[Dixielandjazz] George Girard and the Basin Street Six

[rahberry at comcast.net]

My Strictly Dixie LP, mentioned by me earlier, contains the following tunes: 
Panama
Sunday
Hindustan
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Melancholy Rhapsody
My Inspiration
That's A Plenty
Tin Roof Blues
Muskrat Ramble
Farewell Blues
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Basin Street Stomp

George Girard died at age 26 in 1956.

Rae Ann



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From: DnBoy152 at aol.com
> George Gerard (trumpet) also played in that band, and recorded a couple of  
> sides with the band.  Don't remember the label name, but it wqw on 78 rpm,  and 
> the name of the band was Phil Zito's International City Dixielanders (o, r  
> something close th that).  George was a phenomenal young trumpeter.   Like 
> Pete, He was a "natural".  They went on to be the nucleus of the Basin  Street 
> Six.  George died before he was 30, a victim of colon cancer.   He would haave 
> been one of the biggies.
> 
> Pat Cooke
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> From: Audrey Van Dyke <audrey at callitmusic.com>
> To:  dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:02:26  PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Early Pete Fountain reference
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> Just  whiling away another evening reading some old jazz 
> publications.  This  is from a Playback from 1949.  A short article on 
> the doings of the New  Orleans Jazz Club, which set forth a list of 
> bands who had played in the  summer pops concert series at Congo 
> Square.  The last band listed is  Phil Zito's Dixieland Band.  "The 
> latter has a young and upcoming star  on clarinet in Peter Fountain."
> Some predictions do come  true.
> Audrey Van  Dyke
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> I have some further information on the early Pete Fountain, George Girard  
> recordings.  I have 10" LP's as follows:
>  
> "Phil Zito and his New Orleans International City Dixielanders""
> Columbia 10" LP  CL 61
> Album Title: " Dixieland Express"
>  
> Notes say that the rhythm section consists of comparative oldtimers  with the 
> younger generation in the front line.
>  
> Phil Zito (dm), Emile Christian (bass), Roy Zimmerman (piano), Pete  Fountain 
> (cl), Joe Rotis (tb), and George Girard (tp).  Recording date per  Jepsen is 
> NYC, 12-23-49
>  
> Bob Cats, Bye and Bye, She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain, Clarinet  
> Marmalade, Tulane Swing, Zito's Zag, Original Dixieland One Step, Shine
>  
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> Basin Street Six ----- Album Title: "America's Music"
> Mercury 10" LP MG 25160 Recording Dates New Orleans August and November  
> 1950, Chicago September 19, 1951
>  
> Personnel per Jepsen:  George Girard (tp), Joe Rotis (tb), Pete  Fountain 
> (cl), Roy Zimmerman (p), Bunny Franks (b), Charlie Duke (dm).
>  
> Panama, If I Could Be With You, Bye and Bye, I Can't Give You Anything But  
> Love, Lil' Liza Jane, Sunday, Hindustan, Melancholy Rhapsody
>  
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> Basin Street Six ------No  Album Title, Just Basin Street Six
> Mercury 10" LP MG25111  Personnel and Recording Dates as above
>  
> Farewell Blues, Sleepy Time Down South, Basin Street Stomp, Margie, Tin  Roof 
> Blues, Lazy River, That's A Plenty, Muskrat Ramble
>  
>  
> Basin Street Six  -----  Album Title: " Bonaparte's  Retreat"
> 504 12" LP 16........Recorded New Orleans circa 1950  (could be an LP  sold 
> from the bandstand)
> Personnel as above, Album notes say all tracks previously unissued, and  that 
> George Girard passed away 1-17-57 at 26 years of age.  This record is  not 
> listed in Jepsen.
>  
> Waiting for the Robert E Lee, South Rampart St. Parade, Angry, Bonaparte's  
> Retreat, Original Dixieland One Step, Land of Dreams, Mahogany Hall Stomp, 
> Royal  Garden Blues, Sailing Down Cheseapeake Bay, Lazy River, Milenburg Joys, 
> Margie,  High Society, I'm Going Home, Farewell Blues.
>  
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> Also, in finding the above albums, I located a 10" LP, Coral CRL  
> 56018,''Marches in Dixieland Style", Bob Crosby and his Bob  Cats.  I  know 
> these sides 
> were discussed a couple of weeks ago and maybe this will  further that 
> discussion.
>  
> Sides are:  King Cotton, Hands Across the Sea, High School Cadet, The  
> Thunderer, Washington Post March, Stars and Stripes Forever, El Capitan, Semper  
> Fidelis March.
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> Don Boyer, South Bend, Indiana
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