Brian White's Magna Jazz Band - C'est MAGNAfique (1995)

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Artist: Brian White's Magna Jazz Band
Title: C'est MAGNAfique (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller)
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Jazzology Records [JCD-248]
Genre: Jazz, Dixieland
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 1:13:26
Total Size: 187 mb / 450 mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Clarinetist Brian White has led the Magna Jazz Band in his native England since 1954, but his group has made surprisingly few recordings through the years. The 1992 version of the Magna Jazz Band (as heard on this CD) is a strong Dixieland-oriented unit. White, a fluid clarinetist, is excellent in ensembles; cornetist Ben Cohen's clipped phrasing recalls the more ancient New Orleans trumpeters, but his choice of notes is influenced by Louis Armstrong; and trombonist Geoff Cole looks toward Kid Ory some of the time but overall simply sounds like himself. The emphasis throughout this CD is on obscurities, with just a few standards tossed in. Highlights include "Chicago Buzz," and a pair of Sidney Bechet's best originals from the 1950s (the exuberant "The Fishseller" and "Dens Les Rues D'Antibes"), Duke Ellington's "Misty Morning," "Strut Miss Lizzie," and "No One Else But You." A Dixieland version of the title cut (a Cole Porter song from the show Can Can) wraps up the enjoyable effort.

TRACKLIST:

1. Chicago Buzz (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (04:04)
2. Canal Street Blues (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (04:04)
3. Weeping Willow Blues (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (03:51)
4. The Fishseller (Marchand Des Poissons) [feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller] (03:49)
5. War Cloud (Fidgety Feet) [feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller] (05:53)
6. Misty Morning (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (04:46)
7. Honeysuckle Rose (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (04:26)
8. Strut Miss Lizzie (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (05:39)
9. Goin' Down the Road (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (03:57)
10. Come on and Stomp, Stomp, Stomp (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (03:44)
11. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (06:08)
12. Fair and Square (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (04:03)
13. Dans Les Rues D'antibes (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (04:03)
14. I Can't Sleep (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (04:58)
15. C'est Magnifique (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (04:47)
16. No One Else but You (feat. Brian White, Ben Cohen, Geoff Cole, Jonathan Vinten, Richard Lyons & Colin Miller) (05:05)

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