The New York Sessions 1926-1935
Eddie Lang
Frankie Trumbauer, King Oliver, Clarence Williams, Lonnie Johnson, Texas Alexander, Bix Beiderbecke
JSP (UK), 2003
4 CD
Catalogue #: 916
EAN: 0788065901622
UPC: 788065901622
You save: 20%
Personnel includes: Eddie Lang (guitar); Joe Venuti (violin); Texas Alexnader (vocals); Frankie Traumbauer (C-melody saxophone); Bix Beiderbecke (cornet, piano); King Oliver (trumpet); Clarence Williams (piano); Lonnie Johnson (guitar).
Recorded between 1926 & 1935.
Tracklist
Eddie Lang
Lang's playing appeared on more recordings than any other single guitarist in the 1920s. His fluid style was dazzlingly inventive and can be traced through the history of the electric guitar, with players like T-Bone Walker and Jimi Hendrix owing him a debt. Who knows what the groundbreaking guitarist might have accomplished had he not perished during a routine operation in 1933 at age 30.
Lonnie Johnson
In contrast to such contemporary country blues musicians as Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charley Patton, guitarist Lonnie Johnson performed a sophisticated, jazz-inflected blues. Active throughout most of the 20th century, he left a profound imprint on blues history, influencing such diverse giants as Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Charlie Christian, and B.B. King.
Bix Beiderbecke
Though he was a white kid from Iowa, cornetist Bix Beiderbecke immediately connected to the 1920s jazz sounds coming out of the south from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Kid Ory. Coming into adulthood he fashioned his own highly influential style informed by those sounds, and became known as one the key jazz figures working in New York and Chicago. Bix's approach has been said to have prefigured the "cool jazz" sound that would become popular 20 years later. He also composed a few highly regarded piano pieces influenced by French classical music, and gained notoriety as a member of Paul Whiteman's band, but all his promise and talent was sadly snuffed out at the tender age of 28. Though he wasn't around for long, Beiderbecke made enough of a mark to become a seminal artist in the history of jazz.
