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Shuffle Along: Original Cast Recording / Sissle, Blake, Miller, Lyles, Saunders, Browning
Harbinger Records

Shuffle Along: Original Cast Recording / Sissle, Blake, Miller, Lyles, Saunders, Browning

$18.99

Details

Composer
BLAKE SISSLE
Artist
Blake, Sissle, Miller, Lyles, Saunders, Browning
Format
CD
Label
Harbinger Records
Released
Apr 29, 2016
Catalog #
HCD3204
UPC
632433320426

About

The 1921 musical comedy, Shuffle Along, was a soaringly successful Broadway show. Contained inside this show are songs that would eventually become staples in the repertoire, such as “I’m Just Wild About Harry” and “Love Will Find A Way.” This musical also served a civil purpose. As an all black musical, the show desegregated theaters all across the country. This album is being release alongside the April 2016 revival of the show, and features Tony Award-winning stars such as Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald.

REVIEWS:

This fascinating release combines original recordings made in the acoustic era by members of the Shuffle Along company in conjunction with later performances, primarily by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, who wrote all the music and lyrics. It is, of course, by no means perfect, but it is representative of what was considered a landmark show in the history of black theater and the first “jazz” musical to hit Broadway...

Singer and lyricist Sissle was originally a drum major and vocalist for Lieutenant Jim Europe’s “Hellfighters” 369th Infantry Band in World War I...not even the Original Dixieland Jazz Band had yet made an appearance in New York. To them, jazz was what we now call “hot ragtime.”

Nevertheless, Shuffle Along remains a vitally important historical moment in the history of black entertainment. It was the first all-black show to have a wide appeal to white audiences, first gaining attention at the Howard Theatre in Washington for two weeks, then moving to the 63rd Street Theater in New York City in May before racking up 504 performances(!) at the Cort Theater on 48th Street. The cast included several names that would become famous over the next few years such as Adelaide Hall, Florence Mills (who replaced Gertrude Saunders after the first year), Fredi Washington and Paul Robeson—none of whom recorded anything from the show!—and a very young Josephine Baker in the chorus line.

-- The Art Music Lounge

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Shuffle Along Medley 05:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Shuffle Along Medley
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Ivan Harold Browning, Eubie Blake
  2. 2 Election Day (demonstration recording) 03:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Election Day (demonstration recording)
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  3. 3 Election Day in Jimtown 03:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    Election Day in Jimtown
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Flournoy E. Miller, Aubrey Lyles
  4. 4 I'm Just Simply Full of Jazz 02:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    I'm Just Simply Full of Jazz
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  5. 5 Love Will Find a Way 03:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    Love Will Find a Way
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Ivan Harold Browning, Eubie Blake
  6. 6 Bandana Days (demonstration recording) 04:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    Bandana Days (demonstration recording)
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  7. 7 Mirandy - In Honeysuckle Time (demonstration recording) 02:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    Mirandy - In Honeysuckle Time (demonstration recording)
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  8. 8 Gypsy Blues (demonstration recording) 02:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    Gypsy Blues (demonstration recording)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  9. 9 Shuffle Along Medley 05:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    Shuffle Along Medley
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
  10. 10 Shuffle Along (demonstration recording) 01:43
    Track
    10
    Title
    Shuffle Along (demonstration recording)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  11. 11 I'm Just Wild About Harry 02:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    I'm Just Wild About Harry
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Ruth Williams, Eubie Blake
  12. 12 Jimtown Fisticuffs 02:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    Jimtown Fisticuffs
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Flournoy E. Miller, Aubrey Lyles
  13. 13 If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin (demonstration recording) 01:22
    Track
    13
    Title
    If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin (demonstration recording)
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  14. 14 Oriental Blues 02:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    Oriental Blues
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  15. 15 I'm Craving for that Kind of Love (demonstration recording) 02:50
    Track
    15
    Title
    I'm Craving for that Kind of Love (demonstration recording)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  16. 16 Low Down Blues 03:07
    Track
    16
    Title
    Low Down Blues
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  17. 17 Ain't You Comin' Back to Maryland, Mary Ann? (demonstration recording) 00:59
    Track
    17
    Title
    Ain't You Comin' Back to Maryland, Mary Ann? (demonstration recording)
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  18. 18 Baltimore Buzz 02:28
    Track
    18
    Title
    Baltimore Buzz
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  19. 19 Pickaninny Shoes 03:20
    Track
    19
    Title
    Pickaninny Shoes
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
  20. 20 Daddy Won't You Please Come Home 03:14
    Track
    20
    Title
    Daddy Won't You Please Come Home
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Gertrude Saunders, Eubie Blake
  21. 21 Fourth of July in Jimtown 03:24
    Track
    21
    Title
    Fourth of July in Jimtown
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Eubie Blake
    Performer
    Flournoy E. Miller, Aubrey Lyles