[Dixielandjazz] Johnny Maddox and his Dixie Boys - Dixieland Blues

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Hello,

I'm new to the list and wanted to let y'all know about a record that I helped put together.  It is a re-issue of a 1959 recording originally released by Dot Records... and it really swings!   I'd like to help sell the CD, so any suggestions on good record shops and radio stations to contact would be most appreciated.

And now for a brief history...

Johnny Maddox’s DIXIELAND BLUES is being reissued for the first time on compact 
disc by Crazy Otto Music, a label devoted to ragtime, dixieland and early 
American music.  This 1959 classic is the first reissue of any of Johnny 
Maddox’s original Dot Records recordings and is backed by enhanced multi-media 
features including pictures of the original sheet music covers for the songs, 
Johnny's audio commentary on each piece, and a video clip of Johnny performing 
"Friday Night Stomp".

Johnny Maddox is one of the leading ragtime piano players of all time.  He was 
America's number one jukebox artist in 1955 when he recorded the first all-piano 
record in history, "The Crazy Otto Medley," which spent 14 weeks at the top of the charts. It became the first ragtime record to sell more than 1,000,000 copies, eventually selling more than 2,000,000.  Johnny was the first artist of Dot 
Records, and his instant success helped build the label into one of the most 
successful labels in the 50’s.  During his tenure with Dot, he racked up 9 gold 
singles with total record sales of over 11,000,000.  Johnny even has his own 
star on Hollywood Boulevard.  

DIXIELAND BLUES is Johnny’s favorite record of his 50 plus year (and over 80 
records) career and is the lone Dixieland recording his rich catalog.  The 
musicians on DIXIELAND BLUES are a who’s who of jazz greats from the 1930’s and 
1950’s including Matty Matlock (clarinet), Mannie Klien (trumpet), Moe Schneider 
(trombone), Nappy LaMare (banjo), Nick Fatool (drums), Red Callender (tuba) and 
Bobby Hammack (rhythm piano).  Matlock, Schneider and Fatool can all be seen in 
the 1955 motion picture: PETE KELLYS BLUES, starring Jack Webb and they are also 
on the great soundtrack album. Dot House engineer Tom Mack recorded the album 
with arrangements by Matlock and Beasley Smith (Louis Armstrong, Roy Acuff, 
Beach Boys). Tracks include standards such as W.C. Handy’s Beale Street Blues, 
and St. Louis Blues and Spencer Williams’ Basin Street Blues as well as some 
even more rare pieces such as Tishomingo Blues, Wolverine Blues and Bow Wow 
Blues.

O.k. that wasn't so brief.... but I am very excited abot this record and I'd 
like to turn as many people and stores on to it as I can.  

all the best,

mark linn

more info at:
www.crazyottomusic.com