The Nat Gonella Collection 1930-62 - Nat Gonella - Music - ACROBAT - 0824046713027 - October 12, 2018
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Nat Gonella
The Nat Gonella Collection 1930-62

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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.

FIRST REAL STAR OF BRITISH JAZZ

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 4
Released October 12, 2018
EAN/UPC 0824046713027
Label ACROBAT ACQCD7130
Genre Jazz
Dimensions 124 × 147 × 23 mm   ·   202 g

Track list

  1. 1.   CD  

    1. New Tiger Rag
    2. Oh Monah
    3. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
    4. I Heard'
    5. Rockin' Chair'
    6. When You're Smiling
    7. 'sing (It's Good for Ya)
    8. That's My Home
    9. Stormy Weather
    10. Nobody's Sweetheart
    11. Georgia on My Mind
    12. Sweet Sue, Just You
    13. Moon Country
    14. Troublesome Trumpet
    15. Varolina
    16. I Can't Dance
    17. E-flat Blues
    18. Georgia's Georgeous Gal
    19. Basin Street Blues
    20. I'm Gonna Wash My Hands of You
    21. Mr Rhythm Man
    22. Stardust
    23. Down at Uncle Bill's
    24. Rhythm is Our Business
    25. Breakin' the Ice

  2. 2.   CD  

    1. Nagasaki
    2. Tiger Rag
    3. Wabash Blues
    4. Jig Time
    5. Black Coffee
    6. Strange Blues
    7. Ghost of Dinah Lee
    8. Chicago
    9. Want to Be Happy
    10. The Music Goes Round and Round
    11. Singin' the Blues
    12. Just a Crazy Song
    13. Woe is Me
    14. Mama Don't Allow
    15. Bugle Call Rag
    16. Trumpetuous
    17. Crazy Valves
    18. I've Got a Wonderful Feeling
    19. Cocktail Swing
    20. Swing Swing Dotter
    21. Lady Be Good / Little Old Lady
    22. Georgia on My Mind
    23. He Ain't Got Rhythm
    24. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm

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