About This Item
A tribute to the legendary Harlem night-club of the 30's. The greats of black music played to an all-white audience in the famous club owned by New York gangsters. Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway led the housebands at various times. All the tracks feature acts who performed at the club during it's heyday. Tracks include; InchCotton Club StompInch - Duke Ellington, InchStormy WeatherInch - Ethel Waters, InchFifteen Minute IntermissionInch - Cab Calloway, InchWest End BluesInch - Louis Armstrong, InchYour Heart And MineInch - the Nicholas Brothers. Acrobat. 2003. Album Tracks 1. Cotton Club Stomp - Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra 2. Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 3. Rhythm Is Our Business - Jimmie Lunceford 4. Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters 5. Doin' the New Low Down - Don Redman & His Orchestra, Bill Robinson 6. As Long As I Live - Horace Henderson & His Orchestra, Lena Horne 7. Shake Your Ashes - Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra 8. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ivie Anderson, Duke Ellington 9. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 10. Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams 11. I Want a Tall Skinny Papa - Lucky Millinder, Sister Rosetta Tharpe 12. Creole Love Call - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Adelaide Hall 13. Your Heart and Mine - the Nicholas Brothers 14. Kickin' the Gong Around - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 15. Fine and Mellow - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy, June Richmond 16. Passionette - Teddy Hill & His Orchestra 17. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today) 18. Fifteen Minute Intermission - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 19. Our Monday Date - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 20. Loch Lomond - John Kirby & His Orchestra, Maxine Sullivan 21. I Can't Give You An