Bay City Jazz Band Discography of CDs

Bay City Jazz Band discography The original Bay City Jazz Band lineup was only a footnote in the history of Dixieland; formed in 1955, the outfit recorded two LPs for Good Time Jazz (whose catalog is now owned by Fantasy) before breaking up in 1957. But they were an enjoyable footnote, and tuba player Mike Waldbridge (of Salty Dogs fame) thought enough of their work to assemble a new BCJB lineup 45 years after the original lineup's demise. In early 2002, Waldbridge recruited two members of the old '50s band (trumpeter Everett Farey and drummer Lloyd Byassee) and united them with several Dixieland veterans who had belonged to the Salty Dogs at some point, including trumpeter Bob Neighbor, banjo player Jack Kuncl, pianist John Cooper, and the late trombonist Jim Snyder. Waldbridge's ...

Bay City Jazz Band songs The Bay City Jazz Band at the time of this, their debut recording, were on average between 21 and 25 years of age. Firmly entrenched as standard-bearers of the San Francisco scene started a few years earlier by Lu Watters' Yerba Buene Jazz Band, the BCJB were masters of ensemble playing, blending in a way that few trad Dixieland bands seldom accomplish. The band shines brightly on Louis Armstrong's "My Heart," "Alligator Blues," and "Potato Head Blues." Given equally fine treatment are King Oliver's "Doctor Jazz," and "Snake Rag." Though not a big name, the ...

Bay City Jazz Band CD discography Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). The Bay City Jazz Band was one of the first Dixieland groups to be heavily influenced by the two-cornet sound of Lu Watters's Yerba Buena Jazz Band. This CD reissues the second of their two recordings and was cut shortly before the group broke up. Rather than copy Lu Watters, the Bay City Jazz Band used his group as the basis for their sound but came up with fresh arrangements to the dozen trad jazz standards that they perform on this date. Although the band did ...

Bay City Jazz Band CD discography Track Listing of songs: Basin Street Blues; St. Louis Blues; Chrysanthemum; Ain't Gonna Give None of My Jelly Roll; New Orleans Stomp; Panama; Martinique; Satanic Blues; High Society; If I Had You; Sweet Georgia Brown; Eh La Bas!; Streets of the City; Mandy Make Up Your Mind; West End Blues; Yellow Dog Blues; Harlem Nocturne;