[Dixielandjazz] Independence Hall Jazz band

[Mark Heller]

I agree with your opinion of  "Louis: The Oliver Years" (Stomp Off Records
1384, 2002).   It is a remarkable accomplishment!

You asked: "But what i can't stop listening to, over and over, and playing
along with, are three songs that i guess i have to have heard somewhere
before, but i can't remember when. The songs are "Too Late" (Joe Oliver),
"Wa Wa Wa" (Mort Schaeffer, 1926), and "Tears" (Louis Armstrong and Lil
Hardin). I just love the melody and chord changes in these three songs, and
the way the IHJB plays them (great two-trumpet blends).  Where have these
tunes been all my life?  Now i want to get recordings of other bands playing
them (well, i've Oliver doing it, but i mean by modern bands).  Know of
any?"

IMHO, Terry Waldo and the Gutbucket Syncopators (Stomp Off Records CD 1032)
do a great "Wa Wa Wa" with Roy Tate (trmpt) nearly blowing his brains out.
South Frisco did their usual talented performace of "Too Late" on Stomp Off
Records 1240

Mark L. Heller
Albany NY
mheller1 at nycap.rr.com