Calloway Boogie - Cab Calloway

The Snader telescription Calloway Boogie aka Cab’s Club (1950) starts right off with Cab Calloway dancing up a storm. A scaled down version of his band is seated behind him: Panama Francis on drum kit, Milt Hinton on doublebase, Jonah Jones on trumpet, Dave Rivera on piano. For this number, Jonah on trumpet is mightily highlighted. It’s a one-take live performance & Cab’s not perfectly miked, but it has that “no retakes“ realism to it that is a pleasure. The song however boils down to a fairly standard bo