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| 1. | Pick Yourself Up
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| 2. | That's My Home
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| 3. | S'posin'
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| 4. | Medley: It's the Talk of the Town/Chinatown, My Chinatown
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| 5. | Did I Remember
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| 6. | Sweet and Low
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| 7. | Little White Lies
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| 8. | You're a Sweetheart
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| 9. | My Honey's Lovin' Arms
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| 10. | I'm Old Fashioned
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| 11. | That's a Plenty
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| 12. | Just a Kid Named Joe
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| 13. | A Shine on Your Shoes
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| 14. | Dream a Little Dream of Me
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| 15. | The World Is Waiting for the Sunshine
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Jazz
Eddie Erickson-banjo, guitar, vocals
Menno Daams-trumpet, Bill Allred-trombone, Antti Sarpila-clarinet, tenor sax, Rossano Sportiello-piano, Henning Gailing-bass, Moritz Gastreich-drums
Eddie Erickson Live with His International Swing Band
This band opens its arms to a wide variety of swinging jazz, lyrical and hot, aware of traditions but always inventive. It recalls the great sessions of the Thirties and Forties with eloquent, compact solos and hip arranging: split choruses, eight-bar phrases tossed back and forth, enthusiastic riffs and backgrounds.... When touring in Germany, it brought the audience to its feet every night.
From this album notes by Michael Steinman, who writes vividly about jazz for numerous publications.
Eddie Erickson has been one of the most unsung heroes in traditional jazz for decades. A singer whose sound is much younger than his age, he's also an adept guitarist, mostly in the rhythmic sense, and occasionally picks up the banjo. This concert performance in Germany mines the deep well of American popular songs and early period jazz, is a fairly comprehensive look back to songs of the '30s and '40s, and showcases mostly sweet swinging sounds, a little blues, some dry humor, and some heat when needed to spice up the program. Though most of his bandmembers are relatively obscure, there is the veteran Finnish clarinetist/tenor saxophonist Antti Sarpila, the excellent rising star pianist Rossano Sportiello, and Euro-trad newcomers in drummer Moritz Gastreich, bassist Henning Gailing, and trumpeter Menno Daams. The star of every band he joins is trombonist Bill Allred, always a delight to hear, a true jazz master, and one who infuses kinetic energy with every note, solo, or ensemble contribution he plays. The instrumental numbers "Little White Lies" and "That's a Plenty" reflect the upbeat, good-time Dixieland style hot jazz where the instruments -- particularly Allred and Sarpila -- play battling counterpoint lines against each other. Erickson's singing, which lies somewhere between Jack Sheldon, Tom Saunders, and Harry Connick, Jr., is delightful, understated,. and endearing. The bouncy "Pick Yourself Up," the slower, bluesy "That's My Home," and the lighter "You're a Sweetheart" offer good contrast and consistency. Sportiello is featured during the solo medley "It's the Talk of the Town/Chinatown My Chinatown" with slight, laid-back stride inflections, Gailing gets the spotlight walking away during the old-time, midtempo "I'm Old Fashioned," and Sarpila's clarinet swings à la Benny Goodman for "Did I Remember?." While Erickson's instrumental guitar passages are mainly supportive, his banjo is upfront on his plucked and strummed solo effort "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," and pulls it off easily, and proves both lyrical and funny on the doting "A Shine on Your Shoes." Arbors Records consistently produces very good trad jazz records from musicians dedicated to keeping this area alive, and Erickson's band does nothing to diminish those returns. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
Eddie Erickson
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Dixieland
Eddie Erickson is a fine guitarist and banjoist, an excellent singer, and a very funny ad-libber. Erickson, the son of an amateur guitarist, started playing ukulele when he was seven. He has also played trombone and cornet (including at Disney World) but eventually settled on banjo and guitar, which he began on when he was 13. He started playing professionally in San Jose in the mid-'60s and spent time working at both Disney World and Disneyland. He was also a member of the Banjo Kings. From 1978-1983 he led the Riverboat Rascals on a riverboat in Disneyland. Erickson and singer/washboard player Sue Kroninger co-led Fast Eddie & Big Mama Sue for years, performing good-time music. He also worked with the Abalone Stompers in Monterey and with cornetist Jackie Coon as the Jack 'n Ed Show. Erickson also led his own album for Arbors. Most important has been his association with singer Rebecca Kilgore, trombonist Dan Barrett, and bassist Joel Forbes in the group BED since 2002. With BED, Erickson has been a regular on the classic jazz festival and party circuit, recording three CDs for the Blue Swing label. The group is a perfect forum for his humor, his vocals ("Easy Street" has become his signature song), and his guitar and banjo work.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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