When Lights Are Low BS-041406-2

When Lights Are Low

mx BS-041406-2

SEPTEMBER 11, 1939 Monday

VICTOR Records

RCA Studios, NYC

32 BARS (AABA)

Key of

A♭

Quarter Note =

200

Time:

2:08

< no CC solos >

3 CHORUSES + 4-Bar Coda: (alternate take)

16 bars – ensemble

(Theme)

8 bars – vibes

8 bars – alto sax

32 bars – vibes

16 bars – tenor sax

8 bars – piano

8 bars – ensemble

4 bars – ensemble

(Coda)

Personnel:

Lionel Hampton and Orchestra

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN

Guitar

BENNY CARTER

alto sax

CHU BERRY

tenor sax

COLEMAN HAWKINS

tenor sax (ts solo)

BEN WEBSTER

tenor sax

DIZZY GILLESPIE

trumpet

LIONEL HAMPTON

vibes

CLYDE HART

piano

MILT HINTON

bass

COZY COLE

drums

Arranged by BENNY CARTER

Composed by:

Benny Carter - Spencer Williams

© VALDÉS

6/3/19

< no CC solos >

C&A:

This is a beautiful tune – beautiful melody, beautiful arrangement. Lamentably Charles wasn’t allotted a solo here. He is, however, clearly heard on rhythm guitar along with the superb rhythm section. Still, it would have been much preferable to have had a guitar solo rather than the 16-bar Bean grind.

(An eight-measure vibes/sax break would be added between the second and third choruses on the following take).

Issued Recordings:

[ LP ]

Bluebird

AXM6-5536

(side G, track 3)

RCA Black & White

PM 42417

(side A, track 3)

RCA Jazz Tribune Nº 4

NL 89761

(side B, track 9)

RCA Jazz Tribune Nº 4

PM 42406

(side B, track 9)

[ CD ]

Avid

AMSC 612

(disc 2, track 23)

Bluebird

66617-2

(disc 1, track 9)

Le Chant du Monde

274 1359.60

(disc 1, track 19)

Membran

232094

[see Album Index]

Membran

232568

[see Album Index]

Mosaic

MD5-238

(disc 3, track 23)

Music Memoria

30417

(track 9)

Music Memoria

88081 2

(track 9)

Neatwork

RP 2036

(track 17)

RCA Jazz Tribune Nº 74

22614 2

(disc 2, track 2)

RCA Jazz Tribune Nº 4

66539-2

(disc 1, track 9)

RCA Jazz Tribune Nº 4

ND 89761

(disc 1, track 9)

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