Cut direct to 78rpm acetates from the concert in 1947 the sound here is far from perfect and the 'stereo enhancement' doesn't help. Things are improved on side 2 - perhaps the musicians were suitably 'refreshed'after the interval.
Dill Jones had just turned professional and provides some good solos. Some of the playing is a bit ragged in places but I'm sure it sounded better on the night.
(01 02 04 05)
Humphrey Lyttelton - cornet
Bobby Mickleburgh - trombone
Wally Fawkes - clarinet
Gerry Moore - piano
Bill Bramwell - guitar
Bert Howard - bass
Carlo Krahmer - drums
(03)
Humphrey Lyttelton - cornet
Gerry Moore - piano
Carlo Krahmer - drums
(06-10)
Humphrey Lyttelton - cornet
Bobby Mickleburgh - trombone
Wally Fawkes - clarinet
Dill Jones - piano
Carlo Krahmer - drums
(11-14)
Humphrey Lyttelton - cornet
Bobby Mickleburgh - trombone
Ernie Mansfield - tenor
Wally Fawkes - clarinet
Dill Jones - piano
Bill Bramwell - guitar
Bert Howard - bass
Carlo Krahmer - drums
01 Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Armstrong) (4:13)
02 Savoy Blues (Ory) (4:33)
03 Weatherbird Rag (Armstrong) (2:54)
04 Mahogany Hall Stomp (Williams) (4:05)
05 A Monday Date (Hines) (4:31)
06 Original Dixieland One-Step (La Rocca) (3:07)
07 Bluin' The Blues (Ragas) (2:15)
08 Livery Stable Blues (Nunez, Lee) (2:26)
09 I'm Coming Virginia (Heywood, Cook) (3:09)
10 Singin' The Blues (Conrad, Robinson) (4:54)
11 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Creamer, Layton) (2:22)
12 Who's Sorry Now (Kalmar, Ruby, Snyder) (5:40)
13 Sugar (Pinkard, Mitchell, Alexander) (4:33)
14 At Sundown (Donaldson) (5:28)
Label: Esquire 319
Recorded: November 21 1947 Birmingham Town Hall
Lineage: LP>FLAC
