[78-L] Name the band

Thu May 20 11:57:49 PDT 2010

To me this is the best New Orleans revival session ever recorded.
It is at the very start of the black revival, and was recorded in an empty real N.O. dance hall
(at a moment no whites could be desturbed by this noise).
Some Bunk recordings had been made in the previous years, but for this session Bunk was
not available and they got Kid Howard, who had not yet been recorded (except for some 
private sessions).
Howard is amazing here, with a style and tone showing the influence of contemporary players
like Eldridge, and this lifts the band. Howard is much more interesting here than on his 50s titles
with Lewis.
Long ago I obtained the Blue Note LP, and later bought the complete sessions on Buck's 
American Music label. I especially liked Milenberg Joys. The sides play rather long, and since the 
musicians were not accustomed to 3-minute playing times, they sometimes overrun the available 
recording space. You can also hear how the band starts a tune with some hesitation and then
after a few choruses is really steaming. It is not a string of solos with rhythm, but always you hear 
the full band, with an emphasis on one of the horns. And those Kid Howard breaks are wonderful
(as Ives will confirm, I assume).
So this is not Ken Colyer, but the source for Ken Colyer.
A good moment to play them now.

Han Enderman
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>>> David Lennick wrote:
> I have 4 12-inch lacquers by an unidentified trad band. Nothing to indicate where they were recorded (or copied), no name on them, only plain white labels with the titles typed and the words "NON-BREAKABLE & NOISELESS / USE ONLY SAPPHIRE OR SHADOWGRAPHED STEEL NEEDLE" printed at the bottom. I have no idea if these are a well known British Trad Band, some Ken Colyer or other..all I can do is list the titles and see if anyone recognizes them in these combinations.
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> DEEP BAYOU BLUES/CLIMAX RAG
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> CARELESS LOVE BLUES/DON'T GO WAY
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> FIDGETY FEET/DAUPHINE ST. BLUES
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> JUST A CLOSER WALK/JUST A LITTLE WHILE
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> I've checked a few of these in Lord but can't find any common link. Anybody have any ideas? The discs are professionally recorded and are very thin aluminum lacquers, not the heavier ones you usually find in the UK.
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> dl
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 From Lord 10.0:

