The Essential Collection
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Ambrose & His Orchestra
The Essential Collection
[ Avid / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 12 October 2009
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The Essential Ambrose represents both the hot and commercial aspects of Ambrose's band and throughout it exhibits a very high standard of musicianship. Ambrose was known to hire only the best and also to pay accordingly with musicians often earning 10 - 15 times the national average wage!
The first CD in this superbly re-mastered double set reflects the jazz orientated side of Ambrose. It particularly highlights the talents of saxophonist, clarinettist, composer and arranger Sid Phillips who's Cotton Pickers Congregation kicks off the set in spectacular style. Our second CD although very different from the first is nonetheless arresting featuring the pop songs of the day as performed by such consummate musicians as Sam Browne, Jack Cooper and Evelyn Dall. Ambrose's skill had been to recognise talent and use the best available to him. He was not particularly a jazz fan but saw its commercial potential and in Sid Phillips had a magnificent talent he could utilise to his bands best advantage. By the early 1940's however Ambrose's time was over and he never quite made the transition into the modern era. He did however make a comeback of sorts when he managed the singer Kathy Kirby in the 1960's. A millionaire in the 1930's, Ambrose died bankrupt in 1975, a victim of his inability or unwillingness to adapt with the changing times and apparently a little problem called gambling!
Tracks:
CD1
1. Cotton Pickers' Congregation
2. Hide And Seek
3. South American Joe (Vocalist: Donald Stewart)
4. Copenhagen
5. Limehouse Blues
6. Creole Lady
7. Hick Stomp
8. Swinganola
9. Twilight In Turkey
10. Toy Trumpet
11. Power House
12. Wood And Ivory
13. Broadway Rhythm
14. Memphis Blues (Vocalist: The Rhythm Sisters)
15. Streamline Strut
16. Maracas
17. Caravan
18. Tarantula
19. The Wedding Of The Sophisticated Dutch Doll
20. Mr Reynard's Nightmare
21. Early Morning Blues
22. Hullabaloo
23. Tootin' Around
24. Voodoo
25. B'Wanga
26. Swing Patrol
CD2
1. Plain Jane
2. The Penguin
3. Lazybones (Vocalist: Sam Browne)
4. Wotcha Gotta Trombone For? (Vocalist: Evelyn Dall)
5. Lullaby Of Broadway (Vocalist: Sam Browne & The Rhythm Brothers)
6. Chasing Shadows (Vocalist: Jack Cooper)
7. Lament For Congo
8. You Are My Lucky Star (Vocalist: Jack Cooper)
9. Deep Henderson
10. They Can't Take That Away From Me (Vocalist: Sam Browne)
11. Man About Town
12. Ambrose's Tiger Rag (Vocalist: Max Bacon & The Rhythm Brothers)
13. Be Still, My Heart (Vocalist: Sam Browne)
14. Swing High, Swing Low (Vocalist: Evelyn Dall)
15. The War dance Of The Wooden Indians
16. The Love Bug Will Bite You (Vocalist: Vera Lynn, Max Bacon & The Manhattan Trio)
17. Red Sails In The Sunset (Vocalist: Jack Cooper)
18. Bye-Bye, Baby (Vocalist: Jack Cooper)
19. The Object Of My Affection (Vocalist: Sam Browne)
20. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (Vocalist: Jack Cooper)
21. Jeepers Creepers
22. Down The Old Ox Road (Vocalist: Sam Browne)
23. Okay For Sound (Vocalist: Jack Cooper)
24. The Show Is Over (Vocalist: Sam Browne)
25. On Your Toes (Vocalist: Jack Cooper)
26. Swing Is In The Air (Vocalist: Evelyn Dall)
