Harlem Banjo

• Artist: Elmer Snowden Quartet with Cliff Jackson
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• Release Date: December 09, 1960
• Total Time: 37:37
• Type: Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

Banjoist Elmer Snowden only led two albums in the LP era, and his OJC CD reissue is his best showcase. Snowden, who is joined by pianist Cliff Jackson, bassist Tommy Bryant, and drummer Jimmy Crawford, is the lead voice throughout the dozen standards, all of which date from the 1920s or '30s. Snowden's banjo style is a lost art, and this is his definitive recording. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills	Elmer Snowden	(2:43)
Doin' the New Low Down	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	Elmer Snowden	(3:30)
Runnin' Wild	Joe Grey, Harrington Gibbs, Leo Wood, Arthur Gibbs, Traditional	Elmer Snowden	(3:27)
Diga Diga Doo	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	Elmer Snowden	(2:23)
Them There Eyes	Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey	Elmer Snowden	(2:50)
Tishomingo Blues	Spencer Williams	Elmer Snowden	(4:09)
C Jam Blues	Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington	Elmer Snowden	(2:55)
Sweet Georgia Brown	Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard, Ben Bernie	Elmer Snowden	(3:21)
Alabamy Bound	Bud Green, Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva	Elmer Snowden	(2:06)
Twelfth Street Rag	Euday L. Bowman	Elmer Snowden	(3:35)
Bugle Call Rag	Elmer Schoebel, Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis	Elmer Snowden	(3:56)
Dear Old Southland	Henry Creamer, Turner Layton	Elmer Snowden	(2:42)

Credits

Jimmy Crawford (Drums), Jimmy Crawford (?), Elmer Snowden (Performer), Cliff Jackson (?), Chris Albertson (Liner Notes), Tommy Bryant (Bass), Tommy Bryant (?), Elmer Snowden (Banjo), Ray Fowler (Engineer), Cliff Jackson (Piano), Cliff Jackson (Performer), Chris Albertson (Producer)