Pee Wee Erwin And His Dixieland Band - The Land Of Dixie

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:18
Size: 91,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:18)  1. At The Jazz Band Ball
(7:06)  2. Basin Street Blues
(3:30)  3. Lassus Trombone
(7:15)  4. Memphis Blues
(5:21)  5. Panama
(5:59)  6. Dixieland SHuffle
(4:49)  7. Satanic Blues

An excellent trumpeter who spent most of his career on the fringe of fame, Pee Wee Erwin made many fine records during his career. He began playing trumpet when he was four. Stints with territory bands were followed by gigs with Joe Haymes (1931-1933) and Isham Jones (1933-1934). Erwin then moved to New York and became a busy studio musician, working often on radio, including with Benny Goodman during 1934-1935. After playing with Ray Noble in 1935, he succeeded Bunny Berigan in both the Benny Goodman (1936) and Tommy Dorsey (1937-1939) orchestras. 

Erwin put together an unsuccessful big band in 1941-1942 and tried again with little luck in 1946. He worked steadily playing Dixieland at Nick's during the 1950s, ran a trumpet school with Chris Griffin in the 1960s (Warren Vache was one of his students), and played steadily until the end of his life. Pee Wee Erwin led sessions on an occasional basis in the 1950s (including a couple for United Artists) and made six albums during 1980-1981, including three for Qualtro and one for Jazzology, still sounding quite good that late in his career. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pee-wee-erwin-mn0000301789/biography

Personnel: Pee Wee Erwin - Trumpet; Sal Pace - Clarinet; Andy Russo - Trombone; Billy Maxted - Piano; Jack Fav - Bass; Kenny John - Drums

The Land Of Dixie

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Pee Wee Erwin - ...Swingin' That Music

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:30
Size: 159.1 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz, Dixieland
Year: 1980/1998
Art: Front

[3:16] 1. Swing That Music (Take 1)
[5:47] 2. Poor Butterfly
[5:07] 3. When You're Smiling
[5:30] 4. If I Could Be With You (Take 1)
[4:03] 5. Rosetta
[4:41] 6. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (Take 1)
[3:04] 7. I Want To Be Happy
[5:33] 8. New Orleans
[4:14] 9. Royal Garden Blues
[3:59] 10. Oh Baby
[5:12] 11. If I Could Be With You (Take 2)
[4:05] 12. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (Take 2)
[3:14] 13. Swing That Music (Take 2)
[4:08] 14. Song Of The Wanderer
[7:30] 15. Fidgety Feet

Pee Wee Erwin only led recording sessions throughout his career on a very irregular basis. Although recorded just a year before his death, this album (which has Dixieland-oriented versions of ten standards) finds the 66-year old trumpeter still in prime form. Trombonist Harry Hagan and clarinetist Herman Foretich complete the frontline, while the rhythm section is comprised of pianist Freddie DeLand, bassist Ike Isaacs and the up and coming drummer Hal Smith. Among the songs receiving favorable and spirited treatment are "Swing That Music," "Rosetta," "I Want to Be Happy" and "Oh Baby." Recommended to Dixieland collectors.

...Swingin' That Music

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