McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS / Vic 38013 / E+ Never Swat
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MCKINNEY’S COTTON PICKERS
Never Swat A Fly
THE BASICS
ARTIST : McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
LABEL : Victor 38013
SELECTIONS : Never Swat A Fly
Laughing At Life
RECORD DATE : November 4, 1930
CONDITION : E+
William McKinney, showman-drummer, formed his Cotton Pickers in Springfield, Ohio, in 1922, but it was not until the summer of 1928 that they commenced their short but illustrious recording career for Victor. In The autumn of 1931 Don Redman, who did most of the arrangements, took a band of his own, including in it several of the Cotton Pickers.
The Cotton Pickers were based originally in the Greystone Ballroom in Detroit, but by the early part of 1929 we find them in Harlem at various nightspots. Their personnel varied as any personnel in a band this size, but it's ranks were at one time such brilliant stars of the Harlem Jazz firmament as Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Lonnie Johnson, James P. Johnson, Joe Smith, Ed Cuffee, Claude Jones, and Fats Waller.
The original policy of the band was to play hot numbers, many of which were composed by Redman and/or other musicians in the band, but once in New York, with a recording contract from Victor that was demanding of all its artists a more commercial approach to work, the Cotton Pickers included a repertoire the better popular hits of the day, giving them a rich and rare treatment, with warm section work and beautifully executed solos. Although the brass bass is supposed to be heavier than a string bass, in Billy Taylor's hands it is a living thing, giving adequate support to Wilborn's lively banjo and Austin's crisp drumming.
These songs are from a session on November 4, 1930 and have the band doing “Never Swat A Fly” and “Laughing At Life.”
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CONDITION: E+
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