Metronomes all-stars

Metronome All-Stars was an American all-star formation of swing or modern jazz that only came together for recordings and a few concerts in New York City .

history

The magazine Metronome was one of the leading jazz magazines in the USA in the 1940s, along with Down Beat and Esquire . The editors were George T. Simon and Barry Ulanov . Annual reader surveys, so-called polls, were held between 1939 and 1961 ; From the winners in the respective instrument categories 1939-42, 1946-1948, 1949-1951, 1953 and again in 1956 all-star formations were put together, which mostly recorded two sides of the record in sessions. The early winners were initially swing-oriented musicians; the later winners consisted in part of the most famous musicians of bebop and cool jazz , such as Dizzy Gillespie , Miles Davis and Charlie Parker as well as Stan Getz and Lennie Tristano .

Occupations

• All Star Band 1939: with Bunny Berigan , Sonny Dunham , Charlie Spivak , Harry James , Tommy Dorsey , Jack Teagarden , Benny Goodman , Hymie Schertzer , Eddie Miller , Arthur Rollini , Bob Zurke , Carmen Mastren , Bob Haggart , Ray Bauduc
• The Metronome All-Stars 1940: All-Star Strut. Taken with Harry James, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Benny Carter , Eddie Miller, Jess Stacy , Charlie Christian , Bob Haggart, Gene Krupa , and on the recording of King Porter Stomp addition Ziggy Elman , Charlie Spivak, Jack Jenney , Toots Mondello , Charlie Barnet .
• Metronome All-Stars 1941: One O'Clock Jump / Bugle Call Rag. Recorded with Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Cootie Williams , Tommy Dorsey, JC Higginbotham , Benny Goodman, Benny Carter, Toots Mondello, Coleman Hawkins , Tex Beneke , Count Basie , Charlie Christian, Artie Bernstein , Buddy Rich .
• Metronome All Star Leaders 1942: Cootie Williams, JC Higginbotham, Benny Goodman, Benny Carter, Charlie Barnet, Count Basie , Alvino Rey , John Kirby , Gene Krupa
• Metronome All Star Band 1946: Sonny Berman , Pete Candoli , Harry Edison , Neal Hefti , Rex Stewart , Cootie Williams , Will Bradley , Tommy Dorsey, Bill Harris , JC Higginbotham, Buddy DeFranco , Herbie Fields , Johnny Hodges , Georgie Auld , Flip Phillips , Harry Carney , Red Norvo , Teddy Wilson , Billy Bauer , Tiny Grimes , Chubby Jackson , Dave Tough , and Sy Oliver and Duke Ellington (cond), respectively ; as vocalists on two tracks with a smaller all-star cast Frank Sinatra and June Christy respectively
• Metronome All-Stars 1947: Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, Buddy DeFranco , Flip Phillips, Nat King Cole , Billy Bauer, Eddie Safranski , Buddy Rich; on the track Metronome Riff additionally with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra .
• Metronome All-Stars 1949: Overtime / Victory Ball. Recorded with Dizzy Gillespie , Miles Davis , Fats Navarro , Jay Jay Johnson , Kai Winding , Buddy DeFranco, Charlie Parker , Charlie Ventura , Ernie Caceres (bs), Lennie Tristano , Billy Bauer, Eddie Safranski, Shelly Manne and Pete Rugolo (arr, dir),
• Metronome All-Stars 1950: Double Date & No Figs (compositions by Lennie Tristano), with Dizzy Gillespie, Kai Winding , Buddy DeFranco, Lee Konitz , Stan Getz , Serge Chaloff , Lennie Tristano , Billy Bauer, Eddie Safranski, Max Roach
• Metronome All-Stars 1951: Local 802 Blues / Early Spring. Recorded with George Shearing , Stan Getz , Miles Davis , Serge Chaloff, Lee Konitz, John LaPorta , Max Roach, Billy Bauer, Terry Gibbs , Eddie Safranski, Kai Winding
• Metronome All-Stars 1953: Roy Eldridge , Kai Winding, John LaPorta, Warne Marsh , Lester Young , Terry Gibbs, Teddy Wilson, Billy Bauer, Eddie Safranski, Max Roach, Billy Eckstine
• Metronome All-Stars 1956: Thad Jones , Eddie Bert , Tony Scott , Lee Konitz, Al Cohn , Zoot Sims , Serge Chaloff, Teddy Charles , Billy Taylor , Tal Farlow , Charles Mingus , Art Blakey . On the album Metronome All-Stars in 1956 are also Count Basie Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams to hear.

Selection discography

• The Metronome All-Star Bands. RCA ND 87636

literature

• Philippe Carles , André Clergeat , Jean-Louis Comolli : Le nouveau dictionnaire du jazz . Edition Robert Laffont, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-221-11592-3
• Bielefeld catalog. 1988 & 2002

Web links

• Overall discography and sessionography
• Metronome All-Stars at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Similar to the Metronome All-Stars , there were also the Esquire All-American Award Winners ; In 1946 they consisted of Charlie Shavers , Buck Clayton , Jay Jay Johnson , Coleman Hawkins , Harry Carney , Teddy Wilson, and others.
2. ↑ Glenn Miller, in whose orchestra Tex Beneke was the star soloist, reproached the tenor saxophonist after the recording as to why he had not played a longer solo. With reference to the towering Coleman Hawkins, Beneke justified his reluctance. See Gerhard Klußmeier: Jazz in the Charts. Another view on jazz history.
3. ↑ The One O'Clock Jump reached number 13 on the Billboard Top 20 in April 1941 . Gerhard Klußmeier : Jazz in the Charts. Another view on jazz history. Liner notes (62/100) and companion book for the 100 CD edition. Membrane International GmbH. ISBN 978-3-86735-062-4
4. ↑ Victory Ball is a composition by Lennie Tristano based on the harmonies of 'S Wonderful. See Polillo: Jazz. P. 540
5. ↑ See Polillo, p. 540
6. ↑ Metronome All-Stars 1956 on Allmusic (English)