# CD review: Hal Singer – Corn Bread: The Hal Singer Collection 1948-59 – 2023: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2023/04/09/cd-review-hal-singer-corn-bread-the-hal-singer-collection-1948-59-2023-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2023-04-09T00:04:08+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Hal Singer was one of the jazz saxophonists
of the 1940s who took advantage of the opportunity to make a commercial impact in
the world of R&B during years when the “honking” style of jumping R&B was becoming
especially popular, although he managed to keep in both camps, recording successfully
both in R&B and jazz idioms. **

This 44-track 2-CD collection comprises A & B sides and selected album tracks under
his own name on the Savoy, Acorn, Mercury and Coral labels, plus the tracks from
his Prestige album “Blue Stompin’”. It features his 1948 R&B No. 1 “Corn Bread” 
and his No. 11 from the following year, “Beef Stew”, which established the successful
style primarily exhibited in this set, on which he records with the likes of Milt
Larkins, Wynton Kelly, Sir Charles Thompson, Walter Page, Tyree Glenn, Milt Hinton,
Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor, Kelly Owens, Mickey Baker, Leonard Gaskin and many more.

His album “Blue Stompin’”, however, was very much a jazz project and sees him recording
in a quintet on some extended performances with Charlie Shavers, Ray Bryant, Wendell
Marshall and Osie Johnson. It’s an entertaining showcase for his distinctive honking
style, but also underlines his prowess as a jazz musician.

**Disk 1:**

1 Corn Bread Hal Singer Sextette
 2 Plug For Cliff (To Cliff Holland Wook) Hal Singer
Sextette 3 Rent Party Hal Singer 4 Singer Song Hal Singer 5 Rice And Red Beans Hal
Singer 6 Swing Shift Hal Singer 7 Neck Bones Hal Singer 8 Blue Monday Caravan Sir
Charles Thompson Allstars 9 Cooking With Cookie Sir Charles Thompson Allstars 10
Jiblets Hal Singer with Sir Charles Thompson Orch. 11 Disc Jockey Boogie Hal Singer
with Sir Charles Thompson Orch. 12 Teddy’s Dream X-Rays 13 Beef Stew Hal Singer 
Sextette 14 One For Willie Hal Singer Sextette 15 Happy Days Hal Singer Sextette
16 Midnight Jump Hal Singer 17 Hot Bread Hal Singer 18 Loose Riff Hal Singer 19 
Swanee River Hal Singer Sextette 20 Rock Around The Clock Hal Singer & His Orchestra
21 Fine As Wine Hal Singer & His Orchestra 22 Blue Velvet Hal “Cornbread” Singer
23 Buttermilk And Beans Hal “Cornbread” Singer 24 Miss Me Hal Singer 25 A Weaver
Of Dreams Hal Singer 26 Easy Street Hal Singer 27 I Hear A Rhapsody Hal Singer

**Disk 2:**

1 Lonesome And Blue Hal Singer
 2 I Love The Way You Love Me Hal Singer 3 Indian
Love Call Hal Singer 4 The Frog Hop Hal Singer 5 Home Town Hal Singer 6 Easy Living
Hal Singer 7 Hot Rod Hal Singer 8 Rock And Roll Hal Singer 9 Mr. Movin’s Groovin’(
Hound’s Tooth) Hal Singer 10 Crossroads Hal Singer 11 Catnip Hal Singer & His Orchestra
12 The Blast Off Hal Singer Quintet 13 Wendy Hal Singer Quintet 14 Midnight Hal 
Singer Quintet 15 With A Song In My Heart Hal Singer Quintet 16 Fancy Pants Hal 
Singer Quintet 17 Blue Stompin’ Hal Singer Quintet

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