Hot House (composition) explained

"Hot House" is a bebop standard, composed by American jazz musician Tadd Dameron in 1945. Its harmonic structure is identical to Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (see contrafact). The tune was made famous by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker as a quintet arrangement and become synonymous with those musicians; "Hot House" became an anthem of the bebop movement in American jazz.^{[1] [2]} The most famous and referred to recording of the tune is by Parker and Gillespie on the May 1953 live concert recording entitled Jazz at Massey Hall, after previously recording it for Savoy records in 1945 and at Carnegie Hall in 1947.^[3] The tune continues to be a favorite among jazz musicians and enthusiasts:

• In 1962, Bud Powell recorded it on his Bouncing with Bud album for Delmark records
• In 1964, Charles McPherson played it with Carmell Jones on his Prestige album Bebop Revisited! for the Prestige label
• In 1976, Barry Harris who was the pianist on the 1964 version played a trio version on his Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron - Xanadu Records
• In 1982, Chaka Khan covered the tune as part of "Be Bop Medley," on her album Chaka Khan.^[4]
• In 1988, Emily Remler was the first jazz guitarist to record it, on her album East To Wes. According to the liner notes by Nat Hentoff^[5] the composition was one of Remler's favorites from the Be-bop era.
• In 1990, Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy covered the tune on their album Hot House.
• In 1998 trumpeter Arturo Sandoval covered the tune on his big band album Hot House
• In 1999, guitarist Larry Coryell covered the tune on his album Private Concert.^[6]
• In 2001 it was arranged for big band for Warner Brothers Publications;^[7] this was recorded later on the big band CD Up Your Brass.^{[8] [9]}
• In 2010, tenor saxophonist James Moody performed the tune on his Grammy-winning final recording Moody 4B.^{[10] [11]}

See also

• List of jazz contrafacts

External links

• http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-3/hothouse.htm

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clp9AeBdgL0 Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker playing "Hot House" in 1952 on television
2. under Stan Getz' names, the 1947 LP Groovin High included "Hot House" as one of the tracks showing an early appreciation for the tune as a jazz standard
3. http://allmusic.com/search/track/Hot+House/order:default-asc Hot House is on long list of over 500 recordings
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r10811|pure_url=yes}} Chaka Khan overview]. Allmusic.com.
5. Nat Hentoff (1988). East To Wes (booklet, page 4). Emily Remler. Concord Records. CCD-4356.
6. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r413560|pure_url=yes}} Private Concert overview]. Allmusic.com.
7. http://www.alfred.com/Products/Hot-House--00-JEM01020.aspx Print Music for Hot House
8. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/review_print.php?id=10705 All About Jazz, CD review by Jack Bowers
9. http://www.allmusic.com/album/up-your-brass-r619666 Up Your Brass. Allmusic.com
10. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37000 James Moody: Moody 4B (2010) All About Jazz review, By DAN BILAWSKY, August 18, 2010
11. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/13/backstage-grammy-awards/ San Diego's James Moody and Switchfoot win Grammys, Sign-On San Diego, February 13, 2011