This crackly collection of sax blowouts (“mastered” from original 78s and 45s) makes a nice supplement to the double CD “Tenor Madness” post. Just about every artist here (except Joe Houston) is a veteran of the big bands and this disc nicely captures the era of the end of the swingin’ aggregations and the move towards small group R&B and jazz. The sleevenotes by Morgan on the back cover give background info on the artists. For me, the sides by former Erskine Hawkins saxman Paul Bascomb are raucous standouts.Ripped from vinyl at 320 kbps. Password = greaseyspoon
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1. Have A Ball / Joe Houston Orchestra (vocal – Lois Butler)
2. Houston's Hot House / Joe Houston Orchestra
3. Leo's Boogie / Leo Parker And His Mad Lads
4. Cool Leo / Leo Parker And His Mad Lads
5. SOS / Charlie Singleton And His Band
6. Please Don't Leave Me Here / Charlie Singleton And His Band (vocal – Jake Vaughn)
7. Artistry In Mood / Joe Thomas And His Orchestra
8. Tearing Hair / Joe Thomas And His Orchestra
9. Turntable / Morris Lane And His Combo
10. What Did Sam Say / Paul Bascomb And His Orchestra (vocal – Paul Bascomb)
11. Ain't Nothin' Shakin' / Paul Bascomb And His Orchestra (vocal – Paul Bascomb)
12. Forty-Nine-Fifty / Bumps Myers Sextet
13. Memphis Hop / Bumps Myers Sextet
14. September Song / Morris Lane And His Combo
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Thankkkkkkks!
ReplyDeleteSometime in the 80’s I borrowed this from my local library and just happened to take a c90 of it, as u do. Over the years I’d thought the sound was down to usual quality of library records – now I know otherwise, but then perhaps the surface noise all adds to the excitement.
ReplyDeleteMy question is was there ever a Screaming Saxes Vol2?
Steve
I think there may have been a volume 2, but I'm just not sure. If there was, I didn't buy it!
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