Crawfish Shuffle - Bob Wilber 1972.mov

Crawfish Shuffle - Bob Wilber & WGJB 1972.
This morning , I was getting dressed and played my iPod and turned up the volume on that incredible Bose Sounddock. The tune that very much impressed me then and again now was from an LP made in 1972, recorded in Torontos Massey Hall, performed by the Worlds Greatest Jazz Band. The tune was written and played by clarinet star Bob Wilber. These tunes today are not being heard any more. I checked the youtube files which comfirmed that.
Well, here it is: Bob Wilber on soprano sax with the band backing him.
Yank Lawson, Billy Butterfield trumpets, Bud Freeman tenor sax, Vic Dickenson , Eddie Hubble trombones, Ralp Sutton piano, Bob Heggart bass and Gus Johnson drums.
A great man by the name of Barker Hickox, a millionaire, funded the band and gave it its name wich made the bandleaders often blush. But Bob Haggart and Yank Lawson came out of semi-retirement in 1968 and had one of the most succesful bands over a periond of more than ten years.

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[zwilgmeyer1]

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[Jazzbobill]

Hi Bob, love it. I still have the Worlds Greatest Jazz Band recording of this tune which I haven't heard for years. I also thought this was a great tune as well as the other material that was recorded by this great band. I've got all of their recordings on vinyl but never did get around to putting them on CD or ITIunes. Now you have sparked my interest to do just that.. By the way ,Bob is on his usual soprano not clarinet.