Vocalist Natalie Lamb is backed by trumpeter Doc Cheatham, pianist Sammy Price and drummer Candy McDonald on this session recorded in 1979 in New York. This CD contains the original LP of "My Daddy Rocks Me" plus a new session with Natalie backed by Charlie Fardella, Tom Fischer, Steve Pistorious, Tom Saunders and Chris Tyle.
Jazz band plays in the West Coast style on this album which includes a tribute to W.C. Handy by Ruby Wilson, a Memphis jazz & blues vocalist; features George Ryan, Bob Baker, Don Wilkinson, Mike Adams, Clive Collins, Gardner Hitchcock & others.
Here's Pete on the brink of fame in the mid-'50s, swinging like mad on this Joe Mares session with his Dixieland All-Stars! You'll also hear songs by Pete and His Three Coins plus Al Hirt & His New Orleans Band; includes Farewell Blues; Jazz Me Blues; Cherry; After You've Gone; Careless Love; Breeze, and 10 more.
12 tracks feat two separate groups of players: cuts 1-10 feat. George "Doc" Ryan, Clive Collins, Bob Barker, Rene Koopman, Dan Wilkinson & others; the last 2 cuts feat. George Ryan, Jim Beebe, Emil Orth, Chuck Hedges, Milt Hinton, Joe Johnson & Barett Deems.
Volume 1 of a 2 CD series features driving two-trumpet jazz in the Lu Watters/Yerba Buena tradition. Many members of this band have now become well-known, including trombonist Bob Connors. Also features Dave Whitney, Paul Monat, Blair Bettencourt, Don Bennet, Cal Owen, Stu Gunn & Ray Smith.
(2-CD set) Don Suhor played clarinet and alto sax in a stunning variety of jazz contexts in New Orleans for over 55 years. Passionately devoted to the art of jazz, with no interest in self-promotion, his career defined "low profile." Decades of work with traditional jazz groups in settings like the Famous Door, Crazy Shirley's, and the Palm Court Cafe were the ground for development of a unique and highly advanced clarinet style that made use of his prodigious technique. His inventive alto sax work was honed in gritty postwar underground bebop sessions and strip clubs in the French Quarter. In the years before his death in 2003 he kept a hectic schedule-a steady trio gig at the Court of Two Sisters, a big band session with Irvin Mayfield, modern combo work at Snug Harbor. This two-CD set, largely recordings from private sessions, ensures that Don Suhor's talents will not go unsung.
