''Pure Dixieland'' is a mostly instrumental album of traditional
New Orleans classics, from an
ensemble of New Orleans
jazz masters, including a young
Harry Connick Jr
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host. He has sold over 28million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling male artists in the Uni ...
at the age of eleven.
The album was originally released in 1979, titled ''Pure Dixieland''. It was re-released in November 1992 as ''Eleven''.
25 (1992) Harry Connick Jr.
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Track listing
#" Sweet Georgia Brown" (Maceo Pinkard
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, Kenneth Casey, Ben Bernie) – 4:39
#"Tin Roof Blues
"Tin Roof Blues" is a jazz composition by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings first recorded in 1923. It was written by band members Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies and Leon Roppolo. The tune has become a jazz standard and is one o ...
" (Walter Melrose, Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel
Mel Stitzel (January 9, 1902 – December 31, 1952) was a German-born pianist best known for his work with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, a leading jazz band of the early 1920s. The leading members of the group including cornetist Paul Mares, tromb ...
) – 2:55
#" Wolverine Blues" ( Jelly Roll Morton, Benjamin Spikes, John Spikes) – 3:06
#"Jazz Me Blues" (Tom Delaney) – 3:04
#"Doctor Jazz
"Doctor Jazz" is a popular tune and song written by Joe "King" Oliver in 1926.
Publisher Walter Melrose got his name on it as co-composer, as was often his practice. It enjoyed its initial popularity in the 1920s. It continues to be played by Dixi ...
" ( Joe "King" Oliver, Melrose) – 3:27
#" Muskrat Ramble" ( Ray Gilbert, Kid Ory) – 2:39
#"Lazy River
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" ( Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin
Sidney Arnandan or Arnondrin or Arnondin, better known as Sidney Arodin (March 29, 1901, Westwego, Louisiana - February 6, 1948, New Orleans) was an American jazz clarinetist and songwriter, best known for co-writing the pop standard " Lazy River" ...
) – 2:48
#"Joe Avery's Piece" ( Traditional) – 3:11
#" Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" ( Joe Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) – 2:46
Musicians
*Harry Connick Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host. He has sold over 28million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling male artists in the Uni ...
– piano, vocals on "Doctor Jazz"
*Jim Duggan – trombone
*Liston Johnson – clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound.
Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
*Freddie Kohlman
Louis Freddie Kohlman (August 25, 1918 – September 29, 1990, aged 72) was an American jazz drummer, vocalist, and bandleader who was a native of New Orleans. He studied under the famed drummer Louis Cottrell, Sr., and Manuel Manetta.
Biography ...
– drums
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* Walter Payton – bass
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* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
*Tedd Riley – trumpet
References
External links
''Eleven'', at harryconnickjr.com
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1979 albums
1992 albums
Harry Connick Jr. albums