OLP Album #12: Bobby Hackett & His Jazz Band―Coast Concert

Read About This Recording

Although bebop became the mainstream of jazz by 1950 and most of the Swing Era big bands had broken up by that time, swing never disappeared or died. Many of the great players who came out of the big bands of the 1930s and '40s had long careers during the decades that followed. While many went into bop, rhythm & blues or studiowork, some of the more distinctive players had careers performing small group swing and dixieland.

Cornetist Bobby Hackett had taken a famous solo on Glenn Miller's recording of "A String of Pearls." Hackett's mellow style and quiet sound made him popular from the start of his career, whether with big bands or with dixieland groups such as that of Eddie Condon. After leaving Miller, Hackett had a strong career in the studios (often being heard on Jackie Gleason's mood music records) but was most significant for his work with dixieland and swing combos. Coast Concert, from 1955, teams Hackett with an octet also featuring trombonist-singer Jack Teagarden, clarinetist Matty Matlock and Abe Lincoln on second trombone. Hackett sounds inspired by the company on such dixieland standards as "That's a Plenty," "Basin Street Blues" and "Struttin' with Some Barbecue." Coast Concert is arguably Bobby Hackett's finest recording of the 1950s.

—Scott Yanow

Contents

Imported from Europe!

Remastered!

I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man; New Orleans; That's A-Plenty; Basin Street Blues; Muskrat Ramble; I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan; Royal Garden Blues; Struttin' With Some Barbecue; Fidgety Feet.

Bobby Hackett, Cornet; Jack Teagarden, Valve Trombone; Abe Lincoln, Trombone; Matty Matlock, Clarinet; Don Owens, Piano; Nappy Lamare, Banjo/Guitar; Phil Stephens, Upright Bass; Nick Fatool, Drums.

Includes 36-page book.