OCTOBER 28, 1940 Monday |
Columbia Recording Studios, NYC |
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32 BARS (AABA) |
Key of |
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F |
Quarter Note = |
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194 |
Time: |
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3:04 |
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4-Bar Intro + 4 ½ CHORUSES: |
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16 bars muted trumpet |
(over ens riffs) |
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8 bars muted trumpet |
(over clarinet obbl) |
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8 bars muted trumpet |
(over ens riffs) |
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♪ |
16 bars CC |
(over ens riffs) |
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♪ |
8 bars CC |
(over ens riffs) |
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8 bars clarinet |
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8 bars ensemble |
(Riffs) |
Composed by: |
Ted Fiorito
(lyrics by Gus Kahn) |
C&A:
Here's another selection – the choicest of the 32-bar cuts – from the trial session intended to bring together an All-Star combo to supplement
the Goodman orchestra on its comeback after the leader’s infirmity.
I Never Knew is a song with a beautiful melody that does not get its
just due on the head chorus. Charlie Christian and Lester Young, however,
contribute two wonderful solos, one chorus each.
This was the second time the two swingin’est musicians had met at a recorded venue –
the first was at Carnegie Hall the previous Christmas Eve – and it would be the
last.
Charles keeps his solo statements relatively simple and he makes them seem laid-back by his
delaying the start of some of his phrases a beat or two later than expected.
His tremendous rhythmic drive does not let up at any time though – it is
relentless. And there’s also the marvelous creativity on the
phrasing/fingering and note selection on a very fundamental harmony.
Prez follows with his own phenomenal solo. He has to be the only soloist
that can follow Charles and not let the interest flag a bit. Listening to
his perfect bridge immediately brings to mind the break that the piano took from
CC’s solo – one has to wonder what we may have heard if Charles had taken the
entire chorus.
Whatever the length, Charles’ solo is positively Unforgettable.
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[ LP ] |
Cicala / Durium |
BLJ 8021 |
(side B, track 1) |
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Giants of Jazz |
LPJT 13 |
(side B, track 4) |
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Jazz Archives |
JA-6 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Jazz Archives |
JA-42 |
(side B, track 4) |
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Jazz Document |
va-7997 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Joker |
C 76/6 |
(side E, track 5) |
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Joker |
SM 4025 |
(side A, track 5) |
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Official |
3035-2 |
(side B, track 7) |
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[ CD ] |
Archives of Jazz |
380106 2 |
(track 2) |
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Archives of Jazz |
389106 2 |
(track 2) |
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Avid |
AVC 542 * |
(track 17) |
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Better Music / Del Prado |
JIT016 |
(track 11) |
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Blue Moon |
BMCD 1006 |
(track 8) |
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Catfish |
KATCD196 |
(track 19) |
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Charly |
CPCD 8194-2 |
(disc 1, track 4) |
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Columbia/Legacy |
AC4K 65564 |
(disc 2, track 6) |
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Columbia/Legacy |
C4K 65564 |
(disc 2, track 6) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11176 |
(disc 4, track 4) |
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Ediciones Del Prado |
GJ016 |
(track 11) |
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Ediciones Del Prado |
JB016 |
(track 11) |
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Frémeaux |
FA 218 |
(disc 1, track 16) |
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Giants of Jazz |
53049 |
(track 17) |
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Going for a Song |
GFS561 |
(track 13) |
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Hallmark |
30283 2 |
(track 8) |
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Hallmark |
39117 2 |
(disc 2, track 8) |
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History |
20.1960-HI |
(set 9, disc 1, track 12) |
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History |
20.1969-HI |
(disc 1, track 12) |
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Jazz Classics |
JZCL-5005 |
(disc 1, track 13) |
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Jazz Forever |
67041 |
(track 15) |
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Jazz Portraits |
14535 |
(track 5) |
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Jazz Portraits |
14545 |
(track 15) |
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Jazz Roots |
56027 |
(track 5) |
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Jazz Roots |
56059 |
(track 15) |
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Makin’ Friends / BMG |
14171 2 |
(disc 2, track 5) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 44 |
(track 10) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 9004 |
(disc 4, track 10) |
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Masters of Jazz |
R2CD 8004 |
(disc 1, track 18) |
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Membran |
222777 |
(disc 3, track 12) |
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Membran |
222800 |
(set 21, disc 3, track 12) |
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Membran |
232094 |
(vol. 074, track 7) |
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Membran |
232568 |
(part 2, vol. 074, track 7) |
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Membran |
233423 |
(disc 14, track 12) |
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Mosaic |
MD4-239 |
(disc 4, track 7) |
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Music Memoria |
87998 2 |
(disc 2, track 2) |
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Norma |
NOCD5657 |
(track 11) |
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Past Perfect |
205798-203 |
(track 12) |
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Proper |
PROPERBOX 8 |
(disc 2, track 5) |
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Proper |
PROPERBOX 98 |
(disc 2, track 3) |
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Proper / musisoft |
EMCD 21 |
(track 3) |
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Sony/Legacy |
93035 |
(disc 2, track 6) |
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Vintage Jazz Classics |
VJC-1021-2 |
(track 13) |
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Warner Music France |
3007-2 |
(track 18) |
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[CD] AVC 542 incorrectly lists “I Never Knew” as “Breakfast Feud” |
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