[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: The Caoba Jazz Band - and repertoire

[Marek Boym]

The CD I've bought is wonderful.  But the cassette from the live
appearance in Breda is even better,  I'll look them up on You Tube.
Anyway, a good band with most interestin repertoire,
BTW, GHB found it when the band was playing in New Orleans.  The GHB
people heard the band, loved it and recorded it despite the fat chance
of even getting even!
Cheers

On 4 February 2013 18:19, Ken Waltjen <kwaltjen at centurylink.net> wrote:
> I have "25 Anos  - Hot Jazz"-- my daughter sent it from Argentina several
> years ago.  It's (and they) are marvelous.  Lots of Jabbo Smith tunes and
> playing them side-by-side with the originals is enlightening-- especially
> the vocal parts.  It's one of my favorite CDs to play for people that think
> they can identify any band.
> Actually, it's just one of my favorite CDs.  Their YouTube videos don't seem
> to do them justice.
>
> On 2/2/2013 6:09 PM, Augustine Daniel wrote:
>>
>>      I agree wholeheartedly.  I bought this CD a number of years ago, and
>> i just love the way they play and their selection of tunes.  It was this CD
>> that got me started on my quest to write an arrangement of "Bozo" (which is
>> unfortunately still a forthcoming attraction).  Just love the chord
>> structure of that tune.
>>      I've also tried to buy other CDs of theirs (and they seem to have
>> recorded many), but i can't find any website that carries them.  In just
>> typing that last sentence, i searched the web again and saw that Amazon has
>> a downloadable CD and songs from the recording "25 Años - Hot Jazz", which
>> i'm going to buy, but i can't find much else available.  Thanks for
>> reminding me of them.
>>
>>      Dan Augustine
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> From: Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com>
>> Date: February 2, 2013 5:54:23 PM CST
>> To: <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu>
>> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The Caoba Jazz Band - and repertoire
>>
>> How many of you have heard of that excellent Argentinian band?  Many
>> probably know the Portena Jazz Band, but Caoba?
>> I've just heard its GHB  CD (BCD 395) for the fourth time in a row,
>> and each time enjoyed it better.  George H. Buck and the GHB Jazz
>> Foundation should be commended for making available music by bands
>> which, otherwise, would reamin in the realm of the unknown.  The band
>> is red hot and swings like mad!  And now retails at $10, as part of
>> the GHB overstock sale, so it's really worth your effort and money.
>>
>> And what a fantastic repertoire!  Only two warhorses: Tiger RAg and I
>> Ain't Got Nobody.  The other numbers, although some are by well known
>> composers, are quite rare: Wall St. Wail and Jungle Jamboree by
>> Ellington, Jelly ?Roll Morton's Ham & Eggs and Don't You Leave Me
>> Here, Clarence Williams' Bozo - how often do you hear these played?
>> Or Starvation Blues, Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody, Blue Blower's Blues,
>> Wasn't It Nice?, Yearning for Mandalay, Tulsa Blues and Dreaming the
>> Hours Away?  I mentioned the matter of repertoire - playing the same
>> standards ad nauseam - not long ago.  So here you have an example of a
>> band with much wider repertoire, and only one number - Bozo - among
>> the rarely played numbers mentioede in that posting.
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> **-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------**
>> **  Dan Augustine  --  Austin, Texas  --  ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
>> **  "O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet." -- St. Augustine (354-430)
>>
>> **-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------**
>>
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