1944). The music falls between dixieland and swing with alternate takes helping to make each of the sessions quite complete. In addition to Polo, Chisholm's bandmates include the underrated trumpeter Tommy McQuater, Benny Winestone on clarinet and tenor and ... read more

Tracks:

1. Jazz Me Blues [Delaney]
2. Jazz Me Blues [Delaney]
3. Don't Try Your Jive on Me
4. Mazel Tov
5. If You Were the Only Girl in the World [Ayer/Grey]
6. If You Were the Only Girl in the World [Ayer/Grey]
7. Pardon Me, Pretty Baby [Rose/Klages/Meskill]
8. Oh, Lady Be Good [Gershwin/Gershwin]
9. Honeysuckle Rose [Waller/Razaf]
10. Let's Go [Chisholm]
11. Let's Go [Chisholm]
12. No Smoking [Chisholm]
13. Archer Street Drag [Chisholm]
14. Rosetta [Hines/Woode]
15. You'll Always Be Mine [Feather]
16. Penalty 5 [Chisholm]
17. No Smoking [Chisholm]
18. Aunt Hagar's Blues [Brymn/Handy]
19. At the Jazz Band Ball [Edwards/LaRocca/Mer]
20. Mood for Trumpet [McQuater]
21. All Is Not Gold That Jitters [Chisholm]
22. Little Earle [Chisholm]
23. Broadhurst Garden Blues [Chisholm]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.