Andy Schumm is a generous person and musician, and when given a block of time, congenial musical friends, and a receptive audience, he doesn't spare himself.
What follows is the first set of a Bix Beiderbecke-themed morning concert at the 2010 Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival, recorded on July 10, 2010.
Andy played cornet and piano; his colleagues were Paul Munnery, trombone; Norman Field, reeds and persiflage; Paul Asaro, piano; Jacob Ullberger, banjo and guitar; Frans Sjostrom, bass saxophone; Josh Duffee, drums.
They began with MARGIE—we're always thinking of her, too:
Then a romantic version of I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME (one of those songs that Andy—and I—would have loved to hear Bix play and record):
BIRMINGHAM BERTHA was a pop-jazz hit of 1929 or so, with recorded performances by Ethel Waters and Miff Mole, among others (with Josh Duffee bringing Stan King back):
JAZZ ME BLUES remains a Hot classic:
LOUISE (my request to Andy) is so pretty—whether done by Bix, Bing and the Rhythm Boys, or Lester Young and Teddy Wilson:
MY PET comes close to being a “naughty" song . . . all that heavy petting meant something then:
BLUE RIVER retains its essential melancholy:
KING PORTER STOMP takes us out of the Bix-and-Tram orbit to a parallel universe in 1924, the world where Joe Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton could find themselves playing this in duet—thankfully, in front of a microphone:
Finally, a jubliant exultation of good luck (or is it Horticultural Optimism?)—I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER:
There's a Second Set and a Third Set to come!
What follows is the first set of a Bix Beiderbecke-themed morning concert at the 2010 Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival, recorded on July 10, 2010.
Andy played cornet and piano; his colleagues were Paul Munnery, trombone; Norman Field, reeds and persiflage; Paul Asaro, piano; Jacob Ullberger, banjo and guitar; Frans Sjostrom, bass saxophone; Josh Duffee, drums.
They began with MARGIE—we're always thinking of her, too:
Then a romantic version of I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME (one of those songs that Andy—and I—would have loved to hear Bix play and record):
BIRMINGHAM BERTHA was a pop-jazz hit of 1929 or so, with recorded performances by Ethel Waters and Miff Mole, among others (with Josh Duffee bringing Stan King back):
JAZZ ME BLUES remains a Hot classic:
LOUISE (my request to Andy) is so pretty—whether done by Bix, Bing and the Rhythm Boys, or Lester Young and Teddy Wilson:
MY PET comes close to being a “naughty" song . . . all that heavy petting meant something then:
BLUE RIVER retains its essential melancholy:
KING PORTER STOMP takes us out of the Bix-and-Tram orbit to a parallel universe in 1924, the world where Joe Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton could find themselves playing this in duet—thankfully, in front of a microphone:
Finally, a jubliant exultation of good luck (or is it Horticultural Optimism?)—I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER:
There's a Second Set and a Third Set to come!
