Lou McGarity was a trombonist, violinist and vocalist who played with Benny Goodman throughout the Forties and was present on numerous recording sessions but his appearances as leader were few.
These are the first two LPs released under his name, made in 1959. Included as a special bonus is McGarity's first release, a 4-track EP from 1955 called "Dixieland Special" which appears here for the first time ever on CD.
Tracklist
01. Some Like It Hot
02. By The Beautiful Sea
03. Stairway To The Stars
04. Sweet Sue, Just You
05. Down Among Sheltering Palms
06. I Wanna Be Loved By You
07. La Cumparsita
08. I'm Thru With Love
09. Runnin' Wild
10. Sugar Blues
11. Sweet Georgia Brown
12. Some Like It Hot [Reprise]
13. Blue (And Broken Hearted)
14. Blue Moon
15. Blue Prelude
16. Blue Again
17. Blue Champagne
18. Blue Turning Grey Over You
19. Blue Lou
20. Born To Be Blue
21. Blue Skies
22. Black And Blue
23. Blues When It Rains
24. Under A Blanket Of Blue
25. Mobile Mama
26. New Orleans Nightmare
27. Bandanna
28. Birmingham Suffle
Album details
Total Time: 75:07 min.
Sources:
Tracks #1-12, from 'Music from Some Like It Hot' (Jubilee 1108)
Tracks #13-24, from 'Blue Lou' (Argo 654)
Tracks #25-28, from 'Dixieland Special' (MGM EP 613)
Personnel on tracks "Music from Some Like It Hot":
Lou McGarity Quintet: Lou McGarity (tb), Dick Cary (p, tp), George Barnes (g), Jack Lesberg (b), Don Marino (d).
Recorded in New York, December 1959
Personnel on "Blue Lou":
Lou McGarity Big Seven: Doc Severinsen (tp), Lou McGarity (tb, vcl on 23), Bob Wilber (cl, b-cl, ts), Dick Cary (p, alto-hrn, tp on 13 & 22, arr), George Barnes (g), Jack Lesberg (b), Don Marino (d).
Recorded in New York, September 14-15, 1959
Personnel on "Dixieland Special":
Lou McGarity & His All Stars: Yank Lawson (tp), Lou McGarity (tb), Bill Stegmeyer (cl), Peanuts Hucko (cl, ts), Gene Schroeder (p), Jack Lesberg (b), Cliff Leeman (d).
Recorded in New York, 1955
Press reviews
"The packaging follows the customary 1959 tie-in-with-the-mass-media-pattern, but the strapping music inside is as refreshing as a dipper of spring water in Death Valley. Worth special mention is the trumpet work of Carey. McGarity's shouting style is a highly individualistic fusion of raucous barrelhouse and sophisticated craftsmanship."
-Downbeat (1959)
