NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2012 Our 64th Year JOHNNY WIGGS RAYMOND BURKE SHERWOOD MANGIAPANE Back in STOCK at long last PRICE: $15.98 MEMBERS: $13.00 SACD-124 AMCD-8 AMCD-70 BCD-34 SACD-21 BCD-256 SCD-38 CCD-138 PCD-7002 BS-3 GHB JAZZ FOUNDATION 1206 Decatur Street New Orleans, LA 70116 phone: (504) 525-5000 fax: (504) 525-1776 email: [email protected] website: jazzology.com office manager: Lars Edegran assistant: Jamie Wight office hours: Mon-Fri 11am – 5pm entrance: 61 French Market Place newsletter editor: Paige VanVorst HOW TO ORDER Costs – U.S. and Foreign MEMBERSHIP If you wish to become a member of the Collector’s Record Club, please mail a check in the amount of $5.00 payable to the GHB JAZZ FOUNDATION. You will then receive your membership card by return mail or with your order. As a member of the Collector’s Club you will regularly receive our Jazzology Newsletter. 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Send Payments to: GHB JAZZ FOUNDATION 1206 DECATUR STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116 You may also order directly from our website: jazzology.com 1 JAZZOLOGY NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2012 We’re back with another newsletter for the year 2012. This time we are offering 8 new CD releases, 10 back in stock items and a sale of CDs and DVDs. Thank you for the expressions of concern about Hurricane Isaac – we were relatively unscathed: we took on a little water at both the office in the French Quarter and in our warehouse on Franklin Avenue and lost power for a few days. Things remain fine. The International Association of Jazz Record Collector (IAJRC) held its convention in New Orleans September 6-8 this year. On its program was a very well recieved presentation by Nina, Bo and Carie Buck and Lars Edegran entitled “George Buck and the Story of Jazzology”. George Buck’s involvement in jazz since the late 1940’s was told with the help of a power point presentation of photos and music samples as well as personal recollections by the Buck family. OUR NEW RELEASES By Paige VanVorst WIGGS-BURKE BIG 4 (AMCD-133/134) PRICE: $31.96 MEMBERS: $26.00 This two-CD set restores to print two extremely rare ten-inch LPs – I’ve been collecting New Orleans jazz records for fifty years and never saw either record. John Steiner’s revived Paramount label issued a small number of LPs – it was as elusive as American Music, which shared the same quarters. Steiner was impressed with the George Lewis trios recorded by Bill Russell and wanted something similar with Raymond Burke. Russell went to New Orleans in 1952 and wound up recording a quartet featuring Burke with cornetist Johnny Wiggs, guitarist Dr. Edmund Souchon and bassist Sherwood Mangiapane. After a second LP in 1955 Paramount went silent. The result is best described as New Orleans chamber music. Souchon played forty years in a string band, and Wiggs started out as a violinist, and also worked in small groups. The musicians are all amateurs in the strictest sense – they may have had Union cards, but they played for the joy of it. They grew up when giants were playing in New Orleans – Wiggs and Souchon heard King Oliver before anyone had heard of him and became lifelong jazz enthusiasts, though they had other professions – Wiggs taught school while Souchon was a physician. Burke scuffled as a musician for most of his life while Mangiapane worked at a bank. A similar approach is taken as with the 6 and 7/8 String Band set (AMCD-125/126) – virtually all the available music is here, including the originally-issued albums, alternate takes, rehearsals and related material. The material is programmed listenably – the few alternate takes are on separate discs and barely-noticeable within the 43 titles comprising the set; the instrumentation is continuously varied as well continued on page 3 DISC ONE DISC TWO PUT ON YOUR OLD GREY BONNET / ALL NIGHT DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL / GOING HOME / LONG #2 / AT SUNDOWN / BUDDY BOLDEN’S CHINATOWN / ALL NIGHT LONG / JUST A LITTLE BLUES / MEMORIES / RAY’S TUNE #2 / CONGO WHILE TO STAY HERE / BABY WON’T YOU PLEASE SQUARE / BUCKTOWN BOUNCE #3 / I CAN’T USE COME HOME / JOHNNY’S BOUNCE / BUCK TOWN / IT / IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE / HOW POSTMAN’S LAMENT #2 / HEEBIE JEEBIES / COME YOU DO ME LIKE YOU DO / MAMMA’S BABY MAKE ME A PALLET ON THE FLOOR / RAY’S TUNE BOY #2 / OF ALL THE WRONGS YOU’VE DONE TO / MAMMA’S BABY BOY / SISTER KATE / ME / MILENBURG JOYS / POSTMAN’S LAMENT * / SPANISH TINGE #2 / BUDDY BOLDEN’S BLUES #2 / BLACK SNAKE BLUES / SMILES / SINGIN’ THE HOW COME YOU DO ME LIKE YOU DO #2 / BLUES / SPANISH TINGE / HARMONICA BLUES / TIN CAN ALLEY / PRETTY BABY / UNKNOWN TUNE / WALKIN’ THE DOG / TULIP STOMP CITY OF A MILLION DREAMS JOHNNY WIGGS (tpts) • RAYMOND BURKE (clt, flute & harmonica) • EDMOND SOUCHON (gtr & vcls) SHERWOOD MANGIAPANE, (bs & vcls) • ART HODES * (pno) • FREDDIE MOORE * (drs) 2 WIGGS-BURKE continued from page 2 – groups range from solo guitar to a quintet. The material was taken from the original tapes and carefully remastered in our Audiophile studio. The musicians work together awesomely – they were lifelong friends and you feel like you’re eavesdrop- ping on one of Doc Souchon’s house parties – the tunes flow one to another and the players instinctively throw in runs and fills so you forget they’re nominally a quartet. The players essay a number of New Orleans favor- ites, skipping the warhorses – Milenberg Joys and Sister Kate are about the only standards, and more obscure pieces like Mama’s Baby Boy and Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet are more the norm. In addition, Wiggs and Burke brought in several originals – Raymond’s City of a Million Dreams, Wiggs’ Pelican Panic (Johnny’s Bounce), Postman’s Lament and Congo Square. They were both good composers and its nice to hear early versions of their numbers. The four musicians are perfectly matched – Wiggs’ cornet playing comes from both King Oliver and Bix Beiderbecke, while Burke is a delicious amalgam of a number of players and a master of counterpoint – he is never less than amazing. Doc Souchon is a wonderful rhythm guitarist, reminiscent of Johnny St. Cyr, and he contributes several good-natured vocals, bringing a touch of the blues to the proceedings. Mangiapane is a solid bassist and keeps the rhythm going throughout the sessions. I don’t think I’ve as eagerly awaited a new release as much as this one in a long time and it is every bit as good as I hoped. Wiggs, Burke and Souchon never sounded better and with over two hours of music, all of it unissued or out of print for fifty years, this almost constitutes an embarrassment of riches. I’ve been playing this before I fall asleep and I’ve been losing a lot of sleep – I start really listening to the music and usually stay awake until the last tune has ended. One of the few great New Orleans sessions that somehow escaped reissue for over sixty years. JIM ROBINSON WITH KID THOMAS, ERNIE CAGNOLATTI & DE DE PIERCE (BCD-28) PRICE: $15.98 MEMBERS: $13.00 Big Jim Robinson was one of the cornerstones of the New Orleans Revival, beginning with Kid Rena’s Delta session in 1940. He was a fixture at Preservation Hall until his death and made many recordings-these are among his few as a leader. The band includes clarinetist Albert Burbank, in fine form, and an all- star rhythm section – George Guesnon, Slow Drag Pavageau and Cie Frazier. Trumpet chores are handled by both Kid Thomas and Ernie Cagnolatti, providing interesting contrasts. Robinson liked ensemble playing and he would have been pleased with this session. These sides are alternate takes from a session originally on the Pearl label. This was one of my favorite sessions back in the 1960s and one I’ve enjoyed greatly over the years; the numbers are all like old friends. It leads off with Georgia Camp Meeting and its great to hear Burbank soaring over the rhythm section. Silver Bell is an old Indian rag related to Sometimes My Burden is Hard to Bear and one of the highlights. I’ll Be Somewhere Working for the Lord is seldom heard and very effective. There isn’t a weak track on this set. The set is completed by several tracks featuring Robinson with DeDe Pierce and George Lewis, alternate takes from a Center album. These were among DeDe’s finest recordings and feature some of George Lewis’ finest late playing, and a taste of seldom-recorded drummer Alex Bigard.