George Lewis – Trios & Bands (1943-45)
George Lewis – clarinet
Lawrence Marrero – banjo
Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau – b
Baby Dodds – dr
Jim Robinson – trombone
Louis “Kid Shots” Madison – tr
and more
Rec. 1943-45
Bunk Johnson 1944
Bunk Johnson – tr
George Lewis – cl
Jim Robinson – trombone
Lawrence Marrero – banjo
“Slow Drag” Alcide Pavageau – b
Baby Dodds – dr
Sidney Brown – tuba (on track 9)
Rec. in New Orleans, 1944
Bunk Johnson – The King Of The Blues (1944)
Bunk Johnson – tr
George Lewis – cl
Jim Robinson – trombone
Baby Dodds – dr
Lawrence Marrero – banjo
“Slow Drag” Alcide Pavageau – b
feat.
Sidney “Jim Little” Brown – tuba (on Tracks 2 & 8 only)
Rec. July and August 1944
Sidney Bechet – Masters of Jazz (1945-47)
Sidney Bechet – ss
featuring:
Baby Dodds – dr
Milton Mezzrow – cl
Oran “Hot Lips” Page – tr
George “Pops” Foster – b
Big Sid Catlett – dr
Kaiser Marshall – dr
and many more
Rec. 1945-47
The Genius of Sidney Bechet (1947-49)
The “This is Jazz”-Broadcasts
and
Bechet’s Circle Seven
Sidney Bechet – sop
featuring:
James P. Johnson – p
Baby Dodds – dr
Albert Nicholas – clarinet
Edmond Hall – clarinet
George “Pops” Foster – b
and many more
Rec. in NYC, 1947 and 1949
Baby Dodds (1944/45)
Baby Dodds – dr
featuring:
George Lewis-clarinet
Lawrence Marrero – banjo
“Slow Drag” Alcide Pavageau – b
Jim Robinson – trombone
Bunk Johnson – tr
and many more….
The New Orleans drummer Baby Dodds explains and introduces some rhythms, then talking about the life in New Orleans and so on.
Very nice and educational must-have, especially for drummers.
