George Lewis - Keeper of the Flame Box Set

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Storyville Records has just announced a George Lewis box set collection featuring 8 CDs that re-issues a big chunk of his material that has appeared on Storyville over the years. Here's the link:

http://www.storyvillerecords.com/products/keeper-of-the-flame-1088613

Here's the track listing (sorry for any ugly formatting issues):

GEORGE LEWIS BOX

GEORGE LEWIS’ JAZZ BAND: Jass at the Ohio Union

Recorded at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, March 3, 1954

Kid Howard (tp, vo); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p, vo); Lawrence Marrero (bj); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr,vo).

Note: Marrero plays bass drum. (a) Purnell and Pavageau are omitted on Just a Little While and Flee as a Bird. (b) Burgundy Street Blues has clarinet, banjo and bass only.

CD 1 GEORGE LEWIS AT THE OHIO UNION

1. Basin Street Blues (Intro) 3.33 (Spencer Williams)

2. Salute to Ohio State 1:31

(trad.)

3. Collegian 3:43

(trad.)

4. Mama Don’t Allow No Music 6:35

(Davenport) (JW vo)

5. Climax Rag 4:16

(James Scott-PD)

6. Lord, Lord,You’ve Sure Been Good to Me 4:41 (trad. arr. Lewis) (KH vo)

7. High Society 4:56

(Porter-Steele)

8. If I Ever Cease to Love 1:44

(trad. arr. Lewis)

9. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 6:30

(Lockhart-Seitz) (AP vo)

10. Maryland, My Maryland 2:48

(trad. arr. Lewis)

11. Funeral Sequence 5:18:

Just a Little While to Stay Here—Flee as a Bird (a) (trad.)

I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You (Sam Theard)

12. Burgundy Street Blues 4:28

(George Lewis) (b)

Total time: 50:08

CD 2 GEORGE LEWIS AT THE OHIO UNION

1. Over the Waves 5:55

(Rosas-PD arr. Lewis)

2. Bugle Boy March 5:06

(trad. arr. Lewis)

3. Doctor Jazz 4:39

(Ferdinand Morton)

4. Red Wing 3:56

(Kerry Mills)

5. Sensation Rag 3:33

(LaRocca-Shields)

6. Corrine, Corrina 6:53

(J.M.Williams-Parrish)

7. Ice Cream 6:09

(Johnson-Moll-King)

8. Chimes Blues 4:22

(Joe Oliver)

9. When the Saints Go Marching In 5:29

(trad. arr, Lewis)

10. Muskrat Ramble 2:44

(Kid Ory)

11. Lewis talking (Finale) 1:18

Total time: 50:04

CD 3 GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS NEW ORLEANS STOMPERS

GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS RAGTIME BAND

Track 1 – 11:

GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS NEW ORLEANS STOMPERS

Avery Kid Howard (tp, vo); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p, vo); Lawrence Marrero (bj); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr, vo).

Recorded, Bakersfield, CA, May 28, 1954.

Track 12 – 16:

GEORGE LEWIS SESSION

Percy Humphrey (tp); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Jeanette Kimball (p); Johnny St.Cyr (g); unknown (b, dr); Elizabeth Eustis (vo). Recorded, New Orleans, LA, June 17,1954

1. Panama 5:28

(Tyers)

2. Tin Roof Blues 7:50

(N.O.R.K.)

3. Lord, Lord,You’ve Sure Been Good to Me 4:01

(trad.) vo KH

4. Burgundy Street Blues 4:18

(George Lewis)

5. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 6:19

(Lockhart-Seitz)

6. Caldonia 4:48

(F. Moore)

7. Muskrat Ramble 3:24

(Kid Ory)

8. Sensation Rag 3:03

(Edwards)

9. Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home 5:43

(James Cannon) (JW vo)

10 Old Man Mose 2:38

(Louis Armstrong-Z.T. Randolph)

11. When the Saints Go Marching In 6:09

(trad. arr. Lewis)

12. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place 4:03

(Howard-Ellsworth-Morgan) (JK vo)

13. Savoy Blues 3:30

(Kid Ory)

14. Come Back Sweet Papa 3:48

(trad.)

15. Just a Closer Walk With Thee 2:29

(trad.)

16. Someday 4:01

(Friml)

Total time: 71:34

CD 4 GEORGE LEWIS AT CLUB HANGOVER

GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND

(a) Avery “Kid” Howard (tp, vo); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); AltonPurnell (p, vo); Lawrence Marrero (bj, vo); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr, vo); Lizzie Miles (vo) Recorded at Club Hangover, San Francisco, CA, November 7, 1953

(b) Same personnel and place. Recorded November 14, 1953

© Same personnel and place. Recorded November 27, 1953

1. Basin Street Blues 1:20 ©

(Spencer Williams)

2. Sensation Rag 3:32 ©

(Joseph Lamb)

3. Tiger Rag 3:33 ©

(O.D.J.B.)

