[Dixielandjazz] The Anachronic Jazz Band

[Marek Boym]

Hello,
How many of you would go for a record with this repertoire: Yardbird Suite,
'Round About Midnight, Anthropology, Blue Monk, Tin Tin Deo, Jordu, Pent up
House (an exception - not a well-known tune), Bernie's Tune and Move?
Probably not too many - and you'd have been wrong!
This is exactly what the French Anachronic Jazz Band recorded back in the
late 1970's.  It recorded an LP with these titles in 1976, and played this
and similar repertoire at the 1977 Nice Jazz Parade (videos from the latter
are available on Youtube).  To prove jazz is not what but how, the band
plays two-beat versions of all those modern tunes (Pent up is its pianist's
original).  Of course, Pee Wee Russell did it earlier, but somehow, his
"Ask Me Now" and Spirit of '67, although they gained him renewed critical
recognition, seemed to have passed under the radar of the more
traditionally minded public.  OK, Marshall Brown's group was not exactly
OKOM, but Pee Wee was his usual quirky self.
I, by the way, would have checked the lineup before rejecting a recording
featuring a be-bop repertoire, and if played byt the right people - buy it.
Cheers
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