V.S.O.P. #129 CD  GULF COAST JAZZ:

WADE IN THE WATER

featuring 

                                                                 ELLIS MARSALIS, JR.      piano

                                                                 HAROLD BATTISTE           tenor

                                                                 ALVIN BATISTE              clarinet

                                                                  ED BLACKWELL              drums

                                                                  RICHARD PAYNE                bass

                                                                  WILLIAM SWANSON          bass

1.  WADE IN THE WATER

2.  LIL' DAVID

3.  I GOT SHOES

4.  WHEN THE SAINTS

5.  NIGERIA

6.  REMINISCENCE

7.  SINNER DON'T LET THIS HARVEST PASS

8.  NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN

9.  VALSE DE BATISTE

10.  HAROLD'S CHURCH

11.  SELASSIE

Recorded, February 23, 1959 at Cosimo's Studio, New Orleans, LA

Producer: Bumps Blackwell; Cover: Bruce Zemby

Liner Notes:  Scott Yanow

This album is drawn from the second 1959 recording session of the group calling itself "The American Jazz Quintet", which featured Ellis Marsalis, Harold Battiste, Alvin Batiste, Ed Blackwell, and Richard Payne or Willam Swanson.  They were one of a very few and perhaps the only modern jazz group based in New Orleans.  The first session was released last year as Volume I (V.S.O.P. #125 CD).  The music included on this second CD release first appeared in the 1960's on an LP produced by Bumps Blackwell for release on his Famous Records label and this CD tracks the order of that program.  Unlike the selections on "Volume 1", which were largely original compositions, this program is comprised mostly of jazz arrangements of traditional gospel music and spirituals.  These are not merely jazz arrangements of spirituals, but are fresh and interesting new works created out of the form that inspire them.  Both in its playing and its writing, the American Jazz Quintet creates a unique music that is noteworthy, not only as a significant chapter in the history of  jazz in New Orleans, but also as an insightful revelation of one of the more important roots of  both traditional and modern jazz.   The source material used on this CD was remastered at 96/24 from the original session tapes.

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