(Screenshots by Ken Drew).
An album I know well - in fact a double album I know well - although I feel an opportunity was missed, no doubt to the financial logistics. On the original session the line-up included Barney Bigard on Clarinet and Trummy Young on trombone with Duke replacing Billy Kyle on piano. In fact, the Louis Armstrong All-Stars of 1961 with Bigard returning and replacing Ed Hall for this session. Giacomo or Adrian along with Dan Higham would have been ideal but hey! this was pretty damn good as it was and neither me nor the pundits were complaining.
The seven tracks consisted of five from volume one and two from volume two which maybe suggests they are thinking of reversing the balance in the future. On the strength of tonight it would be nice.
Horsfall gave as good an Armstrong take-off as anyone and without the exaggerated mannerisms that so many of the Satchmo substitutes resort to when inspiration fails!
Ferg and Will were, for tonight, Mort Herbert and Danny Barcelona - they did good.
Look forward to hearing once again Pete's band, The Basin Street Brawlers.
When the world is free.
Lance
I'm Beginning to See the Light; I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good; Do Nothing till You Hear From Me; Solitude; Drop me Off at Harlem; Azalea; It Don't Mean a Thing.
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