John Nesbitt & McKinney's Cottonpickers

[Guest Bill Barton]

I'm in the process of editing an archive interview with Gunther Schuller for an upcoming program. We spoke at some length about John Nesbitt. I'd like to get recordings of everything he arranged for McKinney's Cotton Pickers. Does anyone here know of a currently available CD reissue that includes all of that material? And, by chance, does anyone know of other recordings of his arrangements?

Thanks.

[EKE BBB]

Bill

Check out the following three Frog CDs:

DGF 25 McKinney's Cotton Pickers vol 1: Put it there

DGF 26 McKinney's Cotton Pickers vol 2: Cotton Picker's Scat

DGF 27 McKinney's Cotton Pickers vol 3: Shag Nasty

You'll get the complete Cotton Pickers output from 1928 to 1931.

If you need further details, just let me know.

[EKE BBB]

[AllenLowe]

one of my favorite Nesbitt arrangements is Chinatown for Fletcher Henderson -

[jeffcrom]

Allen hit the only non-Cotton Picker arrangement on record that I'm aware of.

[AllenLowe]

and it just happens to be on Devilin Tune (I think) - it was also in the Henderson box - Study in Frustration.

[Guest Bill Barton]

Thanks, EKE BBB & Allen. I'll have to track down a copy of "Chinatown" for sure. I used to have it on vinyl.