EKE BBB Posted August 26, 2005 Report Posted August 26, 2005 In the October 17, 1939 session, Cab Calloway´s orchestra (with Gillespie and Bauza) recorded this bolero, "Vuelva". There´s a percussionist on that particular track. Lord´s entry doesn´t mention any percussionist (Cozy Cole´s on drums): ____________________________________________________________ Vuelva [C573-4] Cab Calloway Doc Cheatham, Mario Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie, Lammar Wright (tp), Claude Jones, De Priest Wheeler (tb) Keg Johnson (tb,g) Garvin Bushell (cl,as,bassoon) Andrew Brown (as,cl) Chu Berry (ts), Walter "Foots" Thomas (ts,cl,fl) Benny Payne (p) Morris White (g) Milt Hinton (b) Cozy Cole (d) Cab Calloway (vcl,ldr) New York, October 17, 1939 WM-1101-A Chili con conga (cc vcl) Voc 5315 WM-1102-A Tarzan of Harlem (cc vcl) 5267, EGT (F)DK625 [CD] WM-1103-A Jive formation, please (cc vcl) 5195, TFD (Du) TFD5009 WM-1104-A Vuelva 5315, Meritt 21/22 ___________________________________________________________ Neither does "The Chu and Dizzy Years" release on Hep label. Does any other release containing this track include information re the percussionist (i.e. Classics) ? Any other source? Thanks in advance, Agustín Quote
mikeweil Posted August 26, 2005 Report Posted August 26, 2005 John Storm Roberts refers to this and other Calloway sessions in his books, but does not name the percussionist. Bruyninckx also has nothing more than Lord. The information is either buried in the vaults or lost forever ... Who owns Vocalion now? Could be any Cuban percussionist from an authentic dance band in New York at the time - Bauzá sure had the contacts. I will try to find the time to look for New York based recording sessions of Cuban dance bands at the time. Quote
EKE BBB Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Posted August 26, 2005 What a title! ← Still haven´t heard that track, but I am not sure "Vuelva" is the correct title of the original bolero. There are two famous boleros with similar titles: "Cuando vuelvas" (Agustín Lara) and "Cuando vuelva a tu lado" (María Grever). Quote
EKE BBB Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Posted August 26, 2005 CUANDO VUELVA A TU LADO (TANGO BOLERO) (Music and lyrics by María Grever) Cuando vuelva a tu lado no me niegues tus besos que el amor que te he dado no podrás olvidar no me preguntes nada que nada he de explicarte que el beso que negaste ya no lo puedes dar Cuando vuelva a tu lado y este sola contigo las cosas que te digo no repitas jamás por compasion une tu labio al mio y entrechame en tus brazos y cuenta los latidos de nuestro corazón. Quote
EKE BBB Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Posted August 26, 2005 Looks like "Vuelva" (the one performed by the Cab Calloway orchestra) is credited to Morales / Platzman. Quote
jazzbo Posted August 26, 2005 Report Posted August 26, 2005 I don't think that Cab minded a double-entendred alternate idea for the title that an American audience might come up with. . . . Quote
brownie Posted August 26, 2005 Report Posted August 26, 2005 The Meritt liner notes were pretty thorough usually but those on the twofer 21/22 (Chu Berry -The Calloway Years 1937-1941) do not shed any light on this. Quote
JSngry Posted August 26, 2005 Report Posted August 26, 2005 CUANDO VUELVA A TU LADO (TANGO BOLERO) (Music and lyrics by María Grever) Cuando vuelva a tu lado no me niegues tus besos que el amor que te he dado no podrás olvidar no me preguntes nada que nada he de explicarte que el beso que negaste ya no lo puedes dar Cuando vuelva a tu lado y este sola contigo las cosas que te digo no repitas jamás por compasion une tu labio al mio y entrechame en tus brazos y cuenta los latidos de nuestro corazón. ← This is the tune that got English lyrics & became "What A Difference A Day Made", right? The title means "When I Return To Your Side", "vuelva" being some form of the verb that means "return" (I would say "come back" but that would jsut add fuel to the fire, so to speak...) Another example - the bolero "Somos Novios" got retrofitted and became "It's Impossible". Quote
mikeweil Posted September 1, 2005 Report Posted September 1, 2005 Don't have the time to check all of this right now - Calloway is not among them, but perhaps the song. The discography as such could shed a light on which Cuban percussionists were active in New York at the time. Quote
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