All the Cats Join In

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All the Cats Join In
All the Cats Join In.jpg
Studio album by
Buck Clayton
Released1956
RecordedDecember 16, 1953, March 15, 1955 and March 5, 1956
Genre Jazz
Label Columbia
CL 882
Buck Clayton chronology
Jazz Spectacular
(1956)		All the Cats Join In
(1956)		 Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton
(1958)

All the Cats Join In is a song written by Ray Gilbert, Eddie Sauter and Alec Wilder, and first recorded by Benny Goodman. It later was a track on an LP with the same title by trumpeter Buck Clayton.

Contents

Benny Goodman

Curiously, Goodman recorded this song three times. The first-released version, released after the ASCAP boycott of 1944-1948, followed a version which was only put out later. [1]

The third recording was for a segment of the 1946 Walt Disney film Make Mine Music . [2]

Clayton record

The record album was subtitled 25 Star Jazzmen in a Buck Clayton Jam Session. It was recorded between 1953 and 1956 and released by Columbia. [3] [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Everyone plays at least up to their usual high level and the riffing behind some of the solos really generates a lot of excitement". [5]

Track listing

  1. "All The Cats Join In" (Alec Wilder, Eddie Sauter, Ray Gilbert) – 7:14
  2. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 7:03
  3. "Don't You Miss Your Baby" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) – 6:30
  4. "Lean Baby" (Billy May, Roy Alfred) – 8:20
  5. "Blue Lou" (Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills) – 10:04

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Second Hand Songs: copyright 2013-2020" . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ Hischak, Thomas S.; Robinson, Mark A. (2013). The Disney Song Encyclopedia (2 ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 4. ISBN   9781589797130.
  3. ↑ Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Watts, R. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 4: CL 800-899 (1955-1956), accessed June 28, 2017
  4. ↑ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. All the Cats Join In – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 28, 2017.
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