Bay City Jazz Band - Alligator Crawl (CD)

The Bay City Jazz Band recorded two LPs for the Good Time Jazz label in the 1950s. That's the same label that issued Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, the band that started the west coast traditional jazz revival scene and influenced numerous groups including the Bay City Jazz Band. Three original Bay City members are on board: Everett Farey on trumpet, John Boland on clarinet and Lloyd Byassee on drums. They are joined by Chicago area musicians Bob Neighbor on trumpet, Jim Snyder on trombone, John Cooper on piano, Jack Kuncl on banjo, Mike Walbridge on tuba and guest vocalist (on one song) Grana Louise. The band played on three consecutive nights prior to this recording, so they really swing.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. 1919 Rag
2. Antigua Blues
3. Come Back Sweet Papa
4. Misery Blues
5. Potato Head Blues
6. London Blues
7. Mabel's Dream
8. You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
9. Buddy's Habit
10. See See Rider
11. Alligator Crawl
12. House of David Blues
13. Riverside Blues
14. Willie the Weeper
15. Gulf Coast Blues
16. Weary Blues