Description:
Pianist Oliver Naylor's Seven Aces were a fine jazz influenced dance band that recorded during 1924 25. The emphasis was generally on ensembles cornetist Edward "Pinky" Gerbrecht rarely got away from the melody even during his short spots and, although there were occasional solos, the group did not include any jazz geniuses. Trombonist Charles Hartman who considered Miff Mole his main influence, although he sometimes sounds a little like Kid Ory is the most interesting individual voice. All of the band's recordings including two from Naylor's ten piece orchestra, which has Bob Zurke on second piano, and a pair of related numbers by "Pinkie's Birmingham Five" are on this interesting CD, which finds the group playing in the mainstream of the era. 1920s collectors will want this reissue. |
 High Society
Oh, Johnny! Please Don't - Mom - Ma!
Ringelberg Blues
Hugo (I Go Where You Go)
She Wouldn't Do What I Asked Her To
I've Got A Cross-Eyed Papa (But He Looks Straight To Me)
You
31st Street Blues
Ain't That Hateful?
Twilight Rose
So I Took The Fifty Thousand Dollars
Driftwood
Say, Say, Sadie
Susquehanna Home
You And I
Take Me
Bye-Bye Baby
Headin' For Louisville
Carolina Stomp
Sweet Georgia Brown
Slowin' Down Blues |
Personnel: Pinky Gerbrecht, Bill Creger, Newton Richardson, Jules Bauduc, Rube Bloom, Bob Zurke, Pete Beilman, Jack Howard, more |
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