Introducing ..The Original Wildcat Jass Band

The most recent addition to the TJR playlist is the Original Wildcat Jass Band from Arizona, USA. The band members are Kelland Thomas (soprano sax) Martin Patfield (trumpet) Rob Boone (trombone) Michael Harrison (trumpet) Rob Wright (banjo) Kelly Thomas (tuba) and Dan Kruse (drums). The band presents a Dixieland musical dish of Muskrat ramble, Some of these days, Dinah, That's a plenty, Tin roof blues, Struttin' with some BBQ, My buckets gotta whole in it, The St. James infirmary blues, Tiger Rag, Basin Street blues, Margie, Blues my naughty sweetie gave to me, Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?, Once in a while and Indianna.
The CD can be ordered via the band's website at www.WildcatJass.com. as well as providing background and booking information.
This is a professionaly recorded CD and has informative liner notes by Prof. Jeffrey Haskell, the professor of music at the University of Arizona.

Rod Mason's Hot Five

This time I feature a new CD from my regular band, Rod Mason's Hot Five. The CD was recorded in live at a concert in Kornwestheim, Germany early January this year and features my friends Rod Mason (cornet and vocal) John Mortimer (trombone) Andy Leggett (clarinet and saxs) Ralf Peyer (piano) Clive Fenton (sousaphone) and myself Sean Moyses on banjo.
The tiles on the CD are:- Panama rag, Higher ground, Yellow dog, Halle Halelujah, Poor papa, Chicago breakdown, That's my home, Georgia swing, Just a little while to stay, Bye bye blues, Blueberry hill, Way down yonder, South and He's a son of the south.
The CD was recorded by Bauer Studios and can be ordered by mailing me via www.SeanMoyses.com.

Barry Tyler's Original Dixieland Jazz Band

"Bouncing around" is the bands fourth album and third CD and features Terry Star (trumpet) Johnny Rogers (clarinet and sax) Bob Alcoe (trombone) Bill Gyford (banjo) John Arthy (sousaphone and double bass) Binky Pollock (vocals) occasional guest Eileen Ford (vocals) and Barry Tyler on drums and percussion. The CD was recorded in 2004 in Safron Waldon, Suffolk, England by Wayne McIntyre and produced by Abrasive Disks.
Titles on the CD are as follows:-Bouncing around, Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? Smiles, Bei mir bist du schön, Dippermouth blues, I cover the waterfront, Riverboat shuffle, 100 years from today, Big boy, I gotta right to sing the blues, 1919 march, Blue room, Up a lazy river and Royal garden blues.
To find out more about the band and CD ordering details go to www.barrytyler.co.uk

The Big Bear Stompers

The Big Bear Stompers were formed in 1989 and model themselves on the great music of Lu Watters and Turk Murphy as well as drawing from the vast pool of wonderful music of the 1920's.
The band members are Ben Cummings (trumpet) Tony Davis (trumpet) Jim Maihack (trombone) Mike Wills (clarinet and soprano sax) Perry Lock (piano) Dave Moorwood (banjo and vocal) Geoff Hull (sousaphone) Tony Isaacs (washboard) and Judy Eames (vocals).
The CD "The bears are back!" was recorded in 2005 by Peter King at P.E.K. sound in the UK and the band can be contacted for jobs and CD orders by the band's website at www.dave-moorwood.co.uk or www.jazz-at-peksound.co.uk
Titles on the CD are Big bear stomp, Bay City, Coal cart blues, Aggravatin' papa, Someone stole Gabriel's horn, Black bottom stomp, Jazzin' babies blues, Melancholy blues, Thick lip stomp, You ain't the one and Friendless blues.