I’ve fallen behind in my Morton studies, but Professors Oliver (piano) and Horniblow (reeds) of the Complete Morton Project are forgiving. So here’s a hot half-dozen.
GEORGIA SWING (in a performance that has some of the dash of the 1928 WEATHER BIRD to it):
GET THE BUCKET (with compact glee-club vocals):
The poignant IF SOMEONE WOULD ONLY LOVE ME:
Was Mabel FUSSY or simply sensitive? The label calls her “Meticulosa,” which sounds better. We can’t know, but hear this:
Wow, here’s PRETTY LIL (who had a better press agent than Mabel, I guess):
Finally, the floral-sounding PRIMROSE STOMP:
And leave us not forget the Vitality Five’s July e-78:
I have a small collection of 78s, but I applaud e-78s as well: they don’t break and take up less space. And when one has to move, there’s none of that lower back pain. Highly recommended.
May your happiness increase!
Beautiful.. What talent.
There is a powerful, wonderful array of music coming from that piano and clarinet! If you don’t like this you don’t appreciate great musicians like Horniblow and Oliver! I sure do!! Thank you NM