4. Who’s Sorry Now 5:17 ©

(Kalmar-Ruby-Snyder) (AP vo)

5. Louisiana 6:00 ©

(Joe Darensburg) (AP vo)

6. A Good Man Is Hard to Find 2:26 ©

(Eddie Green) (LM vo)

7. Sheik of Araby 3:57 ©

(Smith-Whealer-Snyder) (JW vo)

8. Basin Street Blues 0:55 ©

(Spencer Williams)

9. Theme/Basin Street Blues 1:52 (a)

(Spencer Williams) (JW talk)

10. Darktown Strutter’s Ball 3:38 (a)

(Shelton Brooks)

11. Dallas Blues 6:09 (a)

(Garrett-Hart-Wand) (JW vo)

12. I Can’t Give You Anything but Love 6:01 (a)

(Fields-McHugh) KH (vo)

13. Careless Love 2:20 (a)

(W.C.Handy-arr.Lewis) (JW vo)

14. Mama Don’t ‘Low No Music Playing Here 4:33 (a)

(Cow Cow Davenport) (JW vo)

15. Theme/Basin Street Blues 0:47 (a)

(Spencer Williams)

16. Theme/Basin Street Blues 1:27 (b)

(Spencer Williams)

17. Alexander’s Ragtime Band 3;56 (b)

(Irving Berlin)

18. My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It 4:45 (b)

(trad. arr. Lewis) (JW vo)

19. I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You 6:49 (b)

(Sam Theard) (KH vo)

20. Sister Kate 2:35 (b) (JW vo)

(A.J. Piron)

21. Old Man Mose 2:21 (b) (KH vo)

(Louis Armstrong-Z. T. Randolph)

22. Basin Street Blues 0:17 (b)

(Spencer Williams)

Total time 74:34

CD 5 GEORGE LEWIS IN NEW ORLEANS

GEORGE LEWIS IN NEW ORLEANS

Avery “Kid” Howard (tp); prob. Wendell Eugene (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p); Lawrence Marrero (bj); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr). Recorded at Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, LA, December 17, 1954.

1. Willie the Weeper 5:07

(Rymol-Melrose-Bloom)

2. Gettysburg March 5:28

(trad. arr. Lewis)

3. Lord, Lord, You’ve Sure Been Good to Me 3:29

(trad. arr. Lewis)

4. I Want to Be Happy 2:28

(Youmans-Caesar)

5. Panama 6:27

(Tyers)

6. It’s a Long Way to Tipperary 5:49

(Judge-Williams)

7. The Second Line 4:48

(P. Barbarin)

8. Melancholy 6:15

(Melrose-Bloom)

9. High Society 5:43

(Piron)

Total time 45:35

CD 6 GEORGE LEWIS WITH PAPA BUE’S VIKING JAZZBAND

GEORGE LEWIS WITH PAPA BUE’S VIKING JAZZBAND

Finn Otto Hansen (tp); Arne Bue Jensen (tb); George Lewis (cl, vo, talking); Jørgen Svare (cl); Bjarne Petersen (bj); Mogens Seidelin (b); Ib Lindschouw (dr). Recorded March 24 and 25, 1959 in Copenhagen.

1. The Old Rugged Cross 6:35

(trad. arr. Papa Bue) (GL. talking)

2. Now Is the Hour 4:06

3. Martha 4:06 (take 2)

(George Lewis)

4. In the Sweet Bye and Bye 4:00 (take 2)

(trad. arr. Papa Bue)

5. Listen to the Mocking Bird 4:35

(trad. arr. Papa Bue)

6. The Old Spinning Wheel 4:31

(Billy Hill)

7. Silver Threads Among the Gold 3:35

(trad. arr. Papa Bue)

8. Isle of Capri 3:41

(Kennedy-Grosz)

9. Mary Wore a Golden Chain 2:37

(trad. arr. Papa Bue) (GL vo)

10. Salutation March 4:26

(trad. arr. Papa Bue)

11. Far Away Blues 3:39

(trad. arr. Papa Bue)

12. You Always Hurt the One You Love 3:26 (take 2)

(Roberts-Fisher)

13. If I Ever Cease to Love 2:14 (take 1)

(trad. arr. Papa Bue)

14. Martha 4:09 (take 1)

(George Lewis)

15. In the Sweet Bye and Bye 4:31 (take 1)

(trad. arr. Papa Bue)

16. You Always Hurt the One You Love 4:50 (take 1)

(trad. arr. Papa Bue)

17. Mary Wore a Golden Chain 2:32 (take 2)

(trad. arr. Papa Bue) (GL vo)

18. If I Ever Cease to Love 2:10 (take 2)

(trad. arr. Papa Bue) (GL talking)

Total time 69:50

CD 7

GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS NEW OREANS JAZZBAND

George Lewis Ragtime Band:

Avery Kid Howard (tp); George Lewis (cl); Jim Robinson (tb); Alton Purnell (p); Lawrence Marreo (bj); Alcide Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr); Monette Moore* (vo) Track 1 – 8. Recorded October 26, 1953, Los Angeles, CA.

