Gonella, Nat: Nat Gonella Collection 1930-62
Gonella, Nat: Nat Gonella Collection 1930-62
Format: CD
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Artist: Gonella, Nat
Label: Acrobat
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 824046713027
Genre: Jazz
Trumpeter and bandleader Nat Gonella was the first real star of British jazz, beginning his career with the bands of Billy Cotton, Roy Fox, Lew Stone and Ray Noble in the early 30s before forming his own touring band 'The Georgians' in April 1935. Playing in the style of Louis Armstrong, he became a headlining concert attraction in the UK, recording two singles a month after he signed to EMI's Parlophone label in 1935. In 1939 he was one of the first British jazzmen to visit the USA, where he recorded and performed with major names of the era. He subsequently led his big band, the 'New Georgians', through much of the 1940s and when traditional jazz experienced a boom in popularity during the later 1950s formed his 'Georgia Jazz Band', participating in the music's new-found popularity as one of it's elder statesmen until 1963. In later years he continued performing in Britain and Europe until his death in 1998. This great-value 96-track 4-CD set, marking the 20th anniversary of his untimely death (as well as the 110th anniversary of his birth), has been compiled to provide the first comprehensive overview of the first three decades of his career. It has been researched by celebrated British jazz cornetist and writer Digby Fairweather, who has written the 12,000-word booklet to annotate the anthology. The collection includes recordings with Billy Cotton, Roy Fox, all of Gonella's principal recordings (both solo and with his Georgians and New Georgians), rare broadcast materials and long-unheard reissues of later 1950s sessions by his Strong Arm Men, Georgia Jazz Band, Doug Richford's London Jazzmen and his full (and long-deleted) 'Autobiography' album 'The Nat Gonella Story' from 1961. It provides a thoroughly entertaining showcase for one of the great personalities of British jazz who was one of the true pioneers of the genre on this side of the pond.
Tracks:
1.1 New Tiger Rag
1.2 Oh Monah
1.3 I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me
1.4 I Heard
1.5 Rockin’ Chair
1.6 When You’re Smiling
1.7 Sing (It’s Good For Ya)
1.8 That’s My Home
1.9 Stormy Weather
1.10 Nobody's Sweetheart
1.11 Georgia On My Mind
1.12 Sweet Sue, Just You
1.13 Moon Country
1.14 Troublesome Trumpet
1.15 Carolina
1.16 I Can't Dance
1.17 E-Flat Blues
1.18 Georgia's Georgeous Gal
1.19 Basin Street Blues
1.20 I'm Gonna Wash My Hands Of You
1.21 Mr Rhythm Man
1.22 Stardust
1.23 Down At Uncle Bill's
1.24 Rhythm Is Our Business
1.25 Breakin' The Ice
2.1 Nagasaki
2.2 Tiger Rag
2.3 Wabash Blues
2.4 Jig Time
2.5 Black Coffee
2.6 Strange Blues
2.7 Ghost Of Dinah Lee
2.8 Chicago
2.9 I Want To Be Happy
2.10 The Music Goes Round And Round
2.11 Singin' The Blues
2.12 Just A Crazy Song!
2.13 Woe Is Me
2.14 Mama Don't Allow
2.15 Bugle Call Rag
2.16 Trumpetuous
2.17 Crazy Valves
2.18 I've Got A Wonderful Feeling
2.19 Cocktail Swing
2.20 Swing Swing Dotter Min
2.21 Lady Be Good/Little Old Lady
2.22 Georgia On My Mind
2.23 He Ain't Got Rhythm
2.24 All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
3.1 I Can't Dance
3.2 I'd Like To See Samoa Of Samoa!
3.3 Jubilee
3.4 Blue Drag
3.5 Somebody's Thinking Of You Tonight
3.6 Music Maestro Please
3.7 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
3.8 Jeepers Creepers
3.9 Just A Kid Named Joe
3.10 I Must See Annie Tonight
3.11 Nobody’s Baby
3.12 The Man Who Comes Around
3.13 Georgia On My Mind
3.14 If You Were The Only Girl In The World
3.15 Vox Poppin'
3.16 Oh Susannah
3.17 The Sheik Of Araby
3.18 Sunrise Serenade
3.19 Stompin' At The Savoy
3.20 How Am I To Know
3.21 Playhouse Party
3.22 Gnat Jump
3.23 Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry
3.24 Shoo-Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy
4.1 All Of Me
4.2 You Rascal You
4.3 Satchmo Blues
4.4 Jeepers Creepers
4.5 When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
4.6 Runnin' Wild
4.7 Slow Boat To China
4.8 Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
4.9 Georgia On My Mind
4.10 Wild Man Blues
4.11 Bessie Couldn't Help It
4.12 Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)
4.13 Them There Eyes
4.14 Oh Mo'nah
4.15 Nagasaki
4.16 Honeysuckle Rose
4.17 Just A Kid Named Joe
4.18 Ain't Misbehavin'
4.19 Stompin' At The Savoy
4.20 It's A Pair Of Wings For Me
4.21 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
4.22 Five Minutes More
4.23 Yip-Addy-Ay!
