1929–1933

1929–1933
Compilation album by Henry "Red" Allen and His Orchestra
Released	1990
Recorded	July 16, 1929 – November 9, 1933
Genre	Jazz
Length	70:40
Label	Chronological Classics
Henry "Red" Allen and His Orchestra chronology
Original 1933–1941 Recordings (1989) 1929–1933 (1990) 1935–1936 (1991)

1929–1933 is a 1990 compilation album collecting material recorded by Henry "Red" Allen and His Orchestra during the years 1929 to 1933. The first of a set of five released by Chronological Classics, the album is rated part of the "core collection" for jazz music fans by the Penguin Guide to Jazz.^[1] Allen and Coleman Hawkins shared leadership of the band.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The album has been critically well received. Scott Yanow, writing for Allmusic, described it as "one of the best" of the series, with "many memorable sections."^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz lists the album as part of its "core collection" for fans of jazz music.^[1]

Track listing

All songs composed by Red Allen, except as otherwise noted

1. "It Should Be You"  – 3:10
2. "Biff'ly Blues"  – 3:26
3. "Feeling Drowsy"  – 3:36
4. "Swing Out" (Allen, J. C. Higginbotham)  – 3:17
5. "Make a Country Bird Fly Wild" (Allen, Paul Barbarin)  – 3:26
6. "Funny Feathers" (Victoria Spivey)  – 2:58
7. "How Do They Do It That Way?" (Spivey)  – 3:19
8. "Pleasin' Paul" (Allen, Barbarin)  – 2:54
9. "Sugar Hill Function" (Charlie Holmes)  – 3:03
10. "You Might Get Better, but You'll Never Get Well" (Louis Metcalf, Luis Russell)  – 3:07
11. "Everybody Shout" (Barbarin, Russell)  – 2:27
12. "Dancing Dave" (Allen, Barbarin)  – 3:11
13. "Roamin' Smith"  – 3:39
14. "Singing Pretty Songs" (Allen, Barbarin, Russell)  – 3:19
15. "Patrol Wagon Blues" (Porter Grainger)  – 3:22
16. "I Fell in Love with You"  – 3:30
17. "Someday, Sweetheart" (Benjamin Franklin Spikes, John Spikes)  – 2:57
18. "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (Armand Piron)  – 2:44
19. "The River's Takin' Care of Me" (Stanley Adams, Jesse Greer)  – 2:40
20. "Ain'tcha Got Music?" (James P. Johnson, Andy Razaf)  – 2:48
21. "Stringin' Along on a Shoe String" (Harold Adamson, Burton Lane)  – 2:47
22. "Shadows on the Swanee" (Johnny Burke, Harold Spina, Joe Young)  – 2:44
23. "Hush My Mouth (If I Ain't Goin' South)" (Michael Cleary, Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler)  – 3:01

Personnel

• Bernard Addison – banjo, guitar
• Henry "Red" Allen – trumpet, vocals
• Henry Allen & His New York Orchestra
• Jimmy Archey – trombone
• Paul Barbarin – drums, vibraphone
• William Thornton Blue – clarinet, alto saxophone
• Oliver Childs – bass, bass vocal
• Pops Foster – bass, string bass
• Four Wanderers – vocals
• Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
• Horace Henderson – piano
• J. C. Higginbotham – trombone
• Ernest "Bass" Hill – brass bass
• Teddy Hill – baritone vocals, clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Charlie Holmes – clarinet, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Herman Hughes – tenor saxophone, tenor vocals
• Edward Inge – clarinet, alto saxophone
• Hilton Jefferson – alto saxophone
• Maceo Johnson – baritone vocal, baritone saxophone, vocals
• Manzie Johnson – drums
• Otis Johnson – trumpet
• Walter Johnson – drums
• Will Johnson – banjo, guitar, vocals
• John Kirby – brass bass, baritone saxophone, string bass
• Don Kirkpatrick – piano
• Benny Morton – trombone
• Albert Nicholas – clarinet, alto saxophone
• Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone
• Luis Russell – piano, celeste
• Anatol Schenker – liner notes
• Victoria Spivey – vocals
• Greely Walton – tenor saxophone
• Dicky Wells – trombone
• Bob Ysaguirre – brass bass, baritone saxophone, string bass, tuba

References

1. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
2. Yanow, Scott. "1929–1933 Review". AMG. Retrieved 28 May 2012.