[Dixielandjazz] Bud Freeman & Austoin High Gang

[Steve barbone]

<brian at radiojazz.co.uk> asked
 
> Bud Freeman & the Austin High School Gang reunion.
> Does anyone have any further information about this CD please?

Is this the one you mean Brian?

Cheers,
Steve


This is expected to be released mid-late April. Mosiac
Bud Freeman- Chicago/ Austin High School (MCD-1002)

The performances contained herein of three sessions led by Bud Freeman, one
of the founders of the Chicago jazz style, on RCA Victor in 1957 are further
proof that even the age of some of the participants and the constant
repetition of these tried and true war horses hadn't diminished any
individualistic fire or creative thought process. Given the changes in jazz
and the public's musical taste during the late 1950s, it is remarkable that
Bud Freeman got to make an album on a major label at all!

Wisely, the great tenor saxophonist did not waste this rare opportunity and
assembled three excellent bands to tackle 14 venerated compositions from the
'20s and '30s. as well as one new tune, composed by Freeman and Dick Cary.
Sidemen include Jimmy McPartland or Billy Butterfield on trumpet, Tyree
Glenn or Jack Teagarden on trombone, Pee Wee Russell or Peanuts Hucko on
clarinet, Dick Cary or Gene Schroeder on piano, Al Casamenti on guitar, Milt
Hinton or Leonard Gaskin on bass and George Wettling on drums.

Both Bud Freeman and Jack Teagarden, not surprisingly, are on top of their
game and Teagarden contributes three vocals to the seven tunes on which he
is featured. Some of Billy Butterfield's finest playing on record is
featured. The seamless flow of Peanuts Hucko's clarinet on the last session
contrasted by the incomparable daring statements made by Pee Wee Russell on
the first two will continue to amaze and enthrall the listener. When
Chicago/Austin High School Jazz in Hi-Fi was initially released, four titles
had been omitted due to time restraints and found their way onto the
compilation Bread, Butter and Jam In Hi-Fi a year later. This is the first
time all fifteen tracks have been gathered together on one release. The
tunes include classics from those McKenzie and Condon Chicagoan sessions for
OKeh in 1927 - Liza, Nobody's Sweetheart, China Boy and Sugar - and the Bud
Freeman and his Famous Chicagoans date for Columbia in 1940 featuring
Teagarden and Russell - Prince of Wails, Jack Hits The Road, Forty-Seventh
And State and At The Jazz Band Ball.

Thankfully, this group of sessions not only remains a testament to the
quality of musicianship in a by-gone style but to a herd of musicians who
defined an era and journeyed through life together celebrating it.
1 CD - $15.00