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AVID Jazz here presents four classic Edmond Hall albums as leader and sideman, plus, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. Petite Fleur, Rumpus On Rampart Street, Teddy Buckner and the All Stars and Jazz at the Savoy plus selections from Jazz at Storyville Edmond Hall in Buenos Aires. Edmond Hall was born into a musical family in Reserve, Louisiana in 1901, his father played the clarinet and all his brothers were fine musicians. Hall paid his dues during the 1920s and 30s playing with among others Billie Holiday, Joe Sullivan, Red Allen, Teddy Wilson, Eddie Condon and finally the great Louis Armstrong from 1950 1955. With a few short spells running his own band along the way, the late 1950s finally saw Hall go freelance and form his own band. He was considered one of the great clarinettist in the New Orleans tradition. According to great supporter Nat Hentoff in his liner notes for Rumpus On Rampart Street, he is playing the hottest clarinet in contemporary jazz. A gentle and polite individual off stage he became a deeply swinging and intensely emotional improviser once he had his clarinet in his hands! A long time sideman, Hall was happiest as his own leader where his love of improvisation could take full flight. Lets leave the final words to Nat Hentoff from his notes on Petite Fleur commenting that this album represents what Edmond has to say more fully and vigorously than any other collection of his work
..Praise indeed! All four albums plus have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever!
CD1 1-8: Petite Fleur 1. Petite Fleur 2. Ellington Medley: Prelude To A Kiss / Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me / Solitude / Dont Get Around Much Anymore / Mood Indigo / Take The A Train 3. Clarinet Marmalade 4. Edmond Hall Blues 5. Good Cook 6. Off The Road 7. Adam And Evie 8. Dont Give Me Sympathy 9-18: Rumpus On Rampart Street 9. Rampart Street 10. Neighbors 11. Rose In Her Window 12. Flyin High 13. American Tempo 14. Swingin 15. Hallelujah! 16. Dawn On The Desert 17. Lover 18. African Fu-Fu 19. Sweet Georgia Brown from Edmond Hall In Buenos Aires 20. S Wonderful from Edmond Hall In Buenos Aires
CD2 1-10: Teddy Buckner And The All-Stars 1. Jazz Me Blues 2. You Made Me Love You 3. Alexanders Ragtime Band 4. Mahogany Hall Stomp 5. Indiana 6. Bugle Call Rag 7. Careless Love 8. St. Louis Blues 9. Margie 10. Tiger Rag 11-14: Jazz At The Savoy 11. Careless Love 12. Please Dont Talk About Me When Im Gone 13. Bugle Call Rag 14. Medley: Black And Blue / When A Woman Loves A Man / You Made Me Love You / My Ideal / Limehouse Blues 15. S Wonderful from Jazz At Storyville 16. Sister Kate from Jazz At Storyville 17. Ad Lib Blues from Jazz At Storyville 18. Sting On The Wings from Edmond Hall In Buenos Aires
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