Artie SHAW & His Orch. – Cool Daddy – Experiments With Be-Bop

"I'd like to tell a funny story about Artie Shaw," Al Cohn, the tenor saxist heard on this CD once remarked, "but there aren't any." Shaw's grouchy attitude towards the public had often seemed unwarranted in the past but in 1949 the disastrous reception of his new band, his first in two years, led him not only to once again throw up his hands at the whims of popular taste but to henceforth virtually abandon leading a regular orchestra. It also contributed to Shaw's growing reluctance to remain in the music business or, as he might have put it, 'Show Business'.

Produced by Simon Spillett

See also JASBOX 20/5

Track Listing

1. NIGHTMARE (Theme)
2. I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
3. KRAZY KAT
4. INNUENDO
5. MINNESOTA (AESOP'S FABLES)
6. COOL DADDY
7. THE GRABTOWN GRAPPLE
8. S'WONDERFUL
9. THINGS ARE LOOKING UP
10. SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE
11. GUE LE LE
12. YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME
13. ORINOCO
14. THE PIED PIPER
15. CROSS YOUR HEART
16. SO EASY
17. I COVER THE WATERFRONT
18. MOONGLOW
19. LOVE WALKED IN
20. CARNIVAL
21. SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE
22. BEGIN THE BEGUINE