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MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing)
by
Chick Webb and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald
First released:
1938,
Length:
3:08
1938-06-09, mx. 63935-A
Creators
(14)
Instruments
Beverly Peer
(09 Jun 1938)
double bass
Bobby Johnson
(09 Jun 1938)
guitar
Bobby Stark
(09 Jun 1938)
trumpet
Chick Webb
(09 Jun 1938)
drums (drum set)
George Matthews
(09 Jun 1938)
trombone
Hilton Jefferson
(09 Jun 1938)
alto saxophone
Mario Bauzá
(09 Jun 1938)
trumpet
Nat Story
(09 Jun 1938)
trombone
Sandy Williams
(09 Jun 1938)
trombone
Taft Jordan
(09 Jun 1938)
trumpet
Teddy McRae
(09 Jun 1938)
tenor saxophone
Tommy Fulford
(09 Jun 1938)
piano
Wayman Carver
(09 Jun 1938)
tenor saxophone
Vocals
Ella Fitzgerald
(09 Jun 1938)
Works
(1)
Recording Of
MacPherson Is Rehearsin’ (to Swing)
(09 Jun 1938)
Composer
Marion Sunshine
Lyricist
Marion Sunshine
Releases containing this recording
(13)
Official
Album - Compilation
The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1938-1939
1990
Ella Fitzgerald
Hallelujah!
1994
Ella Fitzgerald
The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1938-1939
10 Dec 1996
Ella Fitzgerald
The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald, Volume 1: 1935-1941
2000
Ella Fitzgerald
Stomping at the Savoy
23 Jan 2006
Chick Webb and His Orchestra
Jazz in the Charts 044 (1938)
2006
Various Artists
The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era
24 Oct 2008
Various Artists
The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934–1941)
2013
Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
100 Songs for a Centennial
21 Apr 2017
Ella Fitzgerald
100 Songs for a Centennial
21 Apr 2017
Ella Fitzgerald
The Complete Decca Singles, Vol. 1: 1935-1939
2017
Ella Fitzgerald
Single
I Let a Tear Fall in the River / MacPherson Is Rehearsin'
1938
Chick Webb and His Orchestra