Kid Howard (tp); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p); Alcide Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr, vo); Lizzie Miles (vo).

Track 9 - 15 recorded December 27, 1953 at Hangover Club, San Francisco.

Track 16 - 22 recorded January 2, 1954 at Hangover Club, San Francisco.

1. Ice Cream 5:14

(Johnson-Moll-King)

2. Down By the Riverside 2:03

(trad.)

3. Burgundy Street Blues* 4:12

(George Lewis)

4. Panama 4:03

(Tyers)

5. Doctor Jazz 2:57

(Ferdinand Morton)

6. A Closer Walk with Thee 5:07

(trad.)

7. When the Saints Go Marching In 5:14

(trad. arr. George Lewis)

8. Louisana 4:46

(Joe Darensburg)

9. Basin Street Blues 1:22

(Spencer Williams)

10. Climax Rag 3:39

(J.Scott)

11. Mama Don’t Allow 5:10

(Davenport)

12. Bugle Boy March 4:41

(Schoebel-Meyers-Pettis)

13. Bill Bailey 2:55

(Cannon)

14. Muskrat Ramble 2:12

(Kid Ory)

15. Basin Street Blues 0:26

(Spencer Williams)

16. Basin Street Blues 1:27

(Spencer Williams)

17. Dinah 5:50

(Akst-Lewis-Young)

18. High Society 4:03

(Porter-Steele)

19. Old Man Mose 3:02

(Louis Armstrong-Z. T. Randolph)

20. Darktown Strutters Ball 2:31

(Shelton Brooks)

21. Mahogany Hall Stomp 3:15

(Spencer Williams)

22. Basin Street Blues 0:26

(Spencer Williams)

Total time: 74:39

CD 8 GEORGE LEWIS AT THE HANGOVER CLUB 1953

(a) Kid Howard (tp); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p, vo); Lawrence Marrero (bj); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr, vo). Recorded at The Hangover Club, San Francisco, CA. November 21, 1953.

(b) Same personnel and place, Recorded, November 28, 1953.

© Lizzie Miles (vo) acc. by Don McDonald (tp); Joseph Robichaux (p); “Smokey Stover” (dr).

Same place and date as (b).

(d) Same as (a), December 12, 1953.

(e) Same as ©, December 12, 1953.

1. Basin Street Blues 1:20 (d)

(Spencer Williams)

2. Dippermouth Blues 3:41 (d)

(Oliver-Armstrong)

3. Salty Dog 1:53 (e)

(Jackson) (LM vo)

4. Tiger Rag 6:01 (d)

(D.J. La Rocca) (JW vo)

5. Chinatown, My Chinatown 4:35 (d)

(Schwartz-Jerome) (AP vo)

6. Oh, Didn’t He Ramble 3:31 (d)

(W.C.Handy) (JW vo)

7. Sister Kate 3:10 (d)

(A.J.Piron) (LM vo)

8. Dinah 5:57 (a)

(Lewis-Young-Akst) (KH & JW vo)

9. Chimes Blues 8:56 (a)

(Joe Oliver)

10. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee 3:31 (a)

(Gilbert-Muir) (JW vo)

11. That’s a Plenty 2:30 (a)

(Lew Pollack)

12. Li’l Liza Jane 3:57 (b)

(trad. arr, Lewis) (JW/Band vo)

13. Doctor Jazz 6:40 (b)

(Ferdinand Morton) (JW vo)

14. A Good Man Is Hard to Find 4:26 ©

(Green) (LM vo)

15. Down By the Riverside 4:31 (b)

(trad. arr. Lewis) (JW vo)

16. Ice Cream 5:30 (b) (JW vo)

(King-Moll-Johnson)

17. Basin Street Blues 0:33 (b)

(Spencer Williams)

Total time 70:46

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CD 1 STCD 6020

CD 2 STCD 6021

CD 3 STCD 6034 & SLP 195

CD 4 STCD 6024

CD 5 SLP 4116

CD 6 STCD 6018

CD 7 SLP 6014 & SEP 315 – 321 – 322

CD 8 STCD 6025

Box set produced by Anders Stefansen

Engineered by Jørgen Vad

Liner Notes by Chris Albertson

Most of this collection has obviously been on CD before. Only about 2 CDs worth has not been issued on disc. The Elizabeth Eustis material on Disc 3, all of Disc 5 and a handful of tracks on Disc 7 have never been on CD (to the best of my knowledge).

I think this set would be a great addition to anyone's collection who doesn't have much George, and even worthwhile to a Lewis nut like myself if only for those two CDs worth of rare material.

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