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Various Artists: Hot Club de France
ByThis CD compiles the best of the Hot Club live performances and, since the members were dedicated to preserving "hot jazz, it features Dixieland, ragtime, and other early styles. Louis Armstrong is a performer, as is the rarely recorded Willie "The Lion Smith in a couple of beautiful solo recordings. Also featured are several performances by European jazz musicians, who have clearly absorbed the style and approach of their models.
The problem with this record is that it is like an appetizer without a main course. From several decades of performances, this provides an extremely small sampling of what the Hot Club has to offer us. Jazz fans would certainly snap up a box set featuring multiple discs, and this collection, while fine, is only a teaser. The Hot Club de France has an enormous musical legacy that deserves to be explored at greater length, and this single CD doesn't do it justice.
Track Listing
1. Jean Peron Garvanoff and Francois Melchioro - Scottish Boogie 2. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 3. Wilie Smith - Echoes of Spring 4. Louis Armstrong with Jewel Brown - Georgia On My Mind 5. New Orleans Dippers - I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me 6. Louis Armstrong - Blueberry Hill 7. Bill Coleman and the New Orleans Dippers - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 8. Memphis Slim - All On One Boogie 9. Willie Smith - Tea For Two 10. New Orleans Dippers - Sweet Lorraine 11. Louis Armstrong with Jewell Brown - Saint Louis Blues 12. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Go Ahead.
Personnel
Various Artists
variousJean Peron Garvanoff; Fran
Album information
Title: Hot Club de France | Year Released: 2005 | Record Label: Milan Records
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