George Lewis was born in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th Century. It was a perfect time and place for someone of his natural talent to come into this world, no other city had as rich a musical life as that which moved through the streets of New Orleans, and George Lewis arrived there just as it all came together and blossomed in to jazz. This boxed set contains 127 recorded instances of George Lewis spreading the joy of traditional jazz on both sides of the Atlantic. You will hear his band, with great keepers of the flame like trombonist Jim Robinson, trumpeters Avery "Kid" Howard and Percey Humphrey, legendary bassist Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, banjo veteran Lawrence Marrero, Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band, and singers Lizzie Miles and Monette Moore. Together, it captures the essence of the historic 1950s New Orleans Revival. This is the Box that traditional jazzfans have been waiting for!
M**E
The re-recording sounds very good, particularly to one like myself who was introduced ...
Basically authentic New Orleans traditional jazz from the 1950s revivalist period. A lot of this was new to me and cleaned up from private tapes and acetates and recorded at University concerts and in Clubs. The predominant front line is Avery "Kid" Howard on trumpet,Jim Robinson (trombone) and George himself on clarinet. An interesting variation occurs on CD6 where George appears in Denmark with Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band. The re-recording sounds very good, particularly to one like myself who was introduced to jazz on old recordings of Louis and Bix. The whole thing is very well presented with an accompanying booklet which gives full details of personnel, locations and dates and some useful information but seems to run out of ideas and/or space after the first few discs. Strongly recommended to anyone interested in music of this type and period.
C**3
Five Stars
superb collectiom
V**N
Five Stars
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !
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