Blowin' Up A Breeze

Chu Berry is perhaps best known for his tenor saxophone work with Cab Calloway's Cotton Club Orchestra. Prior to joining Calloway's orchestra, Berry worked with Sammy Stewart, Benny Carter, Teddy Hill, and Fletcher Henderson. Though Berry based his style on that followed by Coleman Hawkins, the older man regarded Berry as his equal. His composition "Christopher Columbus" was the last important hit recording of the Fletcher Henderson orchestra, recorded in 1936. It is one of the most popular riff tunes from the swing era and used as the final showstopper in Benny Goodman's first Carnegie Hall Jazz concert dating from 1938. Berry also played for a while in the Count Basie Big band. His most impressing recording with that band is "Oh, Lady Be Good". (from Wiki). Enjoy. +

Tracks

1. Now You're Talking My Language
2. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
3. Too Marvelous for Words
4. Limehouse Blues
5. Chuberry Jam
6. Maelstrom
7. My Secret Love Affair
8. Ebb Tide
9. Sittin' In
10. Stardust
11. Body and Soul
12. Forty Six, West Fifty Two
13. Blowin' Up a Breeze
14. On the Sunny Side of the Street
15. Monday at Minton's
16. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
17. Dream Girl, Pt. 1
18. Dream Girl, Pt. 2
19. Get Lost, Pt. 1
20. Get Lost, Pt. 2