Roy Palmer and State Street Ramblers -- Gut-Bucket Trombone

Roy Palmer, trombone, and the State Street [Chicago] Ramblers, recorded 19 March 1931 at the Gennett studios, Richmond, Indiana. Joining Palmer were Jimmy Blythe, piano; Jimmy Bertrand, washboard; Darnell Howard, clarinet and alto saxophone; possibly Albert Bell, kazoo; unknown banjo and speaker. Issued on Gennett's Champion label, the recordings were remastered in 1961-- a little too well, with reverb added-- and reissued on Riverside long-play disc RLP150 under the title 'Gut-Bucket Trombone'.
The selections in this video are--
1) Sic 'Em Tige;
2) South African Blues;
3) Tiger Moan.
A young representational artist named Peter Max did the album illustration for Riverside, before he created the 'Cosmic 60s' Pop Art style that made him world-famous (and before he trademarked a fancy signature); the video's first visual segment is a portion of the LP jacket. In keeping with the spirit of his art and the exuberance of the music, some transformations then occur; the final segment is an actual photograph of Roy Palmer playing.

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[KawhackitaRag]

I do not know whether Ed Hudson was related to pianist "Black Bob" Hudson, but it seems quite likely, given that they both recorded with the same basic bunch of musicians.

[KawhackitaRag]

My best guess as to the banjoist and vocalist, is Ed "Fats" Hudson, who played on other recordings from this same exact session, including two solo banjo/vocal recordings ("Fats' Hard Luck Blues nos. 1 and 2") accompanied by Blythe.

[KawhackitaRag]

Oh boy, Jimmy Blythe in hi-fi! It's too bad that he died just a few months after this recording. Listen to his excellent solo from 4:43-5:05 on "South African Blues".

P.S. it should be obvious from these recordings, but Alfred Bell was a genius kazoo player.

[zelde025]

This is pure traditional jazz.

Please more from Roy Palmer.

Thanks for posting.

Paul Zelders