Chicago: Living Legends

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合計収録時間 : 00:39:11
Personnel: Lil Hardin Armstrong, Bill Martin, Roi Nabors, Eddie Smith, Preston Jackson, Al Wynn, Darnell Howard, Franz Jackson, Pops Foster, Booker Washington. Recorded in September 1961. Personnel: Lil Armstrong (vocals, piano); Carl Jackson (tenor); Darnell Howard, Franz Jackson (clarinet); Ed Smith, Roi Nabors, Eddie Smith , Jim Nabors, Bill Martin (trumpet); Al Wynn, Preston Jackson (trombone); Booker T. Washington (drums). Recording information: Birdhouse, Chicago, IL (09/07/1961). Unknown Contributor Roles: Darnell Howard; Roi Nabors; Franz Jackson; Al Wynn; Eddie Smith ; Booker T. Washington ; Bill Martin ; Pops Foster; Preston Jackson; Carl Jackson. Despite being active up until her death in 1971, Lil Armstrong only recorded a handful of numbers in the 1950's. This CD reissue (other than the soundtrack of a slightly later television special) has her final recording, a jam session from 1961. On three dixieland warhorses, some blues, a few basic originals and "Bugle Blues," the pianist (who sings on "Clip Joint") leads a spirited if overcrowded band comprised of three trumpets, two trombones, two clarinetists (Darnell Howard and Franz Jackson), bassist Pops Foster and drummer Booker Washington; "Boogie Me" gives her a chance to perform a duet with Washington. The ensembles of the other songs are often riotous and this rather spontaneous and undisciplined outing is generally exciting if erratic. This is fun music by a pianist who should have been documented much more extensively in her later years. ~ Scott Yanow
録音 : ステレオ (Live)