One O'Clock Jump
One O'Clock Jump is a jazz composition by Count Basie, which was first played in the arrangement of Eddie Durham and Buster Smith and evolved to be a hit and a jazz standard. 1945 wrote Lee Gaines, a singer of the Delta Rhythm Boys, a text of the play.
Genesis and first recording
The swing number " One O'Clock Jump" in the form of a 12 - bar blues was written in 1937 by Count Basie. The piece was the first major success of the Count Basie Orchestra; the original arrangement was by Eddie Durham and Buster Smith. Carlo Bohländer rated the song as " a very effective big band blues with riff - melody ", which " was designed from a blues motif of Buster Smith and Head arrangements of the Basie band and has contributed much to the reputation of the band". The blues was already during the time in Kansas City in the Reno Club theme song for the orchestra. David Rickert sees the main feature of " One O'Clock Jump", which is actually a pretty simple structured piece, in his " rhythmic intensity ." It was based on a series of three riffs, the first of the saxophones, the second of the trumpeters and the third carried by the trumpets, each followed by a series of solos.
On the question of originality of the title Rickert noted that the final piece of the reef come from a Fats Waller recording called " Six or Seven Times " and the arranger Eddie Durham was certainly the main responsible for the swinging orchestration. David Rickert is one of " One O'Clock Jump" the best examples of Kansas City Jazz.
Basie later told the author Nat Hentoff, as the name of the title originated. Shortly before the final number at a gig in Kansas City Basie was asked by the announcer, what more they will play: "Well, the piece simply had no title, than to have someone very quickly come up with a. I looked around in the studio, and my eyes fell on the clock. It was close to one. " Later writers differ from this illustration from: Originally the title nor " Blue Ball " had been called, but a nervous radio presenter dared at a transmission for radio W9XBY not to say vulgar title; so he came to be called " One O'Clock Jump", as he had regularly made the final number in the Reno Club.
The original recording of the song took place on July 7, 1937 in New York for the Decca label instead. It appeared as the 78s with the " John 's Idea " B-side. Main soloists were the two former saxophonist of the Count Basie Orchestra, Herschel Evans and Lester Young, trombonist George "Rabbit " Hunt and trumpeter Buck Clayton. In the rhythm section played alongside Basie, Walter Page on bass and Jo Jones on drums.
Although in the original version and Buck Clayton played an inspired solo, was primarily a stage for the fiery tenor battles between Herschel Evans and Lester Young live in concert " One O'Clock Jump". Evans had traditionally been the first solo, followed Young. This tenor Battles became a long-running tradition of the Basie band, later challenged Paul and Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quinichette these battles.
More versions
In later years, Basie took additional versions of the title, so on his later albums of the 1950s for Roulette Records as Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959) and Basie at Birdland (1961 ) and in 1957 on his album with singers Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald on the album One O'Clock Jump. Last 1977, he played the title on the Pablo album Kansas City 5 with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass.
After the original version of Count Basie and his Orchestra 1937, to No. 15 of the American charts, the hit potential of the song was clear. The popular title was immediately taken into the repertoire of bandleaders such as Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington. Even more artists had with their cover versions economic success:
- Harry James and His Orchestra (1938, # 7)
- Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (1938, # 8)
- Metronome All - Star Band (1941, # 13)
Count Basie came in 1947 with the title again at No. 12 American charts. The " One O'Clock Jump" was added to 1940 about a dozen times and was adapted by Sidney Bechet / Kenny Clarke, Don Byas, Les Brown, Lionel Hampton, Ernst Höllerhagen, Harry James, Oscar Peterson, André Previn, Chick Webb and played Gerald Wilson. He also belonged to the repertoire of Bennie Goodman's Carnegie Hall Koncert 1938. During the 1950s, interpreted it the vocal trio Lambert, Hendrick & Bavan.
" One O'Clock Jump" also found as a soundtrack in several feature films use, so to fly in the honor, The Grass Harp, Harlem Nights, Enigma - The Secret and The English Patient.
Effect story
Count Basie then wrote "Two O'Clock Jump " and " Jumpin ' at the Woodside " in similar style. " One O'Clock Jump" was included in the series of the Songs of the Century.