The Windjammers - Jammin' with the Windjammers - Argo LP 4047 - Original Argo Pressing, Promo Label, Mono
Jack Howe - Trumpet
Ron Hockett - Clarinet & Tenor Sax
Jim Guetzkow - Trombone
Mike Katz - Piano & Valve Trombone
Will Bogaty - Piano
Jimmy Mullerheim - Guitar
Don Farquhharson - Bass
John Barry - Drums
Recorded - June 24, 1965, Ter Mar Recording Studio, Chicago
Album Supervision & Production - Esmond Edwards
Engineer - Ron Malo
Cover Photo & Design - Don Bronstein
Released - November 6, 1965
This posting will wrap up this month's ongoing series of Argo obscurities. General indifference has greeted this series in the jazz blogosphere, which illustrates that Argo completists are a very small breed - but I enjoy the historical archival digging of it all. I wouldn't call any of these sides lost masterpieces, but nevertheless they do provide a fascinating account of a jazz label in transition, ready and willing to record and release everything.
This particular side revisits the trad jazz/dixieland style, but in a pretty unique and somewhat bizarre way - it's dixieland meets Tom Jones meet the Beatles meets Soul Jazz! It all sounds pretty ridiculous, but Chess Jazz A&R man Esmond Edwards' production and arrangements makes it a quite credible listen. Solid fidelity from the original Argo promo vinyl in great condition.
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Thanks for The Windjammers ... I hope others will come across this and the Stover post ... not many post these obscure Dixieland lps ... Baron
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ReplyDeletegreat addition to my argo collection thank you sunship much appreciated
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