Mardi Gras Parade Music From New Orleans

 

Mardi Gras Parade Music From New Orleans

Mardi Gras Parade Music From New Orleans
Southland Records LP-207

From the back cover: HEY: MARDI GRAS' Everybody In The Civilized World Hopes, Some Day, To See With His Own Eyes, Hear With His Own Ears, The Incredible Splendor And Joy Of Mardi Gras. The Big Day Is Shrove Tuesday, Immediately Preceding Ash Wednesday, And Climaxes A Gigantic, Two-Months Carnival, Studded With Parades, Masked Balls And Marked By The Most Unrestrained Gaiety To Be Witnessed Any Where On Earth. On Hundred And Seventy Foot Wide Canal Street In New Orleans Becomes A Milling Sea Of Humanity When Thousands Of Citizens And Visitors Pay Homage To The King Of The Mardi Gras.

The Parade Of Rex, A Gorgeous Spectacle, Starts At 10:30 A. M. On Shrove Tuesday. It Is Followed By Scores Of Truckloads Of Maskers. Interspersed With The Huge Crowd Are Thousands Of Maskers, In Fancy Or Funny Costumes, On Foot. Only A Born And Bred Orleanian Can Have At His Finger- tips All The Customs And Protocol Of The Season. He Understands The Relative Importance Of Rex, King Of Carnival And Lord Of Misrule, Momus, Comus, Proteus And All The Other Monarchs And Deities Of The Mammoth Festival. But Hundreds Of Thousands Of Annual Visitors Leap Into The Spirit Of Carnival, Regardless Of What Their Intentions Were When They Came. You'll See Them Masked And Cavorting On St. Charles, Canal Street, And In The French Quarter Having The Time Of Their Lives. Native Maskers Greet Each Other With The Shout, "Hey, Mardi Gras!" Every Masker Is A Mardi Gras, Of Course, Along With The Floats, The Mad Capers, The Dancing, There Is Parade Music, Band After Band Passes Playing "High Society" "Bourbon Street" Parade And All The Great Carnival Parade Tunes Such As You Will Hear On This Great Album.

The Very Large Negro Population Of New Orleans For Decade Upon Decade, Has Made Much Of Its Own Celebration, Climaxed On Mardi Gras By The Fabulous Parade Of King Zulu. The King And His Cohorts Proceed Down South Rampart, Dispensing Fried Fish, Coconuts And Assorted Trinkets To The Gleeful Throngs. The Great New Orleans Jazz Music That Accompanies These Processions Has Achieved Its Own Separate Renown In Every Corner Of The Globe.

Besides Those You'll Want To Send To Your Friends, You'll Certainly Want To Add This Mag- nificient Mardi Gras Souvenir To Your Own Record Collection. You'll Find It Recorded With Excellent Fidelity Under Ideal Acoustical Conditions For The Tunes. The Performances Are As Good As You'll Ever Hear In New Orleans, Which In Other Words Mean The Best In The World.

So, Hey, Mardi Gras' Have A Wonderful Time, These Parade Tunes Will Always Bring You Back To New Orleans On Fat Tuesday, And You'll Again Be Part Of The Greatest Free Show On Earth, The New Orleans Mardi Gras. – DESSIE LEE

SIDE ONE

BAND ONE: MARDI GRAS PARADE; EMILE CHRISTIAN AND HIS NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND. Mike Lala (Trumpet), Harry Shields (Clarinet), Bob Havens (Trombone), Emile Christian (Trombone), Armand Hug (Piano), Joe Carparo (Banjo), Monk Hazel (Drums)

BAND TWO: BOURBON STREET PARADE; SANTO PECORA AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS. Santo Pecora (Trombone), Lester Bouchon (Clarinet), Thomas Jefferson (Trumpet), Phil Darois (String Bass), Roy Zimmerman (Piano), Johnny Edwards (Drums)

BAND THREE: MARCH OF THE BOB CATS; PETE FOUNTAIN AND HIS NEW ORLEANS BAND. Eddie Miller (Tenor Sax), Pete Fountain (Clarinet), Al Hirt. (Trumpet), Stan Wrightsman (Piano), Morty Corb (Bass), Ray Bauduc (Drums), Abe Lincoln (Trombone)

BAND FOUR: NEW ORLEANS PARADE - George Girard (Trumpet), Joe Rotis (Trombone), Harry Shields (Clarinet), Paul Edwards (Drums), Bob Discon (Piano), Emile Christian (String Bass).

BAND FIVE-BASIN STREET BLUES: THOMAS JEF- FERSON'S CREOLE JAZZ BAND: Thomas Jefferson (Trumpet), Paul Barbarin (Drums), Lester Santiago (Piano), Sam Dutrey (Clarinet), Frog Joseph (Trombone), Jerry Adams (String Bass).

SIDE TWO

BAND ONE: KING ZULU PARADE; JOHNNY WIGGS AND HIS NEW ORLEANS KINGS. Johnny Wiggs (Cornet), Raymond Burke (Clarinet), Emile Christian (Trom- bone), Jeff Riddick (Piano), Edmond Souchon (Banjo), Paul Barbarin (Drums), Sherwood Mangiapane (Tuba)

BAND TWO: HIGH SOCIETY; SHARKEY AND HIS KINGS OF DIXIELAND. Sharkey Bonano (Trumpet), Harry Shields (Clarinet), Bob Havens (Trombone), Armand Hug (Piano), Joe Capraro (Banjo), Monk Hazel (Drums), Chink Martin (Bass)

BAND THREE: WHILE WE DANCE AT THE MARDI GRAS; AL HIRT AND HIS JAZZ BAND. Al Hirt (Trum- pet), Harry Shields (Clarinet), Bob Havens (Trombone), Joe Capraro (Guitar), Paul Edwards (Drums), Roy Zimmerman (Piano), Phil Darois (String Bass)

BAND FOUR: BUZZARD'S PARADE; SHARKEY AND HIS KINGS OF DIXIELAND. Sharkey Bonano (Trum- pet), Harry Shields (Clarinet), Bob Havens (Trombone), Armand Hug (Piano), Joe Capraro (Banjo), Emile Chris- tian (Trombone), Monk Hazel (Drums)

BAND FIVE-IF I EVER CEASE TO LOVE: JOHNNY WIGGS AND HIS NEW ORLEANS KINGS: Johnny Wiggs (Cornet), Raymond Burke (Clarinet), Jeff Riddick (Piano), Emile Christian (Trombone), Edmond Souchon (Banjo), Paul Barbarin (Drums), Sherwood Mangiapane (Tuba)