Red Allen - The Jazz Archive

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7/21/33 Fri., NYC., HENRY ALLEN AND COLEMAN HAWKINS & THEIR ORCH. : Red Allen (t, v) Dicky Wells (tb)
Hilton Jefferson (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Horace Henderson (p) Bernard Addison (g on 13616, bj on others) John Kirby
(b on 1316/-17, bb on -18/-19) Walter Johnson (d) John Hammond reported in Melody Maker 10/14/33 that the Brunswick
moguls had recorded Hawkins and Allen for their cheap label, with dire results, since they insisted on use of banjo and tuba.
Red Allen lists two alternate takes of 13618 and -19 from test-recors available on his cartridge-cassette – Together with J.R.
T.Davies I can not hear any difference in opposite to an US-Coleman Hawkins-fan circle around Ren Mocklar are sure to
believe differrences in clarinet and sax solos and it´s impossible to keept the takes simultaneously.
/Suisa(I)JZCD362/GAPS/ HEP / Classics / Mosaic- /
13616-1-2 2:34 THE RIVER´S TAKIN´ CARE OF ME -vRA Me M12769/CBS 8227/ -070 /CD1028/(F)CD540/MD8-251/
(Addams-Green) -Allen intro in ens 16b-saxes Sb-Hawkins 8b-vRA 16b-Allen in ens 8b-
13617-1 2.41 AIN´T CHA GOT MUSIC -vRA (Razaf-Johnson) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /
-Henderson intro 4b-vRA 32b-Jefferson 14b-Allen lead 16+2b-Hawkins 16b-Wells 8b-
-Hawkins 8b-Allen lead 16b-Hawkins 8b-
13618-1 2:40 STRINGIN´ ALONG ON A SHOE STRING -vRA Me M12759/ --- / --- / --- / ---- / --- / --- /
-2?? 2:40 STRINGIN´ ALONG ON A SHOE STRING -vRA ?uniss.test 78”/ /RA-CD-C9/
(Adamson-Lane) -Allen 4b-Henderson 2b-Allen muted 32b-vRA 32b-Hawkins 24b-
13619-1 2:37 SHADOWS ON THE SWANEE (Young-Burke-Spina) Me M12759/ --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / MD8-251 /
-2 2:37 SHADOWS ON THE SWANEE (Young-Burke-Spina) ?uniss.test78”/ /RA-CD-C9/
-Allen intro 4b-Hawkins 4+4b-Wells 8b-Hawkins 4+8b-Allen 4b-
8/18/33 Fri., NYC., FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. : Russell Smith, Bobby Stark, Red Allen (t) Dicky Wells
(tb on all titles) Sandy Williams(tb last two titles only) Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (cl,as) Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts)
Fletcher Henderson (p,arr) Bernard Addison (g) John Kirby (b) Walter Johnson (d) Horace Henderson (arr)
"Yeah Man" had been the title of a short-lived Negro musical of mid.1932 (see p-28). There was also a Harlem cabaret of that name.
/Co C3K575(3CD)/ Classics /HEP(UK)/
13827-1 2:47 YEAH MAN -aHH (Sissle-Robinson) Vo 2527/Co CL1685/CBS BPG62004/(F)CD535/CD-1016/
-2 2:55 YEAH MAN Vo test/Meritt-13/14/ /NEAT-RP-2016/
-Procope cl 32b-Stark 32b-Hawkins 32b-Allen 8b-Hawkins 9b (different soli between the takes)
13828-1 2:50 KING PORTER STOMP -aFH (J.R.Morton) Vo 2527/Co CL1685/ --- / --- / --- / --- /
-2 3:02 KING PORTER STOMP Vo test/Meritt-13/14/ / --- /
-Stark muted & saxes 24+16b-Procope cl 16b-Wells 16b-Hawkins 16b-Allen 32b-Saxes 16b-
13829-1-2 2:45 QUEER NOTIONS –aHH (Hawkins) Vo 2583/Co CL1685/ --- / --- / --- / --- /Topaz-CD022/
-Hawkins intro 4b-muted brass 32b-Hawkins 10b-Allen muted 16b-Hawkins 2+2b-
-Allen muted 8b-saxes lead 16b-Hawkins 8b-
13830-1 2:48 CAN YOU TAKE IT -aFH (F.Henderson) --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- /
-2 2:56 CAN YOU TAKE IT Vo test / Col. 35671 /GAPS(Du)090 / /NEAT-RP-2016/
-cl trio lead 4+32b-Hawkins 32b-Williams 24b-Jefferson as 24b-Allen 12b-Henderson 8b-
all three Vo-tests also on RA-CD-3; 13828-2 also on RA-CD-12(Trumpet Kings), all four takes-1 on RA-CD-2a / all on Mosaic MD8-251/
early Auq. or Sept.33, Astoria, L.I., film. or synrhron sequences studio band of J.P.Johnsons plus members of Fletcher Henderson´s
Orch. for the film "EMPEROR JONES", released through United Artists; cr. 9/29/33; Fl. 89 min. 9 reels, B&W; prod.: John
Krinsky & Gifford Co- chran; dir.: Dudley Murphy; based on the play by Eugene O'Neill; script: DuBose Heyward; music-score:
J.Rosamund Johnson; Paul Robeson, Frank Wilson, Fredi Washington, Rex Ingram, Jimmy Mordechal, Dudley Digges, Ruby
Elzy, Harold Nicholas,The Hall Johnson Billie Holiday appeared as an extra in a crowd
scene, James P. Johnson (p) prominently featured Choir , in a Harlem night club sequence;
According to a report by John Hammond in MELODY MAKER 10/7/33,"the Henderson
band recently made several sequences for EMPEROR JONES, the new Paul Robeson
film..". Red Allen in an interview to Al McCarthy 1966 regretted the missing influence of
the Henderson-men on directives , posing and music. On another occasion of this interview,
speaking about the two different trumpets in New Orleans style, he mentioned his backgroundwork
at this filmmusic. Dr.Stratemann: “It is normally assumed that these sequences
were cut from the final release print. On the soundtrack, however, in accompaniment
to a dance act by H. Nicholas an orchestra of regular big band instrumentation is heard
which could well be the Henderson aggregation. Positive identification is impossible
though by aural means. For the interested reader, here s a rundown of the first half,
approximately,of the film's soundtrack. The 2nd half contains hardly any music at all.
Music: 1:50 Opening chants: Voodoo & Spritual -Hall-Johnson Choir,drums,hand-cl.
1:15 Let Me Fly (breaks off) -Paul Robeson & ch., v,studio-band
0:24 Same Train -Hall-Johnson Choir
0:37 St.Louis Blues (breaks off) -girls choir w.J.P.Johnson on dial
0:55 St.Louis Blues (fast tempo) -James P.Johnson-p behind dial
1:20 St.Louis Blues (medium tempo) -James P.Johnson-p behind dial
1:01 unident.tune (closing) -MIXED STUDIO BAND;-dH.Nicholas
0:55 CASA LOMA STOMP (ending fades) -same big band
0:30 unident.slow instrumental -same big band behind dial into
2:50 unident.blues number -v Ruby Elzy? with p acc.
0:25 same tune (reprise) -ditto
0:35 same tune (reprise) -ditto
1:43 John Henry & Water Boy -P.Robeson & Hall-Johnson Choir
1:54 orchestra parts on RA-CD-3 & RA-DVD-1; shorter 0:55 CASA LOMA on RA-CD-10;