Bob Wilber and His Famous Jazz Band

by Bob Wilber

Overview

This LP brings together two related sessions. Bob Wilber (doubling on clarinet and soprano), who had first recorded two years earlier with his youth group (the Wildcats), was 21 at the time and Sidney Bechet's protege. Wilber is teamed up with pianist Dick Wellstood and a variety of top veterans (trumpeter Henry Goodwin, trombonist Jimmy Archey, bassist Pops Foster and drummer Tommy Benford) for six selections (including "The Mooche," "The Saints" and "Limehouse Blues") while on six others he welcomes a rather dominant guest, Bechet himself. "Box Car Shorty" has a vocal by calypso singer The Duke of Iron, Bechet talks a bit on "Love Me with a Feeling" and introduces his original "I'm Through, Goodbye." Timeless and somewhat offbeat New Orleans jazz. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2008
Label:	Jazzology
UPC:	0762247604426
Rank:	179181

Tracks

1. Without a Home
2. Box Car Shorty
3. Waste No Tears
4. I'm Through, Goobye
5. Love Me with a Feeling
6. The Broken Windmill
7. Coal Black Shine
8. Sweet Georgia Brown
9. The Mooche
10. When the Saints Go Marching In
11. Zig Zag
12. Limehouse Blues

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob Wilber   Primary Artist,Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Sidney Bechet   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Houcine Harrabi   Design,Cover Design,Production Coordination
Wendell Echols   Production Coordination
Parker Dinkins   Digital Remastering
Robert Parent   Photography
Sharon Wendel   Graphic Design
Jack Towers   Remastering
George H. Buck, Jr.   Liner Notes,Executive Producer
Rudi Blesh   Text,Liner Notes