Showing posts with label Mike McKendrick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mike McKendrick. Show all posts

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Albert Wynn And His Gutbucket Seven - Chicago: Living Legends

I just want to say... what happened to the George Lewis lovefest??  The last post was a dustbowl - seems the interest simply vanished.  I am not one to ever say anything about comments (until now), but the comments aren't about vanity for me, I want to know that you guys are enjoying the music.  I also love to discuss the tunes or artists.... but anyhow... I will continue the mini-series with or without comments.

I had a search through my HD and was rewarded with a bunch of albums I ripped years ago.  They are in mp3 and the scans are either done with a camera or not at all.  That said, I think you'll enjoy what I have comin.  I decided to start big, and give you a firm taste of the goods...

This one is a real swinger... enjoy!!!


 Trombonist Albert Wynn, a veteran of the Chicago jazz scene of the 1920s, recorded six selections as a leader from 1926-1928 and then headed no further sessions until he cut this full-length album in 1961 as part of Riverside's Living Legends series. Reissued on CD in the Original Jazz Classics program along with two additional cuts ("I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll" and the alternate take of "How Long Blues") originally only on samplers, this is a particularly exuberant date. In addition to Wynn, the septet includes such alumni of the 1920s as clarinetist Darnell Howard, obscure trumpeter Bill Martin, Bus Moten (Bennie's brother) and Blind John Davis alternating on piano, guitarist Mike McKendrick, bassist Robert Wilson, and drummer Booker T. Washington. On a variety of Dixieland and swing standards (including "Ice Cream," "Someday Sweetheart," "Bourbon Street Parade," and "Nobody's Sweetheart"), these veterans show that they were still in their musical prime in 1961. The musicians, who were mostly in their mid-fifties, were considered ancient at the time.  - Scott Yanow/AMG

Riverside RLP-426
1961

Bill Martin (tp, vo) Albert Wynn (tb) Darnell Howard (cl) Bus Moten (p, vo) Mike McKendrick (g, bj) Robert Wilson (b) Booker Washington (d)
"The Birdhouse", Chicago, IL, September 5, 1961