The World's Greatest JazzBand Of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart - What's New

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:06
Size: 91.8 MB
Styles: Dixieland
Year: 1970/2007
Art: Front

[4:37] 1. Bourbon Street Parade
[3:17] 2. Smile
[2:58] 3. The Eel
[3:28] 4. What's New
[3:17] 5. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
[3:24] 6. Root Dog
[3:51] 7. Walk Him Up The Stairs
[3:19] 8. Girl On The Beach
[4:25] 9. Dogtown Blues
[4:09] 10. Doodle Doo Doo
[3:17] 11. My Inspiration

This is one of the World's Greatest Jazz Band's better studio albums. The repertoire has standbys ("Bourbon Street Parade," "The Eel" and "What's New"), "Mercy Mercy Mercy" and some newer and lesser-known material. The all-star lineup (trumpeters Yank Lawson and Billy Butterfield, trombonists Vic Dickenson and Eddie Hubble, tenor saxophonist Bud Freeman, Bob Wilber on clarinet and soprano, pianist Ralph Sutton, bassist Bob Haggart and drummer Gus Johnson) is particularly strong and most of the players get features. Best are a Lawson-Haggart duet on "Smile," Freeman's "The Eel" and Butterfield's warm sound and lyrical style on "What's New." ~Scott Yanow

What's New

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The World's Greatest Jazzband Of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart - Hark The Herald Angels Swing

Styles: Holiday, Christmas
Year: 1972
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 32:46
Size: 56,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:36)  1. Hark, The Herald Angels Swing!
(2:53)  2. Little Drummer Boy
(2:50)  3. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
(3:52)  4. Silent Night
(2:45)  5. Joy To The World
(3:11)  6. Jingle Bells
(3:24)  7. White Christmas
(1:49)  8. I'll Be Home For Christmas
(3:17)  9. The Christmas Song
(3:10) 10. Winter Wonderland
(2:53) 11. Deck The Halls

This is one of the happier Christmas jazz LPs ever released. Filled with delightful performances of Yuletide favorites including "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," "Joy to the World," "Jingle Bells," and "Winter Wonderland," showing that many Christmas songs lend themselves well to Dixieland. The hot music is performed by trumpeters Yank Lawson and Billy Butterfield, trombonists Vic Dickenson and Eddie Hubble, Bob Wilber on clarinet and soprano, tenor saxophonist Bud Freeman, pianist Ralph Sutton, bassist Bob Haggart, and drummer Gus Johnson. Recommended. ~ Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/Hark-Herald-Angels-Swing-Christmas/dp/B002SFGESM

Personnel:  Bass – Bob Haggart;  Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone – Bob Wilber;  Drums – Gus Johnson;  Piano – Ralph Sutton;  Tenor Saxophone – Bud Freeman;  Trombone – Eddie Hubble, Vic Dickenson
Trumpet – Billy Butterfield, Yank Lawson

Hark The Herald Angels Swing

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The World's Greatest Jazzband - The World's Greatest Jazzband of Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart

Styles: Jazz
Year: 1969
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:47
Size: 82,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:19)  1. Sunny
(2:23)  2. Panama
(3:21)  3. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
(2:45)  4. Up, Up &  Away
(3:24)  5. Ode To Billy Joe
(3:44)  6. Honky Tonk Train
(3:04)  7. A Taste Of Honey
(3:56)  8. Limehouse Blues
(2:40)  9. Big Noise From Winnetka
(2:48) 10. This Is All I Ask
(2:57) 11. Mrs. Robinson
(2:20) 12. Bugle Call Rag

The World's Greatest Jazz Band was an all-star jazz ensemble active from 1968 to 1978. Dick Gibson founded the group at his sixth Jazz Party, an annual event. The group performed mostly Dixieland jazz and recorded extensively. It was co-led by Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart, and did early jazz standards alongside contemporaneous pop songs done in a Dixieland style. Though the group disbanded in 1978, the name was revived several times by Lawson and Haggart for limited engagements. 

More..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Greatest_Jazz_Band

This all-star group was founded in 1968 by Dick Gibson at his sixth annual Jazz Party. Despite the impossibility of living up to its outrageous name, the band was indeed the finest in Dixieland/classic jazz. Co-led by Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart, and also featuring Billy Butterfield, Bud Freeman, Bob Miller, and Ralph Sutton, the WGJB originally alternated standards with Dixiefied versions of current pop tunes like "Mrs. Robinson," but its finest album (Live on Atlantic) sticks to hot jamming. After the personnel changed a bit (Eddie Miller and Dick Wellstood passed through the band), the group broke up in 1978, although reunions by Lawson and Haggart in later years sometimes revived the name. Their recordings for Project 3, Atlantic, and their own World Jazz label are pretty much all worth getting. Bio ~ Scott Yanow   http://www.allmusic.com/artist/worlds-greatest-jazz-band-mn0000683075/biography.

The World's Greatest Jazzband of Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart

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