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This album is one of a series documenting the style, produced for Good Time Jazz by the New Orleans Jazz Club, a non-profit organization, to which royalties on sales will be paid. The recordings were made in New Orleans under the supervision of Dr. Edmond Souchon, who combines a career as one of New Orleans’ leading surgeons with a deep interest in New Orleans music. Lou Wachtel was the recording engineer. Cover: A contemporary primitive painting RECORDED IN NEW ORLEANS by an unknown New Orleans artist. Santo Pecora Eddie Pierson's Band & the Tailgaters GALLATIN STREET GRIND GETTYSBURG MARCH ALABAMY BOUND MY OLD TIME SWEETHEART By Johnny Wiggs Traditional By Ray Henderson, B. G. DeSylva & Bud Green By Armand Hug and Chris Yacich SWEET SUBSTITUTE IN GLORYLAND ZERO DOODLE DOO DOO By Art Kassel & Mel Stitzel By Jelly Roll Morton T raditional By Santo Pecora DIXIE BUG EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY* BILL BAILEY* STRUTTIN’ WITH SOME BARBECUE By Armand Hug & Chris Yacich By Spencer Williams & Jack Palmer By Hughie Cannon By Lillian Hardin ARMAND HUG, piano; PHIL DAROIS, drums; CHARLIE DUKE, drums. JOHNNY WIGGS, cornet; EMILE CHRISTIAN, EDDIE PIERSON, ; ALBERT WAL¬ SANTO PECORA, trombone; WILLIAM GAL- trombone; RAYMOND BURKE, clarinet; AR¬ Recorded in New Orleans May 19, 1956 TERS, trumpet; JOSEPH THOMAS, clarinet; LATY, trumpet; LESTER BOUCHON, clarinet, MAND HUG, piano; EDMOND SOUCHON, JEANETTE KIMBALL, piano; ALBERT FRENCH, Armand Hug is one of the best-known of present tenor & bass saxes; RONALD DUPONT, piano; guitar, banjo & vocal*; SHERWOOD MANGIA- banjo; SIDNEY BROWN, string bass; LOUIS day New Orleans musicians, with a growing national PANE, bass; SANTO PECORARO, drums. William BARBARIN, Sr., drums. * Vocal by the band. CHINK MARTIN, bass; PAUL FERRARA, drums. and international reputation achieved in spite of Russel assisted Dr. Souchon in the supervision of Recorded in New Orleans March 17, 1956 Recorded in New Orleans March 10, 1956 the fact he has never left home. A heart condition the session. has prevented him from traveling, but those who Recorded in New Orleans May 26, 1956 When these records were made, the Pierson band Santo Pecora is one of the best and best known know him well give you other reasons: river shrimp, was one of the most successful in New Orleans of New Orleans tailgate trombonists. He was born crayfish bisque, gumbo, and the still small-town Johnny Wiggs, like his friend and neighbor, Dr. even though they did not play regularly at any of in New Orleans March 21, 1902. In 1925 he feeling of walking along Canal Street and meeting Souchon, plays jazz as an avocation. Even though the night clubs on Bourbon Street, but were in great played and recorded with the New Orleans Rhythm one old friend after another. since the early 1930s he has been a full time high demand for parties, dances, and special appearances Kings, went to with them. In the next He was born in New Orleans, December 6, 1910, school teacher of architectural and engineering of all kinds (including three mornings a week seventeen years he toured the U. S. playing and and grew up with the sound of the street parades drawing, he is still regarded as one of the best of when they play for the sailings of the Alcoa Lines recording with dance bands (Buddy Rogers, Ben and funerals. His mother gave him his first in¬ New Orleans jazz trumpet men. He was born in steamers). The group was originally Papa Celestin’s, Pollack) and small combos (Sharkey, Wingy Man- formal lessons on an old upright in the family New Orleans July 25, 1899, and during the ’20s one of the most famous (he played for President none) from coast-to-coast. Since his return to New parlor. At 15, he left Warren Easton High School played professionally with many bands including Eisenhower in 1953) of recent New Orleans bands. Orleans in 1942 he has become a fixture of the to play at the Fern Dance Hall, his first regular Happy Schilling, Peck Kelly, and Tony Parenti. Cornetist Celestin, one of the original New Orleans town’s night life. job. Since the mid-20s, he has played with almost jazzmen, died at 70 in 1954, and trombonist Pierson all of the famous leaders and sidemen of tl Dr. Souchon, who was born in New Orleans, Like most present day New Orleans groups, took over leadership of the band. Harry Shields, Irving Fazola, Eddie Miller October 25, 1897, has played guitar and banjo for Santo’s band is a healthy mixture of younger and Arodin, the various Loyocanos (he even over 40 years and still finds time for informal Pierson, also an authentic original jazzman, has older men, stimulating to the old-timers, and as¬ their sister), Monk Hazel, Sharkey Bonap sessions with friends, despite his extremely busy played since the pre-World War I era with most of suring a continuity of the basic jazz tradition. and , Santo Pecora, Johnny Wig£ practice. He is a life fellow of both the American the great early New Orleans style musicians. Dr. The group ranges from old-timer Chink Martin, whose group he can be heard on this albur College of Surgeons and the International College Souchon remembers him playing with A. J. Piron’s who played with Pecora in the New Orleans Rhythm many more. of Surgeons. outfit "in the sweet long ago.” Kings thirty years ago, to 17 year old pianist, But Hug prefers the freedom of playing solo Wiggs’ all-star group includes: clarinetist Ray¬ The rest of the band, except for pianist Jeanette Ronald DuPont, who goes to high school days and piano, and in recent years has worked steadily at mond Burke, who was born in New Orleans, cannot Kimball, are old time New Orleans jazz men who plays the Famous Door nights. Drummer Ferrara Musso’s Lounge on Canal Street. read music, but plays half a dozen instruments (in¬ have played their share of funerals and street pa¬ is a younger musician, clarinetist Bouchon is an old- With Hug on this session is drummer Charlie cluding some of his own invention); Emile Christian rades. Drummer Louis Barbarin, Sr. is the brother timer, and trumpeter Gallaty is a second generation Duke, born in New Orleans August 23, 1913, and who played trombone with the Original Dixieland of drummer Paul Barbarin. New Orleans musician, son of Bill Gallaty who was closely associated with the famous clarinetist Irving Jazz Band in 1919; Sherwood Mangiapane, who was The tunes are as traditional as the musicians, with Papa Jack Laine’s first band in the early 1900s. Fazzola until Faz’s death in 1954. Bassist Phil born in New Orleans October 1, 1912, has played Gettysburg March played in strict march time, with¬ Santo is also the composer of a number of jazz Darois enjoys the dubious distinction of being one with most of the famous New Orleans bands, and out going into dance tempo at all. Gloryland is one tunes. Zero, which he plays on this album, is one of the few musicians in the Recorded in New Or¬ now works regularly as the No. 1 paying teller of of the many hymns which provided the basis for of his best, and was first recorded in 1934. His leans series not born there. He’s from Lynn, Massa¬ the Whitney National Bank; drummer Santo Peco- jazz improvisation by the early New Orleans group appears regularly at the Famous Door on chusetts, born February 23, 1919, and moved to the raro, who is a nephew of Santo Pecora. musicians. Bourbon Street. Crescent City in 1946.

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