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Paul Asaro and The Fat Babies

Sweet Jazz Music: The Music of Jelly Roll Morton

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The Fat Babies are a seven-piece jazz band who play the classic styles of the 1920s and 1930s. "Few ensembles today play early-period jazz as authentically and exuberantly as the Fat Babies," writes Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune. For this disc, the Fat Babies' pianist, Paul Asaro, takes center stage for a collection of pieces composed by or associated with Jelly Roll Morton. The arrangements and performances are inspired by Morton's classic "Red Hot Peppers" recordings though some, like "Spanish Swat," "Tiger Rag," and "Croc-O-Dile Cradle," went unrecorded by Morton's Red Hot Peppers. These are stunning performances recorded in brilliant modern sound. The Fat Babies are Paul Asaro (piano and vocals), Andy Schumm (cornet and alto sax), John Otto (clarinet), Dave Bock (trombone), Jake Sanders (banjo and guitar), Beau Sample (string bass and tuba), Alex Hall (drums). CD and LP include an illustrated booklet with liner notes by Paul Asaro. 48 minutes.

Rivermont catalogue number: BSW-2238 (Audio CD) / BLV-2238 (Vinyl LP record)


Track list:

1.
Black Bottom Stomp
2.
New Orleans Bump
3.
Freakish
4.
Doctor Jazz
5.
Croc-o-Dile Cradle
6.
Shoe Shiner's Drag
7.
Bert Williams
8.
Georgia Swing
9.
State and Madison
10.
Boogaboo
11.
Buffalo Blues
12.
Spanish Swat
13.
Tiger Rag
14.
Sweet Jazz Music

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M.W.
Great CD, but where's the rest of it?

I'd like to give the music 6 out of 5, but the CD as a whole is lucky to get 4 stars -- it's only 48 minutes! The About page proclaims "Most Rivermont CDs feature at least an hour of music", but not this one. Come on Bryan, where's the rest of it?

Paul Asaro & the Fat Babies superbly blend tightly rehearsed ensemble work with the spontaneous vitality of small-group jazz.

However, the CD is let down by one or two production issues: on tracks 1 and 8, the clarinet solo is too low in the mix, drowned out by the plunking of the banjo. Sounds like a banjo solo with clarinet accompaniment.

Speaking of the clarinet, I'm surprised to see from the band's photo, that John Otto plays a Boehm system -- in the interests of authenticity, I thought he'd play Albert system, like Morton's clarinettist, Omer Simeon.

I'm glad there's just the one track on which Mr Asaro felt the need to sing ;-)

H
Haniel
Wow!

I admit, I've never really taken the time to listen to Jelly Roll Morton - but I think Mr. Asaro and his group has changed that.

B
Barry McCanna
SWEET AND HOT

Paul Asaro’s previous Rivermont CD was a tribute to Fats Waller, which I enthused about at the time, and “Sweet Jazz Music” The Music of Jelly Roll Morton , a reconstruction of Morton’s Red Hot Peppers, is equally sensational. Morton was an extrovert, and that came across in his compositions, which reflected the various influences he’d absorbed growing up in New Orleans. Paul’s vibrant arrangements include not only Morton’s recordings, but also a previously unknown composition by him, and the application of his methods to a jazz standard which he never recorded. The musicians play with obvious delight, recapturing the frisson that the original recordings generated, and the result is a triumph, in stunning sound quality.

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