[Dixielandjazz] MISTERY TRIO

Tito Martino titomartino at gmail.com
Thu Jun 4 07:14:40 PDT 2009


Hi John

"Ritz" and "Blue skies"  were my (wrong) guesses..    They are not actually
in the record.
And the others?!

Don't hide, it's a great great recording and you are suspects !      ;-)
 cheers
Tito


On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 4:40 AM, john petters <jdpetters at btinternet.com>wrote:

> 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
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> John Petters
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