George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers:
Avery "Kid" Howard (tp) Jim Robinson (tb) George Lewis (cl) Lawrence 
Marrero (bj) Chester Zardis (b) Edgar Mosley (d)
Live "Gypsy Tea Room", New Orleans, LA, May 16, 1943
CD105    Climax rag    Climax 101, Blue Note BNEP404, BLP7010, BLP1206,
         BST81206, LA158, BST89902, LCSP101, (Jap)K23P-9289
         Vogue V2051, EPV1066, LAE12005, Mosaic MR5-132,
         MD3-132 [CD], American Music AMCD100 [CD]
CD106    Climax rag    Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD], American Music
         AMCD100 [CD]
CD107    Just a closer walk with thee    Climax 103, Civil Defense 103, 
Blue Note BLP7010,
         BLP1206, BST81206, (Jap)K23P-9289, Vogue V2053,
         EPV1081, LAE12005, Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD],
         American Music AMCD100 [CD]
CD108    Just a closer walk with thee (*)    Dan (Jap)VC7021, VB1005, 
VC4014, Mosaic MR5-132,
         MD3-132 [CD], American Music AMCD100 [CD]
CD109    I ain't gonna give nobody none o' this jelly-roll    Mosaic 
MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD], American Music
         AMCD100 [CD]
CD110    I ain't gonna give nobody none o' this jelly-roll    Dan 
(Jap)VC7021, VC4014, Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132
         [CD], American Music AMCD100 [CD]
CD111    Careless love    Climax 105, Blue Note BNEP404, BLP7013, (Jap)K23P-
         (Jap)K23P-9289, Revival (Dan)001, Vogue V2055,
         EPV1081, LAE12005, Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD],
         American Music AMCD100 [CD], Wolf (Aus)WJS1001
         [CD]
CD112    Careless love    Storyville (Dan)SLP201, Dan (Jap)VC7007, VB1005,
         VC4004, Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD], American
         Music AMCD4 [CD], AMCD100 [CD]
CD113    Dauphine Street blues    Climax 104, Blue Note BLP7010, 
BLP1206, BST81206,
         (Jap)K23P-9289, Vogue V2054, LAE12005, Mosaic
         MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD], American Music AMCD100 [CD]
CD114    Just a little while to stay here    Climax 103, Civil Defense 
103, Blue Note BNEP404,
         BLP7013, BLP1206, BST81206, (Jap)K23P-9289, Vogue
         V2053, EPV1081, LAE12005, Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132
         [CD], American Music AMCD101 [CD]
CD115    Just a little while to stay here    Dan (Jap)VC7021, VB1003, 
VC4014, Mosaic MR5-132,
         MD3-132 [CD], American Music AMCD4 [CD], AMCD101
         [CD]
CD116    Just a closer walk with thee    Dan (Jap)VC7021, VC4014, Mosaic 
MR5-132, MD3-132
         [CD], American Music AMCD4 [CD], AMCD101 [CD]
CD117    Milenberg joys    Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD], American Music
         AMCD101 [CD]
CD118    Milenberg joys    Climax 102, Blue Note BLP7010, BLP1206, BST81206,
         (Jap)K23P-9289, Vogue V2052, EPV1066, LAE12005,
         S*R (G)77654, Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD],
         American Music AMCD101 [CD]
CD119    Fidgety feet    Climax 104, Blue Note BLP7010, BLP1206, BST81206,
         (Jap)K23P-9289, Vogue V2054, LAE12005, Mosaic
         MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD], American Music AMCD101 [CD]
CD120    Fidgety feet    Blue Note BLP1206, BST81206, (Jap)K23P-9289, S*R
         (G)77654, Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD], American
         Music AMCD101 [CD]
CD121    Don't go 'way nobody    Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD], American 
Music
         AMCD101 [CD]
CD122    Don't go 'way nobody    Climax 105, Blue Note BLP7013, 
(Jap)K23P-9289,
         Vogue V2055, EPV1081, LAE12005, Mosaic MR5-132
         MD3-132 [CD], American Music AMCD101 [CD], Wolf
         (Aus)WJS1001 [CD]
CD123    Deep bayou blues    Climax 101, Blue Note BLP7010, BLP1206, 
BST81206,
         (Jap)K23P-9289, Vogue V2051, EPV1081, LAE12005,
         Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132 [CD], American Music
         AMCD101 [CD]
CD124    Whenever you're lonesome, telephone me    Dan (Jap)VC7021, 
VC4014, Mosaic MR5-132, MD3-132
         [CD], American Music AMCD101 [CD]
CD125    Old man Mose (kh)    (unissued)
CD126    You rascal you (kh)         -
Note: Mx CD125 and 126 were recorded on steel based acetates and given 
to Kid Howard to play on the Gypsy Tea Room juke box.  Both are now lost.
(*) Bill Russell dubbed Mx CD108 giving it the now inactive Mx CD125 
when selling it to Dan Records for issue.  Both masters are identical 
and appear on the Mosaic issues above (as Mx CD108 and Mx CD125).
Vogue V2051-V2055 appeared both as 78RPMs and 45RPMs.
One take of "Climax Rag" also on ASV Living Era (E)AJA5132 [CD] titled 
"Clarinet Marmalade"; rest of this CD by 25 great jazz clarinettists.
American Music AMCD4 [CD] titled "George Lewis Trios & Bands"; see July 
27, 1944; May 17 & 21, 1945 for the rest of this CD.
American Music AMCD101 [CD] titled "George Lewis & His New Orleans 
Stompers, Vol.2".
Wolf (Aus)WJS1001 [CD] titled "New Orleans Jazz - Vol. 1 (1942-1955)"; 
see August 20, 1951; April 8, 1955; and April 11, 1955 for more titles; 
rest of this CD by others.

      Julian Vein
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