[Dixielandjazz] Washington and Lee Swing

[jim at kashprod.com]

I'm not normally a person who has great interest in the ins & outs of
recordings as such.  I normally just enjoy the music or not.  However, for
once I am curious about a recording I heard today when I asked my "Alexa" to
play music by the Dukes of Dixieland.  Horrors, some of you will be saying!
"You have an Alexa?", or even "you would ASK to listen to the Dukes?"  Hee,
hee.  Yes, is the answer to both questions!..  Anyway, the magic box played
a great version of the Washington and Lee Swing.  Now, I'm not always a
great fan of all the so-called Dixieland marches, this version stood out as
being very exciting, not to mention, very fast, and very well played by
everyone.  

 

I of course, love what I call the "popping" sound by the trombone while in
the lower register, and the clarinet solo is outstanding.  Does anyone know
who played clarinet on that recording?  It is a long solo, with a stop
chorus of clarinet only in the middle.  Excellent, and a top note that is
clear & big, and very much in tune.

 

I found the recording on YouTube & it says it is Okmusix, but am not sure if
that is a record company or the person that posted the recording.  The cover
is in black with only drawings on it, and says 1958 on it.  There is another
recording of the same song on the Audio Fidelity LP1823 on YouTube, also,
which seems to be the same band, and the trombone solo is very alike if not
the even same, but the clarinet solo is shorter, without the stop bit.
Strange!

 

Jim 

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