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Phil Nimmons Quartet – Sands Of Time
Phil Nimmons Quartet – Sands Of Time Sackville SK2CD-5008 (2001) 2-CD Set
Bay City Jazz Band – Alligator Crawl (w/ Grana Louise)
Bay City Jazz Band – Alligator Crawl (w/ Grana Louise) Delmark DE 242 (2003) Compact Disc Bay City Jazz Band recorded two LPs for the Good Time Jazz label in the 1950s. That’s the same label (now a part of Fantasy) that issued Lu Watters’ Yerba Buena Jazz Band, the band that started the west…
Billy Butterfield & Andy Bartha – Take Me To The Land Of Jazz
Billy Butterfield & Andy Bartha – Take Me to The Land of Jazz Delmark DE 243 Compact Disc (2005) Trumpeter Billy Butterfield could play pretty ballads and heated Traditional Jazz with equal skill. Butterfield’s career goes back to the ’30s when he became famous playing with Bob Crosby’s Orchestra (’37-’40), taking the main solo on…
Jazz O’Maniacs – Sunset Cafe Stomp
Jazz O’Maniacs – Sunset Cafe Stomp Delmark DE 244 Compact Disc – Also Available on DVD! This traditional jazz group from Hamburg, Germany came to Meyers Ace Hardware on 35th Street in Chicago to perform at what was once the famous Sunset Cafe where Louis Armstrong played in the ’30s. The building is an official…
Willie “The Lion” Smith & Don Ewell – Stride Piano Duets
Willie “The Lion” Smith & Don Ewell – Stride Piano Duets Delmark DE 249 Compact Disc (2008) In the 1920s, Willie “The Lion” Smith was considered one of the big three of stride piano, along with James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. He was an influence on the young Duke Ellington. Although he was a…
Garvin Bushell and Friends – One Steady Roll
Garvin Bushell and Friends – One Steady Roll Delmark DE 250 Compact Disc (2009) Jazz clarinetist Garvin Bushell’s 1988 autobiography is rightly titled “Jazz From the Beginning”. Bushell recorded with great pianists — James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Willie “The Lion” Smith, Jelly Roll Morton — and with important swing orchestras, such as those led…
The Fat Babies – Chicago Hot
The Fat Babies – Chicago Hot Delmark DE 253 Compact Disc (2012) Chicago Hot is the debut release by Chicago’s newest hot jazz group, The Fat Babies.?The band was started two years ago by string bassist and band leader, Beau Sample, and has held down a Sunday residency at Chicago’s Honky Tonk BBQ ever since.?The…
