[Dixielandjazz] American OKOM Classics as Latin Jazz? Why Not?

[David Richoux]

In a somewhat similar direction, Yank Lawson did a recording with Chico 
Hamilton on percussion - "Ole Dixie" - I play it on my show every once 
in a while.

Here is the review from All-Music:  
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nen8b5m4bsqh
> Review
> by Ken Dryden
>
> Anyone familiar with Dixieland trumpeter Yank Lawson will find this a 
> bit of an odd recording in his discography. Presumably the modern pop 
> material and Latin bent of some tracks was designed to draw new fans 
> to jazz, though it seem unlikely that any pop fan would want to hear 
> ridiculous songs like a Mexican-flavored treatment of Sonny Bono's 
> "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" or the Lovin' Spoonful's "Daydream" 
> (which is cast in an uptempo Latin setting, with an unidentified 
> whistler, probably bassist Bob Haggart). Longtime fans of Lawson are 
> far more likely to be interested in updated treatments of "Fidgety 
> Feet" (which interpolates "[Back Home Again In] Indiana"), "Wolverine 
> Blues," "Muskrat Ramble," or Haggart's timeless ballad "What's New?" 
> The participants in the session also include pianist Dave McKenna, 
> clarinetist Pee Wee Russell, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, and the 
> surprising choice of drummer Chico Hamilton on some tracks, though it 
> is a safe bet they were wondering what producer Bob Thiele was smoking 
> in his always present pipe. But the final track, written by Lawson, 
> may have very well described his feelings after he completed this 
> uneven record: "I Cried in the Night."

Dave Richoux