When Lights Are Low BS-041406-1

When Lights Are Low

mx BS-041406-1

SEPTEMBER 11, 1939 Monday

VICTOR Records

RCA Studios, NYC

32 BARS (AABA)

Key of

A♭

Quarter Note =

204

Time:

2:13

< no CC solos >

2 CHORUSES, 8-Bar Interlude, 1 CHORUS + 4-Bar Coda: (master take)

16 bars – ensemble

(Theme)

8 bars – vibes

8 bars – alto sax

32 bars – vibes

4 bars – vibes

4 bars – tenor sax

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. Benny Carter contributes an interesting, ultra-modern 8-bar alto sax solo on this master take.

Issued Recordings:

[ 78 ]

Victor

26371

(b/w Hot Mallets)

[ LP ]

Bluebird

AXM6-5536

(side G, track 2)

Jazztone

J-1246

(side A, track 3)

RCA

430.248

(side A, track 3)

RCA

CL89806

(side B, track 3)

RCA Black & White

731.048

(side A, track 1)

RCA Black & White

PM 42417

(side A, track 2)

RCA Victor

LPM-2318

(side A, track 6)

Smithsonian / CBS

P6 11891

(side E, track 6)

[ CD ]

Acrobat

ACRCD 189

(track 19)

Avid

AMSC 612

(disc 2, track 2)

Best of Jazz

4070

(track 11)

Black & Blue

59.238 2

(track 16)

Bluebird

2433-2-RB

(track 20)

Bluebird

6458-2-RB

(track 18)

Bluebird

66617-2

(disc 1, track 8)

Bluebird

ND 82433

(track 20)

Chrisly

CR 80007

(disc 2, track 15)

Classics

562

(track 1)

Definitive

DRCD11176

(disc 1, track 1)

Empress

1003

(disc 2, track 17)

Empress

RAJCD 858

(track 17)

Encyclopedia

EN 516

(track 11)

Fabulous / Acrobat

FABCD351

(track 13)

Frémeaux

FA 211

(disc 1, track 12)

Hallmark

39032 2

(disc 3, track 7)

Jazz Archives / EPM

15737 2

(track 20)

Jazz Archives / EPM

15825 2

(track 17)

Jazz Archives / EPM

16038 2

(track 7)

Jazz Legends

1015

(track 11)

Jazzterdays

JTD 102408

(track 15)

Le Jazz / Charly

CD 1

(track 16)

Masters of Jazz

R2CD 8017

(disc 1, track 11)

Membran

232094

[see Album Index]

Membran

232568

[see Album Index]

Mosaic

MD5-238

(disc 3, track 12)

Mosaic

MD8-251

(disc 5, track 8)

Music Memoria

30417

(track 8)

Music Memoria

88081 2

(track 8)

Naxos Jazz Legends

8.120621

(track 6)

Phontastic

PHONT 7667

(track 6)

Proper

P1145

(track 17)

Proper

PROPERBOX 12

(disc 1, track 17)

Proper / Musisoft

EMCD 07

(track 2)

Proper / Retro

R2CD 40-87

(disc 1, track 20)

RCA Jazz Tribune Nº 74

22614 2

(disc 2, track 1)

RCA Victor

84190-2

(track 18)

Smithsonian / CBS

RD 033

(disc 2, track 18)

Smithsonian / Folkways

SF CD 40820

(disc 2, track 3)

* [CD] 2433-2-RB & ND 82433 incorrectly list this take as mx BS-041406-2.

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