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Fletcher Henderson All Stars

Title: Cool Fever

Label: Blue Moon

Cat No:BMCD817
Format:CD

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• This 1957 album reunited many members of the legendary Fletcher Henderson band in a set that recalled the tradition of big-band swing and stellar soloists. It is not only a reunion, but also a recreation of the sound and style that foreshadowed the heyday of the big white bands that borrowed so much from outfits such as Henderson’s.

• Rex Stewart’s cornet and the three trumpets (Emmett Berry, Taft Jordan, Joe Thomas) lend constant solo quality to the set, and Hawkins and Webster, seminal figures on the tenor saxophone, both play magnificently, while Buster Bailey’s fluid clarinet and Hilton Jefferson’s alto are heard in several swinging, warm, and expertly controlled solos. Also present are J.C. Higginbotham, Benny Morton, Dickie Wells, Al Casey, Red Richards, Jimmy Crawford & others.

• The storming drive and roaring spirit is clearly evident in the section work and in the wild succession of solos. Not all the tracks are big-band chargers. Jim Timmens wrote four arrangements for a smaller group, giving Hawkins and Jefferson opportunity to play ballads.

• Digipack edition - 10 tracks (including one alternate take in unedited mono) - newly remastered in 24 bit sound - original stereophonic recordings for the first time on CD.

Track Listing for Cool Fever
1. Sugarfoot Stomp
2. A Hundred Years From Today
3. Three Thieves
4. Honeysuckle Rose
5. Wrappin’ It Up
6. ‘Round About Midnight
7. The Way She Walks
8. King Porter Stomp
9. Casey Stew
10. King Porter Stomp (Unedited Mono Version)

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Cool Fever