APRIL 3, 1940 *
Wednesday |
HOLLYWOOD |
World Broadcasting System |
[ for
COLUMBIA Records ] * |
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32 BARS (ABAC) |
Key of |
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A♭ |
Quarter Note = |
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118 |
Time: |
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2:46 |
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32 bars clarinet |
(Melody) |
[ABAC] |
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8 bars clarinet |
(Melody) |
[C] |
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Matrix assigned on
APRIL 10, 1940 |
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Recorded by the World Broadcasting System, Inc. (Hollywood) |
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for the Columbia Recording Corp. (NYC) |
Composed by: |
Raymond Hubbell
(lyrics by John L. Golden) |
C&A:
The clarinet plays the melody on the first chorus; the second chorus (32 bars
just before the guitar solo) is split evenly between vibes and piano; after the
eight-bar guitar solo, the clarinet melody closes out the take in eight measures.
Except for the modified melody line on the pickup bar, this studio Poor
Butterfly 8-bar solo is fairly standard Charlie Christian. An excellent
solo
until you compare it to the stunning one on the live version three weeks later
in the month. Theres a few blue notes tossed inunexpectedly in the
second measure (bent ♭9). The
F9 figure on the last bar is the same (with identical notes)
as the one that ends his On the Alamo 8-bar solo over an
E♭Maj nine months earlier. In fact, his solo here,
although in a different key and taken at a quicker tempo, reminds me of the way he
constructed his solo on Alamo.
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[ 78 ] |
Columbia |
35466 |
(b/w The Sheik of Araby as
The Sheik) |
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Columbia |
36722 |
(b/w Grand Slam) |
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[ EP ] |
Columbia |
RLS 799 (SEGC.11) |
(side F, track 2) |
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[ LP ] |
Avan-Guard |
VSLP 213 |
(side B, track 4) |
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BLU-DISC |
T-1011 |
(side A, track 3) |
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CBS |
52538 |
(side B, track 4) |
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CBS / Sony |
56AP 674~6 |
(side C, track 2) |
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CBS / Sony |
SOPZ4~6 |
(side C, track 2) |
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[ CD ] |
Acrobat |
ACTRCD 9103 |
(disc 3, track 1) |
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Black Bird |
Black Bird |
(track 8) |
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Columbia/Legacy |
AC4K 65564 |
(disc 1, track 14) |
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Columbia/Legacy |
C4K 65564 |
(disc 1, track 14) |
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Columbia |
CK 45144 |
(track 9) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11176 |
(disc 2, track 10) |
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Edel |
0193692ERE |
(track 12) |
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Giants of Jazz |
53049 |
(track 20) |
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Going for a Song |
GFS561 |
(track 11) |
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History |
20.1960-HI |
(set 9, disc 1, track 9) |
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History |
20.1979-HI |
(disc 1, track 9) |
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Japan Jazz Club |
EGR 2001 |
(track 9) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 40 |
(track 12) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 9004 |
(disc 3, track 12) |
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Proper |
PROPERBOX 98 |
(disc 1, track 16) |
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Sony/Legacy |
93035 |
(disc 1, track 14) |
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Universe |
UV 129/2 |
(disc 1, track 12) |
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