VA - The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions (1998)
Artist: VA
Title: The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Mosaic Records
Genre: Dixieland, Swing, New Orleans Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 04:13:31
Total Size: 1.5 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Mosaic Records
Genre: Dixieland, Swing, New Orleans Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 04:13:31
Total Size: 1.5 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1 {01:17:05}
01. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - Lead Me Saviour (2:06)
02. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - Eternal Peace (3:38)
03. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - Medley: Free as a Bird/Nearer My God to Thee/Pleyel's Hymn (4:14)
04. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - Just a Closer Walk with Thee (4:03)
05. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - Bourbon Street Parade (3:38)
06. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - Lord, Lord, Lord (2:46)
07. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - Just a Little While to Stay Here (3:25)
08. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - Panama (2:55)
09. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - It Feels So Good (4:44)
10. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - Joe Avery's Piece (3:10)
11. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band - John Casimir's Whoopin' Blues (3:14)
12. The Eureka Brass Band - Just a Little While to Stay Here (5:02)
13. The Eureka Brass Band - Down in Honky Tonk Town (5:37)
14. The Eureka Brass Band - Joe Avery's Blues (6:13)
15. The Eureka Brass Band - Panama (6:39)
16. The Eureka Brass Band - Take Your Burden to the Lord (5:35)
17. The Eureka Brass Band - Bye and Bye (5:02)
18. The Eureka Brass Band - Whoopin' Blues (5:04)
CD2 {01:05:48}
01. Paul Barbarin - Sing On (4:50)
02. Paul Barbarin - Someday Sweetheart (4:23)
03. Paul Barbarin - Bourbon Street Parade (5:58)
04. Paul Barbarin - Just a Little While to Stay Here (4:46)
05. Paul Barbarin - Eh la Bas (4:39)
06. Paul Barbarin - Bugle Boy March (5:16)
07. Paul Barbarin - Crescent Blues (9:04)
08. Paul Barbarin - Walking Through the Streets of the City (3:14)
09. Paul Barbarin - Sister Kate (5:17)
10. Paul Barbarin - Slide Frog Slide (2:09)
11. Paul Barbarin - Too Late (3:43)
12. Paul Barbarin - The Second Line (3:54)
13. Paul Barbarin - Give It Up (4:27)
14. Paul Barbarin - Take a Ferryboat Down to New Orleans (4:08)
CD3 {00:58:39}
01. Billie & De De Pierce - Love Songs of the Nile (4:09)
02. Billie & De De Pierce - Shake It and Break It (2:42)
03. Billie & De De Pierce - San (3:26)
04. Billie & De De Pierce - Shine (3:52)
05. Billie & De De Pierce - Ciribiribin (3:33)
06. Billie & De De Pierce - When My Dreamboat Comes Home (4:05)
07. George Lewis - Winin' Boy Blues (2:51)
08. George Lewis - Listen to the Mockingbird (3:16)
09. George Lewis - Down by the Riverside (2:55)
10. George Lewis - Salutation March (3:01)
11. George Lewis - Indian Sagua (2:21)
12. George Lewis - Pork Chops (3:24)
13. George Lewis - Salty Dog (2:53)
14. George Lewis - Linger Awhile (2:50)
15. George Lewis - In the Sweet Bye and Bye (2:38)
16. George Lewis - Careless Love (3:41)
17. George Lewis - St. Louis Blues (2:47)
18. George Lewis - Burgundy Street Blues (4:15)
CD4 {00:51:59}
01. Punch Miller's Bunch - Hindustan (4:00)
02. Punch Miller's Bunch - Casey Jones (3:07)
03. Punch Miller's Bunch - Sugar Blues (4:03)
04. Punch Miller's Bunch - Corrine Corrina (3:57)
05. Punch Miller's Bunch - Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning (4:38)
06. Punch Miller's Bunch - Tiger Rag (3:35)
07. Punch Miller's Bunch - Preservation Blues (3:50)
08. Punch Miller's Bunch - Girl of My Dreams (4:54)
09. Jim Robinson - Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue (4:38)
10. Jim Robinson - My Bucket's Got a Hole in It (3:11)
11. Jim Robinson - You Tell Me Your Dream (3:47)
12. Jim Robinson - Sister Kate (3:22)
13. Jim Robinson - Gettysburg March (4:57)
Review by Scott Yanow
In 1962 the Atlantic label, within a four-day period, recorded four albums titled Jazz at Preservation Hall, Volumes 1-4 featuring six different groups of New Orleans jazz veterans. This four-CD Mosaic limited-edition box set from 1998 has all of the music from those sessions, plus two other related albums. Unfortunately, the opening disc starts out very weakly, with the Young Tuxedo Brass Band recorded in 1958. New Orleans marching bands are sometimes notorious for being out of tune, but this one, particularly due to leader John Casimir's consistently wretched E-flat clarinet playing, should not have even been recorded, much less reissued. The Eureka Brass Band, which closes the first disc, is better (almost by default), if a bit erratic. Among its members are trumpeters Percy Humphrey, Kid Sheik Colar and Peter Bocage, clarinetist Willie Humphrey, and the forceful tenor of Emmanuel Paul. The second disc, which has two exciting sessions by drummer Paul Barbarin's bands (in 1955 and 1962) is much better and shows what a good New Orleans jazz group can sound like. The remaining two CDs have sessions by pianist Billie and trumpeter De De Pierce (co-leading a full band for a change, which includes trombonist Louis Nelson and clarinetist George Lewis), a couple of decent sets headed by Lewis, trumpeter Punch Miller showing that he was a bit past his prime in 1962, and five enjoyable numbers from an outfit led by trombonist Jim Robinson. If one skips the first CD altogether (or at least the Young Tuxedo Brass Band tracks), this is a pretty good sampling of the New Orleans jazz scene of the era.
In 1962 the Atlantic label, within a four-day period, recorded four albums titled Jazz at Preservation Hall, Volumes 1-4 featuring six different groups of New Orleans jazz veterans. This four-CD Mosaic limited-edition box set from 1998 has all of the music from those sessions, plus two other related albums. Unfortunately, the opening disc starts out very weakly, with the Young Tuxedo Brass Band recorded in 1958. New Orleans marching bands are sometimes notorious for being out of tune, but this one, particularly due to leader John Casimir's consistently wretched E-flat clarinet playing, should not have even been recorded, much less reissued. The Eureka Brass Band, which closes the first disc, is better (almost by default), if a bit erratic. Among its members are trumpeters Percy Humphrey, Kid Sheik Colar and Peter Bocage, clarinetist Willie Humphrey, and the forceful tenor of Emmanuel Paul. The second disc, which has two exciting sessions by drummer Paul Barbarin's bands (in 1955 and 1962) is much better and shows what a good New Orleans jazz group can sound like. The remaining two CDs have sessions by pianist Billie and trumpeter De De Pierce (co-leading a full band for a change, which includes trombonist Louis Nelson and clarinetist George Lewis), a couple of decent sets headed by Lewis, trumpeter Punch Miller showing that he was a bit past his prime in 1962, and five enjoyable numbers from an outfit led by trombonist Jim Robinson. If one skips the first CD altogether (or at least the Young Tuxedo Brass Band tracks), this is a pretty good sampling of the New Orleans jazz scene of the era.
