Dodds, Baby/The Laneville-Union Brass Band/The Lapsey Band - Talking & Drum Solos/Country Brass Bands
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This is a good record, but be aware that this is some serious OLD stuff, despite how they try and tie newly christened hipster Han onto it. If you are me, at this point in your listening life 'old = good', but your mileage may vary... Also worth keeping in mind is the fact that this sounds like it was copied off of the record that Han has been playing daily since 1956... "One of the most important pieces of vinyl ever waxed, Talking and Drum Solos is the first recorded album of drum solos -- by one of the great pioneers of jazz percussion: Warren 'Baby' Dodds. A mainstay of the early Chicago jazz scene alongside his brother, clarinetist Johnny Dodds -- and inspiration to countless jazz trapmen (including Han Bennink -- who has cited Talking as his favorite record), this endlessly inventive original was born in the Big Easy in 1898. Dodds made his mark in the mid-30s, peaking as the featured artist at a 1946 Carnegie Hall Pops Concert. The cornerstone of our remastered UMS reissue is Dodds' rare 1946 Folkways Records 10", featuring him playing and (true to the title) talking about drumming styles of of the early jazz era, as recorded by the legendary Mose Asch. Also assembled here for your infotainment & contextual purposes are twenty bonus tracks from Folkways Records' Country Brass Bands Of The South, Volume One." [Atavistic]