The Ultimate Jazz Archive CD22 – Washboard Rhythm Kings [1933] [2005]
The Ultimate Jazz Archive CD22 – Washboard Rhythm Kings [1933] [2005]
01.Swing Gate 02.Hustlin’ And Bustlin’ For Baby 03.Going! Going! Gone 04.A Ghost Of A Chance 05.Midnight Rythm 06.Shuffle Off To Buffalo 07.The Coming Home Of Hi-De-Hoo 08.Sophisticated Lady 09.Nobody’s Sweetheart 10.My Pretty Girl 11.Dinah 12.Bug-A-Boo 13.Happy As The Day Is Long 14.I Would If I Could But I Can’t 15.Hard Corn 16.Hot Nuts 17.Shoutin’ In The Amen Corner 18.Move Turtle 19.I Want To Ring Bells
The Washboard Rhythm Kings (which had different personnel on each session) played jubilant jazz that defied the soothing musical trend of the early Depression years, featuring a washboard player and usually a couple of horns along with spirited group vocals. The emphasis was on basic goodtime music that fell between Dixieland and swing. It debuted as the Alabama Washboard Stompers in 1930, became The Washboard Rhythm Kings in 1931, and by 1934-1935 was known as the Georgia Washboard Stompers. Some of the personnel have never been identified, but among the known players are guitarist Teddy Bunn; trumpeters Taft Jordan and Valaida Snow; singer Leo Watson; and such regulars as singer Jake Fenderson, Steve Washington on banjo and vocals, and Ben Smith on clarinet and alto. ---Scot Yanow, Rovi