[Dixielandjazz] Question regarding Isle Of Capri

[Charles Suhor]

Hello, Bill—
Ain't no way I could have confused Wingy for Yank or the Mount City Blue Blowers for a Bobcats unit. The kazoo with the MCBB turned me off (though I dug it when Tony Spargo/Sbarbaro played it later with Phil Napoleon).  But I was wrong in saying that my "High Society" record was by the Bobcats. I looked it up and found it was a mostly Bobcats-based group on Capitol with Manone on trumpet, led by Nappy Lamare (and his Levee Loungers—loved that name). The flip side was "At the Jazz Band Ball," circa 1948. The other players were Matty Matlock, cl., Eddie Miller, ts., Irvin Verret, tb., Stan Wrightsman, pno., Budd Hatch, bs, and Ray Bauduc, drs.

Charles



> On Jan 12, 2019, at 8:36 PM, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Dear Charlie,
> In reply to your email query (rescued from my junk folder) the answer is yes and no.
> Right time frame but wrong trumpet player.
> I believe that the record you are referring to is "High Society" by the Mound City Blues Blowers.
> This one:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAtWWCvOlIk
> Originally issued on Champion 40103 then reissued on Decca 1274 (backed by "Muskrat Ramble") and later on Brunswick 80157.
> My copy was on Australian Decca Y-6096.
> Another session using some of the ex Ben Pollack boys to later form the cooperative Bob Crosby Orchestra.
> The personnel was not shown on the label, so we were all guessing back in the mid 1940s.
> Recorded in New York on 12 December 1935 with Yank Lawson (not Wingy), t; Eddie Miller, cl; Nappy Lamare, g, Pete Peterson, sb and Ray Bauduc, d.
> Cheers,
> Bill.
>