[Dixielandjazz] "MUST-HAVE" Katrina Relief CD

[Laurence Swain]

Just drove home from a trad jazz workshop listening to a CD that recently arrived in the 
mail from Univ. of NH Library of Trad Jazz, and am totally blown away by what's on it.

AND a plus! All proceeds from sales of this CD will support Music Cares, Hurricane 
Relief 2005 and American Library Association, Katrina Relief Fund.

The performers are legends.

Here's some descriptive material lifted from the Web page devoted to this CD (LS note: 
there are more groups than those listed, and additional well-known performers, as well), 
which is at:    http://www.library.unh.edu/news/newOrleans/

    The Traditional Jazz Library at the University of New Hampshire is proud to 
    announce that its new jazz CD entitled Do You Know What It Means to Miss New 
    Orleans? is now available. The recording focuses on music related to New 
    Orleans and its musicians and songwriters. The UNH Library is underwriting all 
    production costs so that all proceeds directly support hurricane relief through two 
    charities: MusiCares, Hurricane Relief 2005 and American Library Association, 
    Katrina Relief Fund.
     
    The music on this CD is drawn from the Library’s extensive recorded archives of 
    the University’s Traditional Jazz Series concerts, now in their 27th year. Fifteen 
    tracks comprise nearly 70 minutes of music and span the years 1980 to 2005. 
    The stellar cast of musicians represented include: Doc Cheatham, Vic 
    Dickenson, Dave McKenna, Dick Hyman, Jimmy Mazzy, Eli Newberger, Bud 
    Freeman, Butch Thompson, Peanuts Hucko, and Tommy Gallant. Groups 
    represented include Ray Smith’s Paramount Jazz Band of Boston, The New 
    Black Eagles Jazz Band, The Wolverine Jazz Band, The Galvanized Jazz Band, 
    and Vince Giordano’s New Orleans Nighthawks. The spontaneous nature of 
    these live recordings captures many memorable moments from the series. 

    It is fitting that the CD includes such standards as “Basin Street Blues,” “Way 
    Down Yonder in New Orleans,” and “Do you Know What It Means to Miss New 
    Orleans?” but it contains some surprise selections as well. Together these 
    individual recordings evoke some of the atmosphere, geography, personages, 
    and styles central to New Orleans jazz. According to UNH Professor Emeritus of 
    Music Paul Verrette, “The contents of this CD demonstrates how New Orleans 
    music lives and renews itself in the hands and hearts of such unselfish believers, 
    as will the city of New Orleans itself.” 

    The New Hampshire Library of Traditional Jazz was established in 1978 by 
    Dorothy Prescott, a long-time supporter of traditional jazz music in New England. 
    The Library's mission is to preserve the history of and foster the appreciation and 
    future of traditional jazz music as an original American art form. This includes co-
    producing, with the Department of Music, the Traditional Jazz Series at UNH. 

    The CD is priced at $20, including $2.00 for shipping and handling. To place an 
    order or view the included tracks, download the Order Form 

		(http://www.library.unh.edu/news/newOrleans/CDFlyer.doc)

    or call 603-862-2714.

Hurry!  Who knows how many they have left?

Larry Swain