Firehouse Five Plus Two - The Firehouse Five Plus Two Story

Artist:

Firehouse Five Plus Two

UPC:

025218225526

Description:

Firehouse Five Plus Two: Danny Alguire (trumpet); Ward Kimball (trombone, vocals, sound effects); Ed Penner (tuba, bass saxophone); John Lucas, Clarke Mallery, Tom Sharpsteen, George Probert (clarinet); Frank Thomas (piano, celeste); Harper Goff, Dick Roberts (banjo); Jim MacDonald, Monte Mountjoy, Jerry Hamm (drums).
Producers: Lester Koenig, Robert D. Kirstein and Neshuhi Ertegun.
Engineers: Lowell Frank, Val Valentin, Roy DuNann, Seth Perkins, John Palladino.
Recorded between 1949 and 1954. Originally released on Good Time Jazz as 3 titles "The Firehouse Five Plus Two Story" Vol. 1 (12010), Vol. 2 (12011), and Vol. 3 (12012). Includes original release liner notes by Lester Koenig.
Digitally remastered by Gary Hobish (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
This double CD reissues the first three LPs by the Firehouse Five Plus Two, a very popular Dixieland group in the 1950s. In addition to trombonist Ward Kimball (who occasionally lets loose on a siren), the main soloists are generally trumpeter Danny Alguire and either Clarke Mallery, Tom Sharpsteen, or George Probert on clarinet. The spirited jamming mixes together standards, a few obscurities, and an occasional original (including "Firehouse Stomp," "Fireman`s Lament," and "Firechief Rag"). Although not exactly innovative, the music is quite fun and easily recommended to Dixieland fans. ~ Scott Yanow

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Firehouse Stomp
2. Everybody Loves My Baby
3. Pagan Love Song
4. San
5. Fireman`s Lament
6. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
7. Yes Sir! That`s My Baby
8. Red Hot River Valley
9. Riverside Blues
10. Brass Bell
11. World Is Waiting For the Sunrise, The
12. Tiger Rag
13. Frankie and Johnny
14. Sweet Georgia Brown
15. Sobbin` Blues
16. Just a Stomp at Twilight
17. Down Where the Sun Goes Down
18. St. Louis Blues

DISC 2:

1. 12th Street Rag
2. Copenhagen
3. Wabash Blues
4. Firechief Rag
5. Lonesome Mama Blues
6. Who Walks in When I Walk Out
7. Chinatown, My Chinatown
8. South
9. Lonesome Railroad Blues
10. Show Me the Way to the Fire
11. Lovin` Sam
12. When You Wore a Tulip
13. Five Foot Two
14. San Antonio Rose
15. Southern Comfort
16. I`ve Been Floating Down the Old Green River
17. Mississippi Rag
18. Runnin` Wild

Album Information

Release Date:

12/06/1991

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Dixieland

Label:

Good Time Jazz

Catalog Number:

22055

Original Release Year:

1991

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

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