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Wild\u003c\/em\u003e traces the early years of one of America's most celebrated entertainers of the 20th century. Known to generations for his cries of \"Is everybody happy?\", before he became the High-Hatted Tragedian of Song, Ted Lewis led one of the most popular and successful jazz bands in the country. From New York to Chicago to San Francisco, in the early 1920s Lewis was hailed as the \"King of Jazz,\" and his recordings of the period reveal a vitality and freshness that continues to delight and engage listeners a century later. This first-ever CD retrospective of Lewis's early years as leader of a jazz band was produced with the cooperation of the Ted Lewis Museum and features a number of previously unreleased recordings from unique test pressings in the Museum's archives. 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Ted Lewis and His Jazz Band

Runnin' Wild: The Early Years (1919-1926)

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Runnin' Wild traces the early years of one of America's most celebrated entertainers of the 20th century. Known to generations for his cries of "Is everybody happy?", before he became the High-Hatted Tragedian of Song, Ted Lewis led one of the most popular and successful jazz bands in the country. From New York to Chicago to San Francisco, in the early 1920s Lewis was hailed as the "King of Jazz," and his recordings of the period reveal a vitality and freshness that continues to delight and engage listeners a century later. This first-ever CD retrospective of Lewis's early years as leader of a jazz band was produced with the cooperation of the Ted Lewis Museum and features a number of previously unreleased recordings from unique test pressings in the Museum's archives. All recordings have been freshly transferred from original discs and the CD is supplemented by a handsome 40-page color booklet with extensive notes by Lewis expert (and Grammy nominee) Mark Berresford, based on decades of original research. 80 minutes.

Rivermont catalogue number: BSW-1164 (Audio CD)


Track list:

1.
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
2.
When My Baby Smiles at Me
3.
The Hula Blues
4.
That Riga-Liga-Lee
5.
Queen of Sheba
6.
Sally, Won't You Come Back?
7.
Home Again Blues
8.
Down the Old Church Isle
9.
Hot Lips
10.
Bees' Knees
11.
Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam)
12.
Runnin' Wild
13.
Tiger Rag
14.
Aunt Hagar's Blues
15.
Wet Yo' Thumb
16.
Beale Street Mama
17.
Twelfth Street Rag
18.
Steppin' Out
19.
San
20.
She's Everybody's Sweetheart
21.
There'll Be Some Changes Made
22.
Eccentric
23.
Rose Marie
24.
I Ain't Got Nobody to Love
25.
I Like Pie, I Like Cake, But I Like You Best of All
26.
Ah-ha!
27.
Bring Back Those Minstrel Days

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Christian Mann

This is excellent music to listen to.

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Barry McCanna
EVERYBODY'S HAPPY!

This Rivermont CD is set in the period 1919 to 1926; it opens with Ted Lewis’ first issued recording, and includes no fewer than six unissued tests. Ted’s vaudevillian style, both playing and singing, is apparent from the outset, and takes some getting used to if you’re not familiar with it. The earliest tracks seem constrained by a rigid 4/4 rhythm, but things began to loosen up as the band developed its own highly idiosyncratic style, and include a higher percentage of jazz-oriented numbers in its repertoire.. It’s apparent from the inclusion of trumpeter Dave Klein and trombonist George Brunies, the latter from the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, that Lewis’ predilection for jazz began earlier than is often attributed. Several well-known numbers are played more slowly than we’re used to hearing them, and the growls in “Tiger Rag” are supplied not by trombone but sousaphone. Given the age and rarity of the original recordings, and also that all but the last was made using the acoustic process, Nick Dellow has performed a remarkable feat of restoration. This is a fascinating survey of the formative years of the band, enjoyment of which is enhanced by the accompanying 44-page illustrated booklet by Mark Berresford, an authority on the life and work of this important bandleader.

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