- March of the Bob Cars
- Stumbling
- Who’s Sorry Now
- Coquette
- Palesteena
- You’re Driving Me Crazy
- Slow Mood
- So far, So Good
- Big Foot Jump
- Five Point Blues
- Tech Triumph
- Call Me a Taxi
- I Hear You Talking
- Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
- It Was a Lover and His Lass
- Hindustan
- Do You Ever Think of Me
- The Love Nest
- Washington & Lee Swing
- It’s All Over Now
- Till We Meet Again
Yank Lawson and Billy Butterfield,
both masters of this genre share the trumpet
honours on this record. Eddie Miller, tenor
sax, Bob Haggart, double bass, and Ray Bauduc
drums are present on ever track. Warren Smith
on trombone is ever present apart from the
Quartet tracks. The clarinet players were
at different times Matty Matlock and Irving
Fazola. Nappy Lamare plays guitar and also
sings on Palesteena. Marion Mann sings on
tracks 8, 14 & 15, the leader sings on
track 11.
The Bobcats began as a band
within a band from Bob Crosby’s Swing Band.
This is arranged Dixieland, the arrangements
in this case coming mainly from Matty Matlock
and Bob Haggart. Although the arrangements
have a sameness about them, they are by no
means easy to play; the clarinet parts are
particularly difficult.
The band is very musical,
as you would expect from a group of musicians
who were the top men of their day. Bob Zurke
is outstanding on piano and everything ii
very neat and best of all it does manage to
swing.
To anyone who likes the Jimmy
Dorsey Clambake Seven or for that matter our
own Harry Gold and His Pieces of Eight, this
will be a welcome addition to your collection.
Don Mather
CD Reviews
NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8. 120681
