Goose Pimples

• Artist: Tommy Ladnier
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• Release Date: June 22, 1999
• Total Time: 69:26
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

New Orleans-born trumpeter Tommy Ladnier is honored here with a chronologically stacked retrospective covering the years 1926-1939. While a few examples from his earlier work (1924-1925) with Jelly Roll Morton, Lovie Austin, and Sam Wooding would have been nice, the selections on Goose Pimples were obviously intended to showcase Ladnier's mature style, from the Fletcher Henderson sides of 1926 and 1927 through the rowdy New Orleans Feetwarmers session of 1932 and various 1938 recordings by both Ladnier's own band and the one he co-led with clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow. (Too bad they didn't include Fletcher Henderson's 1926 recording of Mel Stitzel's "The Chant," a fascinating performance with lots of Ladnier.) The album closes with a fine blues performed by Rosetta Crawford & Her Hep Cats, a tight little band with Ladnier and Mezzrow in front of a rhythm section anchored by pianist James P. Johnson. An excellent compilation, packed with richly rewarding traditional jazz. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Henderson Stomp	Fletcher Henderson	Fletcher Henderson	(2:54)
Rocky Mountain Blues	Fletcher Henderson	Fletcher Henderson	(2:49)
Tozo!	Fletcher Henderson, Cowdry	Fletcher Henderson	(3:00)
St. Louis Shuffle	Fats Waller, Jack Pettis, J. Pettis	Fletcher Henderson	(2:53)
I'm Coming Virginia	Donald Heywood, Will Marion Cook	Fletcher Henderson	(3:08)
Goose Pimples	Jo Trent, Fletcher Henderson	The Dixie Stompers	(3:03)
Hop Off	Spencer Williams, Fats Waller	Jimmy Harrison, Fletcher Henderson, Tommy Ladnier	(2:58)
Sweetie Dear	Joe Jordan, Tommy Ladnier	The New Orleans Feetwarmers	(2:51)
I've Found a New Baby	Spencer Williams	The New Orleans Feetwarmers	(3:14)
Shag	Sidney Bechet	The New Orleans Feetwarmers, Wilson Myers, Tommy Ladnier	(3:08)
Ja-Da	Bob Carlton	The Orchestra, Tommy Ladnier	(2:54)
Really the Blues	Mezz Mezzrow	Tommy Ladnier	(3:38)
When You and I Were Young, Maggie	James Austin Butterfield, George Washington Johnson	Tommy Ladnier	(2:44)
Weary Blues	Artie Matthews	Tommy Ladnier	(3:03)
Revolutionary Blues	Mezz Mezzrow	Mezz Mezzrow	(2:46)
Comin' on with the Come On, Pt. 1	Mezz Mezzrow	Tommy Ladnier	(3:29)
Comin' on with the Come On, Pt. 2	Mezz Mezzrow	Mezz Mezzrow	(3:02)
Royal Garden Blues	Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams	Mezz Mezzrow	(3:09)
Everybody Loves My Baby	Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams	Mezz Mezzrow	(2:27)
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll	Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams	Mezz Mezzrow	(3:01)
If You See Me Comin'	Mezz Mezzrow, Teddy Bunn	Tommy Ladnier, Mezz Mezzrow, Teddy Bunn	(3:06)
Gettin' Together	Sonny Boy Williamson, Mezz Mezzrow, Art Pepper	Mezz Mezzrow	(2:48)
My Man Jumped Salty on Me	Perry Bradford	Rosetta Crawford, Hep Cats, Tommy Ladnier	(3:21)

Credits

Teddy Bunn (Guitar), Don Redman (Clarinet), Fats Waller (Piano), June Cole (Bass), Don Redman (Sax (Alto)), Charlie Dixon (Banjo), Zutty Singleton (Drums), Sidney Bechet (Sax (Alto)), Coleman Hawkins (Sax (Bass)), Tommy Ladnier (Trumpet), Buster Bailey (Sax (Soprano)), Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall (Drums), Mezz Mezzrow (Sax (Tenor)), Jerome Pasquall (Clarinet), Charlie Dixon (Guitar), Coleman Hawkins (Sax (Tenor)), Rosetta Crawford (Performer), Charlie Green (Trombone), Coleman Hawkins (Sax (Baritone)), Cliff Jackson (Piano), James P. Johnson (Piano), Mezz Mezzrow (Clarinet), Wilson Myers (Bass), Buster Bailey (Sax (Alto)), Morris Morand (Drums), Jerome Pasquall (Sax (Alto)), Teddy Nixon (Trombone), Bobby Stark (Trumpet), The Orchestra (Performer), Joe "Fox" Smith (Cornet), Coleman Hawkins (Clarinet), Manzie Johnson (Drums), Sidney Bechet (Clarinet), The New Orleans Feetwarmers (Performer), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), Russell Smith (Trumpet), Pops Foster (Bass), Buster Bailey (Clarinet), Henry Duncan (Piano), Elmer James (Bass), The Dixie Stompers (Performer), Jimmy Harrison (Trombone), Hep Cats (Performer), Tommy Ladnier (Cornet)