Preservation Hall Jazz Band
“Sweet Emma And Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band”
$25.00

A striking performer and a salty personality, Emma Barrett began playing the piano bars and dance halls of New Orleans in 1910 at just twelve years old. This exciting recording, the first album to be produced by Preservation Hall, features Sweet Emma and her band live in performance at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis on October 18, 1964.

TRACK LISTING:
DISC ONE
01. BASIN STREET BLUES
02. CLARINET MARMALADE
03. BILL BAILEY
04. CHIMES BLUES
05. JOE AVERY
06. JOE AVERY STORY
07. CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
08. DIDN'T HE RAMBLE
09. I'M ALONE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
10. WEARY BLUES
11. A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
12. PANAMA

DISC TWO
01. MILENBERG JOYS
02. ST. JAMES INFIRMARY
03. LITTLE LIZA JANE
04. WHENEVER YOU'RE LONESOME
05. DO LORD
06. ORIGINAL DIXIE ONESTEP
07. YELLOW DOG BLUES
08. DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
09. ICE CREAM
10. WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
11. BASIN STREET

Percy Humphrey, trumpet
Big Jim Robinson, trombone
Josiah “Cie” Frazier, drums
Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau, bass
Sweet Emma Barrett, piano
Emanuel Sayles, banjo
Willie Hmphrey, clarinet

Recorded October 18, 1964 at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater - Minneapolis, MN
Produced by Allan Jaffe
Reissue by Benjamin Jaffe