[Dixielandjazz] MISTERY TRIO

[john petters]

Hi Bill,
Not guilty I'm afraid. We didn't record 'Ritz' or 'Blue Skies'.
Keep swinging
John

Bill Haesler wrote:
> Tito Martino asked [in part]:
>> A friend gave me a copy of a cassete tape he found somewhere, but no 
>> names,
>> no titles.......a very fine clarinet player, neworleanian.....a 
>> stomping stride pianist, and a powerful high class drummer.
>> The tunes are, as I could identify:
>> WILLIE THE WEEPER
>> SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY
>> BLUE SKYES
>> NEW ORLEANS
>> PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ.
> 
> Dear Tito,
> Could it be listmate John Petters' cassette Jazz JC 001 later released 
> on Jazzology CD (JCD-197) as 'Playing For Kicks' by the Kenny Davern Big 
> Three:
> Kenny Davern (cl) Martin Litton (p) John Petters (d)
> Recorded in London, November 24, 1985
>     You're lucky to me
>     Wolverine blues (kd out)
>     Drop me off in Harlem (kd out)
>     Black and blue
>     Willie the weeper
>     Bye bye blues
>     Sometimes I'm happy
>     New Orleans
>     Lullaby of the leaves
>     Black beauty (kd out)
>     Dinah
> 
> It certainly matches your description. The titles "Blue Skies" and 
> "Puttin' On The Ritz" may be on the cassette, but were left off the CD.
> I will also post this reply direct to our mate, John Petters, for comment.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> I'ts also an excelent  piano solo version of BLACK BEAUTIE, great tune 
>> from
>> the Duke, seems performed by the same pianist.
>> My guess is:  Darnell Howard, Willie the Lion and Zutty Singleton, but I
>> could not find nowhere a recording with this dream team.
>>
>> Now, I ask you my listmates please help to identify these players for me,
>> and I bet Professor Bill Haesler will hit the spot first...
>>
>> intrigued and curious,
>>
>> Tito Martino
>> -- 
>> *Tito Martino Jazz Band
>> from São Paulo, Brasil
>> www.titomartinojazzband.com.br
>> titomartino at gmail.com
>> *
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John Petters
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