George Wettling and his Chicago Rythmn Kings

George Wettling was one of the great Dixieland drummers of the 20's and 30's

George was one of the young white Chicagoans who fell in love with jazz as a result of hearing King Oliver's band (with Louis Armstrong on second cornet) at the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago in the early 1920s (where he moved with his family in 1921).

Wettling re-located to New York in the mid 30's, where he played with numerous orchestras in that city, including the big bands of Artie Shaw, Bunny Berigan, Red Norvo, and Paul Whiteman. Although he did not lead bands on a regular basis for long, he led some excellent dates for Decca (1940), and Black & White, Commodore, and Keynote (1944), which are the tracks collected here.

1. Bugle Call Rag - George Wettling And His Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1940 (Decca 18044A)
2. If I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - George Wettling And His Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1940 (Decca 18044B)
3. The Darktown Strutter's Ball - George Wettling And His Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1940 (Decca 18045A)
4. I've Found A New Baby - George Wettling And His Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1940 (Decca 18045B)
5. Some Of These Days - George Wettling Trio | 1944 (Black and White 7A)
6. Everybody Loves My Baby - George Wettling Trio | 1944 (Black and White 7B)
7. China Boy - George Wettling Trio | 1944 (Black and White 27A)
8. That's A Plenty - George Wettling Trio | 1944 (Black and White 27B)
9. Struttin' With Some Barbeque - George Wettling And His Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1944 (Commodore 561A)
10. How Come You Do Me Like You Do - George Wettling And His Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1944 (Commodore 561B)
11. Blues For Stu - George Wettling And His Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1944 (Commodore 619A)
12. Heebie Jeebies - George Wettling And His Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1944 (Commodore 619B)
13. Home, Cradle Of Happiness - George Wettling's New Yorkers | 1944 (Keynote 1311A)
14. Too Marvelous For Words - George Wettling's New Yorkers | 1944 (Keynote 1311B)
15. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - George Wettling's New Yorkers | 1944 (Keynote 1318A)
16. Somebody Loves Me - George Wettling's New Yorkers | 1944 (Keynote 1318B)

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