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Of the many 'Fabulous Fives', those five piece jazz bands that sprung up in the late 'teens and early 1920s following the astounding success of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, by far the most successful and longest-lived was the Original Memphis Five. Formed by five young men in 1918 with high hopes of capitalising on the ODJB's fame and the rush by dance halls and nightclubs for similar-styled groups, a band was still operating under that name in the 1950s. These 25 sides from 1923 through to 1931 have been beautifully restored by John R T Davies and feature Phil Napoleon (trumpet), Miff Mole (trombone), Jimmy Lytell (clarinet), Frank Signorelli (piano), Ray Kitchingham (banjo), Jack Roth (drums), Billy Jones (vocals), Charles Panelli (trombone), Josepth A Griffith (vocals), Tommy Dorsey (trombone), Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet, alto sax) and Ted Napoleon (drums).
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Good but not great early-1920's white jazz
30 April 2011
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The Original Memphis Five were an important group in the development of white small-band jazz, but they recorded for so many companies (often under different names) that a collection of their work for just one label is hardly going to be representative. Nonetheless, there's a lot of good stuff here and this is a worthwhile album for those who like the white pop-jazz of the early 1920's. One disappointment: though the liner notes describe trombonist Miff Mole as the most important member of the band, he's only on 11 of the 25 tracks. (Personally, though Mole is in good form here, the less well-regarded clarinetist Jimmy Lytell seems as creative and inventive in his solos.) The Memphis Five played as a group and got a good, cohesive sound, and though all but the last four tracks (by a revival group with original trumpeter Phil Napoleon and the Dorsey Brothers!) are acoustic recordings, at least they were for a major label and are in good enough sound to do justice to the music.
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