Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Judith Durham CDs

[Phil O'Rourke]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil O'Rourke" <philor@webone.com.au>
To: "David W. Littlefield" <dwlit@cpcug.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Judith Durham CDs


> > >Since we're discussing vocalists, I want to report a recent discovery
of
> > >mine:  a CD titled "Judith Durham and the Hottest Band in Town,"
> recorded
> > >in 1973.  I'd never heard of her before and stumbled into this item
while
> > >searching for something else.
>
> Judith did two LPs (now issued on CD) with groups called "The Hottest Band
> In Town".
>  The first was recorded in San Francisco, US during February & March 1973
> with Jim Goodwin, tpt; Jerry Butzen, tbn; Phil Howe, clt, sop; Ron
> Edgeworth, pno; Ed Turner, bjo, gtr; Bill Maginnis, dms; John Moore or Tom
> Rutley, tbs, s bass;
>  The tracks were I Wanna dance to Your Music, Am I Blue, Gimme A Pigfoot,
> Body & Soul, After You've Gone, Cakewalkin' babies, Sister Kate, Mama's
Got
> The Blues, World's Jazz Crazy, Can't Help Lovin' That Man, I've Got What
It
> takes, Oh Daddy, Alexander's Ragtime Band, I Love You, Gloryland.
> The second was recorded in London, UK during May & June 1974 and had Denis
> Field, cnt; Terry Pitts, tbn; Sammy Rimington, clt, sop; Edgeworth; Hugh
> Rainey, bjo, gtr; Phil Franklin, dms, wbd; Bob Taylor, s bass, sousa;
>  Tracks were Basin Street, Papa If You Can't Do Better, The Man I Love,
> Nobody's Blues But Mine, Hottst Band In Town, Coney Island, Down By The
> Riverside, What'll I Do, Louisville Lou, It's Goin' To Be A Beautiful Day,
> The Entertainer, Chase Those Blues Away, On Revival day
>
> Judith used to sing with bands in Melbourne (that's in Australia) mainly
> Frank Traynor & his Jazz Preachers with whom she recorded a few tracks.
>
>
> Phil O'Rourke
> Australia
>