DixieLand Played By The Left Bank Bearcats

 

Mighty Lak'A Rose

Dixieland Played By The Left Bearcats

Cover Art by Joe Krush

Somerset ALBUM P-1400

From the back cover: Paris and New Orleans. Both of these cities suggest about the same things to the traveler and the dreamer; gaiety, food, the spice of naughtiness and music.

It's small wonder that Parisiennes have taken to the greatest of all New Orleans commodities; Jazz. The urban Frenchmen always expresses himself in a free and uninhibited manner and yet never loses his identity as a frenchman. Is this not so of Dixieland? Remain harmonious and sympathetic to the group, but never conform to preconceived pattern. This is Jazz – This is Paris.

The romance of the Left Bank with all it's color and excitement has an individual quality that sets it apart from the rest of Paris just as the french quarter in New Orleans is unlike any place in any American City. The Left Bank Bearcats are a group of young french jazz devotees that play the various small cafes and bistros Monmarte. Except for Marcel Durand, the leader (and trombonist) no member of the group has ever had any formal musical training. Jacques Cas the drummer worked four years as a deck hand aboard a french luxury liner and spent every off duty moment with the ships orchestra at rehearsals.

Bernard Gaste' plays piano, Robert Eluist banjo, Louis Marquand Guitar. Aron Dubois, the trumpeter, is an ardent fan of Louis Armstrong and boasts the largest personal collection of "Satchmo" recordings on the continent.

These sides were made after closing hours at Maison Diabolique. They were recorded under the supervision of D. L. Miller.

Whether you are a student of Sobornne, a tourist, gendarme or just a darn fussy record collector, we're certain you will enjoy the Left Bank Bearcats in Dixieland.

Monsieur Redwing

Chinatown, My Chinatown

Mighty Lak'A Rose

Mississippi Rag

Lonesome Railroad Blues

Oh, Them Golden Slippers

Bill Bailey, Please Come Home 

When The Saints Go Marchin' In

Sunburst Rag

Mother Goose In Storyville

My Grandfathers Clock