Jim Cullum Jazz Band Chasin’ the Blues. Just a few songs from this album, mostly because I’m a bit over this New Orleans revival sound. This album is really pretty freakin good, though. These are all live performances, and they rock. Their version of ‘Bugle Call Rag’ is lots of fun.
Each month I pick up a couple of songs from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. This time from Shake That Thing. I like the shouty, live-ish feel of their stuff.
Bill Coleman in Paris 1936-1938. This isn’t something new. The recordings feature some top gun musicians: Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, etc etc. I picked up this entire album.
Some Joe Liggins from the 1946-1948 Classics collection and the 1944-46 collection. This is solid jump/rhythm n blues stuff which I tend to put in the same category as Louis Jordan. Not exactly awesome lindy hopping action, but great fun nevertheless.
A couple of things from Celebrating Bix!. This has some pretty shit-hot musicians on it. I was following Vince Giordano around emusic and found this. More revival stuff.
The problem with this revival stuff is that it often lacks the fire of the originals – it’s technically pretty amazing, it’s clean, it’s crisp, but it can often feel a little sanitised. Too perfect.
