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All Music Guide - Arwulf Arwulf
Past Perfect presents 20 classic jazz sides recorded between 1926 and 1940, featuring the New Orleans-cum-Chicago-styled clarinet of Johnny Dodds. This tasty sampler includes several fine collaborations with young cornetist Louis Armstrong, a majestic trio involving Lil Hardin Armstrong and New Orleans bassist Bill Johnson, and various ensembles driven by some seriously funky jug and washboard players. Each performance is well chosen and tidily restored. One that stands out from the rest is "Melancholy," a swinging jam on the blues recorded in 1938 at the beginning of the clarinetist's all-too-brief comeback. With trumpeter Charlie Shavers, pianist Lil Hardin Armstrong, ...