[Dixielandjazz] Independence Hall JB CD

[David W. Littlefield]

There's a major problem with the Miss Lulu White's Red Hot Creole Jazzband CD:
the cornets are so far in the background that they're barely audible. They
pretty much recreate the records, including the warts; MONO not stereo.
"Just gone", which I'm listening to as I write, leaves the clarinet in
front covering almost everything up. Same for "Allligator Hop". Actually,
they have 2 reed players who some interesting stuff, so these are not
totally faithful recreations, and that in small part compensates for the
loss of the cornets. Too bad, though, because otherwise it would be a fine CD.

--Sheik

At 07:43 AM 6/18/2003 -0400, Nick Dragos wrote:
>I'm glad to hear someone else singing the praises of The Independence Hall 
>Jazz Band...I'm a-waitin' my cpy of their Oliver interpretations, but
treasure 
>their earlier releases "Chicago Rhythm" (Stomp Off CD 1371, 2001) & "Hot
Sweet 
>& Blue" (Sterling Entertainment, Inc., available from Amazon.com, recorded in 
>1999)...I featured both on my late lamented "Sacramento Classic Jazz" radio 
>program.
>
>But the gem, and I believe it is long out-of-print (but I could be, and 
>regularly am, wrong about these things) are Oliver's own recordings....I 
>last saw 
>them on King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators's "Sugar Foot Stomp" (Decca 
>Jazz/GRP Records,  GRD-616,  1992)....included is the original "Wa Wa Wa", 
>named in 
>the early 1980's by the audience of Brian Rust's Capitol Radio program "Mardi 
>Gras" as the "Hottest Jazz Record" ever....along with other 1926-1928 gems 
>"Snag It" (2 different versions), "Jackass Blues" (which I once dedicated to 
>my 
>radio boss on the air, which explains why, at present, I'm not on the air), 
>"Too 
>Bad", "Deep Henderson" & more......
.....
>Oh...That Reminds Me.....Oliver fans: check out the 2002 Stomp Off release 
>"My Sweet Lovin' Man"  by  Miss Lulu White's Red Hot Creole Jazzband
--Sheik
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