Don Redman, cl, as, bar, a, v, dir: John Nesbitt, t, a / Langston Curl, t / Claude Jones, tb, v / Jimmy Dudley or Joe Moxley, cl, as / George Thomas, cl, ts, v / Prince Robinson, cl, ts / Todd Rhodes, p, cel / Dave Wilborn, bj, g, v / Ralph Escudero, bb / Cuba Austin, d, vib, v. New York, April 9, 1929.
OUTSTANDING! This is the style we think of when we hear "Cotton Pickers".
Fresh, funky, rhythmic, rambunctious and risque!
Like a whole different band from their later, smooth dance numbers.
Maybe it WAS a different band, I don't know their history.
GooglFascists 10 months ago
This is a 1936 reissue (originally released as the flip side of Victor V-38052).
fromthesidelines 2 years ago