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 Cornetist Christ Tyle leads a fine group of musicians assembled in New
Orleans to pay homage to one of that city's and classic jazz's
hottest cornetists, the great Freddie Keppard. Chris Tyle has a
special talent for playing in the essential style of the cornet
icons of classic jazz, e.g. Bunk Johnson on Stomp Off CD
1258 and King Oliver on Stomp Off CD 1298. Here he captures
Keppard's powerful raggy style on a program of especially
appealing tunes that are from the period Freddie Keppard played,
some of which he recorded and some that he likely played with Doc
Cook's Dreamland Orchestra or Cookie's Gingersnaps, The
inspiration is Freddie Keppard - the jazz is hot and entertaining.
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Record Label: Stomp Off Records 1311
Total Time: 73:34
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Tracks on
'Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man'
| 1. Memphis Blues [4:18] | | | 2. Tackin' 'em Down [3:41] | | | 3. Blame It On the Blues [3:27] | | | 4. Mister Johnson [4:27] | | | 5. Indianola [3:16] | | | 6. Kansas City Blues [4:08] | | | 7. Play that Barber Shop Chord [5:01] | | | 8. Sweetie Dear [3:05] | | | 9. That's a Plenty [2:58] | | | 10. Weary Blues [4:55] | | | 11. Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man [3:50] | | | 12. My Daddy Rocks Me [5:42] |  Preview | | 13. Messin' Around [2:52] | Preview | | 14. My Baby Knows How [2:33] | | | 15. Blue Grass Blues [2:34] | | | 16. Flamin' Mamie [4:22] | | | 17. Deep Henderson [5:46] | | | 18. Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now [3:05] | | | 19. St.louis Shuffle [3:34] | |
Reviews:
The Mississippi Rag, May 1999, Bill Mitchell:
This is the third in a series of Chris Tyle's Stomp Off tributes
to the great New Orleans cornetists. Tyle has an astonishing
knack for emulating the great horn men. Previous honorees were
Bunk Johnson (The Smiler) and King Oliver (Sugar Blues).
Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man pays tribute to Freddie
Keppard (1889-1933), a somewhat less well known but certainly
worthy New Orleanian. Keppard grew up in the neighborhood
which later was nicknamed "Storyville" and began his career
playing in the "tonks" of the area. Tyle wrote the thoroughly
researched liner notes to this CD, in which he traces Keppard's
career from New Orleans to California to Chicago, where he spend his
last years.
The tunes have been grouped with respect to the principal bands
of Keppard's career, beginning with bassist Bill Johnson's Creole
Band, which he went to California to join in 1914. The first ten
cuts listed above are from this period. "Memphis Blues" may
well have been played by the Creole Band, and the Silver
Leaf Jazz Band recreates the pre-jazz, ragtime band style of
the day. "Memphis Blues," for example, is rendered with the
calculated angularity characteristic of pre-World War I
performances. "Blame It on the Blues," that wonderful rag by
Charles L. Cooke (Doc Cook), is taken at a graceful, leisurely
temp that invites dancing. "Indianola" is one of those Amerind
tunes that were in vogue early in the century, and to my
knowledge has not been previously recorded. The Joe Jordan song
"Sweetie Dear" was taken at a hell-for-leather tempo by Sidney
Bechet in his 1932 Victor session, but SLJB puts the brakes on
it, bringing out its appealing melodic elements at a tempo it was
no doubt meant to be played.
The second group contains three numbers honoring "The Jazz
Cardinals," a band Keppard put together for his famous Paramount
sessions in the mid-Twenties. "Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man" is
an old favorite of Keppard fans. "My Daddy Rocks Me" was popular
in Chicago during that era, as was "Messin' Around" (the
one written by Doc Cook and Johnny St. Cyr).
The last six numbers listed pay homage to Cookie's Gingersnaps, a
small band led by Doc Cook, featuring Keppard on cornet. Since
Cook was on friendly terms with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra of
Kansas City and did some arranging for them, Tyle chose a few
of these late "Roaring Twenties" arrangements to round out
the program. If "Deep Henderson" sounds a bit familiar,
that's because King Oliver used Cook's arrangement when he
recorded it.
Personnel on the three SLJB releases to date has varied, but
three of the musicians have been on each session: cornetist Tyle,
of course, pianist Steve Pistorius, and drummer Hal Smith. Rounding out
the band for this third session are Orange Kellin, clarinet;
Tom Fischer, alto sax; Mike Owen, trombone; and two-thirds of
Bo Grumpus - Craig Ventresco, guitar, banjo; and Mary
Eggers, string bass. With Pistorius, Smith, and "Bogrum" (two
thirds of Bo Grumpus, right?), you're not likely to find a
better rhythm section. All three of Tyle's SLJB CDs are among
the most replayed in my collection, which ought to tell you
something.
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