- Dese, Dem
& Dose
- That's a
Plenty
- Mama's Gone
Goodbye
- Basin Street
Blues
- High Society
- St Louis
Blues
- Sugar Blues
- Original
Dixieland One-Step
- St. James
Infirmary Blues
- Dixie
- Take Me to
the Land of Jazz
- Blues My
Naughty Sweetie Gave to Me
- Memphis Blues
- Milenberg
Joys
- Careless
Love
Tracks 1-10
Billy Butterfield – Trumpet
Andy Bartha – Cornet
Ed Hubble - Trombone, baritone sax
Larry Wilson – Clarinet
John Dengler - Bass sax
Bob Warren - Piano
Chuck Karle – Bass
Red Rasele - Guitar
Chuck Damanti - Drums
Tracks 11-15
Andy Bartha – Cornet
Ray Brooks – Trombone
Larry Wilson – Clarinet
John Dengler - Bass sax
Billy "Fats" Hagen – Piano
Chuck Karle – Bass
Larry Schram - Banjo
Carl Peticca - Drums
Of
the two leaders on this CD, Billy Butterfield
is the better known, having made his name
with Bob Crosby and later playing for the
likes of Artie Shaw and the World’s Greatest
Jazz Band. Cornettist Andy Bartha played with
Pee Wee Hunt, Les Brown and Clancy Hayes but
he was best known in the Fort Lauderdale region
of Florida, where his band was resident at
the Life Lounge club. The first ten tracks
on this CD were recorded in the early 1970s
at the Life Lounge, and the last five (without
Billy Butterfield) at Fort Lauderdale’s Moonraker
Restaurant in 1969.
The
repertoire consists mainly of good old Dixieland
warhorses like High Society and St
Louis Blues, with Butterfield in commanding
form, tending to overshadow Bartha’s less
fluent playing. But Bartha’s band is good
(despite a drummer who tends to thump the
bass drum) – especially trombonist Ed Hubble:
an inventive musician with echoes of Jack
Teagarden.
The
recording quality is fair but variable. The
last five tracks sound toppy and the last
three are decidedly fuzzy. But the music survives
on the strength of the enthusiastic ensemble
work and the solos – particularly from Butterfield,
Hubble and clarinettist Larry Wilson.
Tony
Augarde
CD Reviews
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