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George Lewis & His New Orleans Stompers

Title: Vintage George Lewis 1954-1955 (2CD)

Label: Upbeat Jazz

Cat No:URCD240D
Format:CD

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This is the latest in Upbeat?s series of ?Essential George Lewis? collections, this time focusing on two albums he recorded for Blue Note in 1954 and ?55. George Lewis had commenced a fruitful association with Blue Note in the 40s when they released his unforgettable `Climax? session. By 1954 the New Orleans revival was in full swing, and the first album was recorded at a concert in Bakersfield, California in May ?54 when the band had no knowledge it was being recorded, so are in full uninhibited flow ? the kind of music that inspired many European musicians of the era. The last 5 tracks of CD1 were recorded in a local radio studio on the same day. The following year, Blue Note took the band into a studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, and those recordings form the bulk of CD2. The session exhibits a greater variety of material, nevertheless delivered in the Lewis band?s inimitable down-home way, with his poignant singing clarinet captured at its peak. May 28th 1954 Bakersfield,ÿ California: George Lewis, clarinet, Kid Avery Howard trumpet, vocal, Jim Robinson trombone, Alton Purnell piano, Lawrence Marrero banjo, Alcid ?Slow Drag? Pavageau string bass, Jo Watkins drums, vocal. April 8th & April 11th 1955, Hackensack,ÿ New Jersey: George Lewis, clarinet, Kid Avery Howard trumpet, vocal, Jim Robinson trombone, Alton Purnell piano, vocal,ÿ George Guesnonÿ banjo, Alcid ?Slow Drag? Pavageau string bass, Jo Watkins drums, vocal.

Track Listing for Vintage George Lewis 1954-1955 (2CD)

CD1

Spoken Introduction (George Lewis)

Over The Waves

Canal Street Blues

Redwing

Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Vocal by Joe Watkins & Kid Howard)

Ice Cream (Vocal by Joe Watkins)

Mama Don't Allow it (Vocal by Joe Watkins)

Gettysburg March

Bill Bailey (Vocal by Joe Watkins)

Burgundy Street Blues

Ol' Man Mose

Walking With The King (Vocal by Kid Howard)

CD2

When You Wore A Tulip (Alternate Version)

Gettysburg March (Alternate Version)

Walking With The King (Vocal by Kid Howard)

Gettysburg March

Savoy Blues

Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning

Bucket Got A Hole In It

I Can't Escape From You

Mahogany Hall Stomp

Move The Body Over

LordLord You Sure Been Good To Me (Vocal by Kid Howard)

High Society

See See Rider Blues (Vocal by Alton Purnell)

Heebie Jeebies

When You Wore A Tulip

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George Lewis & His New Orleans Stompers