Live and Lighting It Up in New Orleans

by The Dixieland Ramblers

Overview

The music on this set is likable enough but corn often lurks just beneath the surface. A Dixieland session featuring ten overdone warhorses, this set finds trumpeter Kevin Clark emulating Al Hirt a bit (with an excess of notes), trombonist Harry Watters showing off both impressive chops and dated humor, and clarinetist Michael Bennett sometimes sounding as if he would feel a lot more comfortable in a more modern setting. Other than an odd rhythm given a slower than normal version of "Milneburg Joys," nothing unusual or unexpected occurs on this rather predictable and uninventive Dixieland date. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	02/04/2003
Label:	Summit Records
UPC:	0099402350929
Rank:	194578

Tracks

1. Hindustan
2. Milneburg Joys
3. Chinatown, My Chinatown
4. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
5. Muskrat Ramble
6. That's A-Plenty
7. Royal Garden Blues
8. Clarinet Marmalade
9. Basin Street Blues
10. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Dixieland Ramblers   Primary Artist
Tom McDermott   Piano
Harry Watters   Trombone
Mike Bennett   Clarinet
Jay Goetting   Bass
Kevin Clark   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Michael Bennett   Producer
Henry W. Ragas   Composer
William Jerome   Composer
Bert Williams   Composer
Clarence Williams   Composer
Tony Sbarbaro   Composer
Doc Daugherty   Composer
Ellis Reynolds   Composer
Louis Alter   Composer
Oliver Wallace   Composer
Lew Pollack   Composer
Harold Weeks   Composer
David Christensen   Executive Producer
Jean Schwartz   Composer
Lazaro Vega   Liner Notes
Mike Bennett   Producer
Edward "Kid" Ory   Composer
Daniel Traynor   Packaging
Kip Sullivan   Executive Producer
David Shirk   Mastering
Tim Stambaugh   Engineer
Al J. Neiburg   Composer
Nick LaRocca   Composer
Jelly Roll Morton   Composer
Walter Melrose   Composer
Leon Roppolo   Composer
Eddie Edwards   Composer
Larry Shields   Composer
Eddie DeLange   Composer
Paul Mares   Composer
Spencer Williams   Composer