Cornet Chop Suey

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Release Date

1994

Duration

58:35

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

March 27, 1991 & March 28, 1991

Recording Location

  • Penny Lane Studios, New York, NY
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Cornet Chop Suey

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For this Concord CD, the great veteran cornetist Ruby Braff is joined by guitarist Howard Alden, bassist Frank Tate and (on five of the twelve numbers) clarinetist Ken Peplowski and drummer Ronald Zito. Braff has never recorded a dull album and his highly expressive playing is the main reason to acquire this disc although Alden is also in particularly good form. Highlights include a rapid rendition of "Cornet Chop Suey," "Do It Again," an unusual instrumental version of "It's the Same Old South," an emotional "It Had to Be You" and a medley of songs from the film High Society.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time
1
Louis Armstrong
Ruby Braff
05:04
2
James Van Heusen / Phil Silvers
Ruby Braff
04:24
3
Mort Dixon / Harry Warren / Joe Young
Ruby Braff
05:08
4
Buddy DeSylva / George Gershwin
Ruby Braff
04:28
5
Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn
Ruby Braff
04:51
6
Edward Eliscu / Jay Gorney
Ruby Braff
04:34
7
Isham Jones / Gus Kahn
Ruby Braff
04:26
8
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
Ruby Braff
03:40
9
Al Dubin / Harry Warren
Ruby Braff
04:10
10
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
Ruby Braff
06:19
11
Cole Porter
Ruby Braff
04:30
12
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg
Ruby Braff
07:01
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