Plays Jimmy Mundy

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Plays Jimmy Mundy Review

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Between 1995 and 1999, the Hep reissue label put together a series dedicated to four of Benny Goodman's best arrangers. Two volumes were devoted to Fletcher Henderson and one apiece focused upon Eddie Sauter, Mel Powell, and the great Jimmy Mundy (1907-1983), a tenor saxophonist whose professional skills were forged in the kiln of the Earl Hines Orchestra. Mundy led his own groups from time to time but he made his strongest contributions to jazz while working as composer and arranger for bands led by Count Basie, Gene Krupa, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Whiteman, Harry James, and Benny Goodman. Plays Jimmy Mundy is a solid collection of classic big-band swing. In addition to crafting the excellent arrangements, Mundy composed "Jam Session," co-wrote the exciting "Madhouse" with Earl Hines, and shared composer credits with Goodman on "House Hop" and "Swingtime in the Rockies." Recorded between September 1935 and November 1938, these 22 exercises in swing feature a number of skilled instrumentalists (Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Bunny Berigan, Bud Freeman, and Jess Stacy) as well as vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Martha Tilton, Helen Ward, and Jimmy Rushing.

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	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Madhouse Earl Hines / Jimmy Mundy	Benny Goodman	02:50	Spotify Amazon
2	You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes Milton Ager / Murray Mencher / Charles Newman	Benny Goodman	02:37	Spotify Amazon
3	House Hop Benny Goodman / Jimmy Mundy	Benny Goodman	02:27	Spotify Amazon
4	Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) Stanley Adams / Hoagy Carmichael	Benny Goodman	02:29	Spotify Amazon
5	In a Sentimental Mood Duke Ellington / Manny Kurtz / Irving Mills	Benny Goodman	03:42	Spotify Amazon
6	Swingtime in the Rockies Benny Goodman / Jimmy Mundy	Benny Goodman	03:15	Spotify Amazon
7	These Foolish Things Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey	Benny Goodman	02:45	Spotify Amazon
8	House Hop Benny Goodman / Jimmy Mundy	Benny Goodman	02:34	Spotify Amazon
9	There's a Small Hotel Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Benny Goodman	02:32	Spotify Amazon
10	Bugle Call Rag Billy Meyers / Jack Pettis / Elmer Schoebel	Benny Goodman	02:59	Spotify Amazon
11	Jam Session Jimmy Mundy	Benny Goodman	02:55	Spotify Amazon
12	Did You Mean It? Mort Dixon / Jesse Greer	Benny Goodman	02:22	Spotify Amazon
13	When You and I Were Young, Maggie James Austin Butterfield / George Washington Johnson	Benny Goodman	02:23	Spotify Amazon
14	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional	Benny Goodman	02:28	Spotify Amazon
15	He Ain't Got Rhythm Irving Berlin	Benny Goodman	02:47	Spotify Amazon
16	Sing, Sing, Sing, Pts. 1-2 Louis Prima	Benny Goodman	08:46	Spotify Amazon
17	I'm Like a Fish Out of Water Johnny Mercer / Richard A. Whiting	Benny Goodman	03:30	Spotify Amazon
18	Sweet Stranger Milton Ager / Jack Yellen	Benny Goodman	02:54	Spotify Amazon
19	Margie Con Conrad / Benny Davis / J. Russel Robinson	Benny Goodman	02:15	Spotify Amazon
20	Farewell Blues Paul Mares / Leon Roppolo / Elmer Schoebel	Benny Goodman	02:14	Spotify Amazon
21	Roll 'Em Mary Lou Williams	Benny Goodman	03:12	Spotify Amazon
22	Camel Hop Mary Lou Williams	Benny Goodman	02:45	Spotify Amazon

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