This isn’t a recipe post, but who could resist this? (Erin, who dislikes cake, can skip right to the music.)
What follows is absolutely glorious — evoking Louis and Sidney ninety years later, in the Victory Pub, a place I am sure neither of them ever visited. This after-hours session took place on November 5, 2015, as part of the revelry of the Mike Durham Classic Jazz Party.
The people lighting up the darkness are Torstein Kubban, cornet; Thomas Winteler, soprano saxophone; David Boeddinghaus, keyboard; Jacob Ullberger, banjo; Frans Sjostrom, bass saxophone.
CAKE WALKIN’ BABIES FROM HOME:
I know that the original recordings — and the tradition that follows — are somewhat pugnacious, with Bechet and Armstrong each trying to show dominance . . . but this 2015 version evokes the Hot Peaceable Kingdom, with the two lions treating the lambs to Newcastle brown ale after the set. Mixing metaphors wildly, I know, but these wonderful virtuosic players seem more brotherly than combative, united in the great desire to bring light into the darkness.
Two other performances of equal splendor from this evening can be found here and here.
See you at this year’s Party. Even more details to be savored here.
There’ll be cake.
May your happiness increase!
JAZZ LIVES 