Dance Hall Days

by Norrie Cox

Overview

Delmark has a knack for finding gifted improvisers who aren't huge names in the jazz world but who deserve exposure nonetheless. In the late 1990s, one such improviser was Norrie Cox, a veteran Dixieland clarinetist who grew up in England but eventually ended up living in Milwaukee and becoming part of the Wisconsin jazz scene. This pleasing 1999 session finds Cox leading a band he calls the New Orleans Stompers, which also includes trombonist Jim Klippert, cornetist Charlie DeVore, banjo player Mike Carrell, bassist Bill Evans (not to be confused with either the saxman Bill Evans or the famous pianist Bill Evans, both of whom played with Miles Davis), and drummer Donald "Doggie" Berg. Though the Stompers came out of the Midwest, the music on Dance Hall Days is quite faithful to the spirit of traditional New Orleans jazz. On exuberant versions of "King Thomas Boogie Woogie," "Strolling in the Moonlight," and other time-tested pieces, Cox's band plays pure Dixieland the way it was played in Crescent City in the 1910s and 1920s. Nothing terribly surprising occurs, but the music is played with plenty of feeling and enthusiasm. Dance Hall Days is recommended without hesitation to Dixieland lovers. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	10/26/1999
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153023621
Rank:	243355

Tracks

1. South of the Border
2. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
3. Strolling in the Moonlight
4. All I Do Is Dream of You
5. Jerusalem Blues
6. Any Rags
7. Mama Inez
8. Coquette
9. I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
10. Isle of Capri
11. When I Leave the World Behind
12. Kid Thomas Boogie Woogie

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Norrie Cox   Primary Artist,Clarinet
Norrie Cox & His New Orleans Stompers   Primary Artist
Charlie DeVore   Cornet
Mike Carrell   Banjo,Guitar
Jim Klippert   Trombone
Donald "Doggie" Berg   Drums
Bill Evans   Bass

Technical Credits

Robert G. Koester   Supervisor,Producer
Jimmie Hodges   Composer
Nacio Herb Brown   Composer
Michael Carr   Composer
Arthur Freed   Composer
Butch Thompson   Liner Notes
Gus Kahn   Composer
Carmen Lombardo   Composer
Johnny Green   Composer
Harry Von Tilzer   Composer
Will Grosz   Composer
Mike Parrott   Photography
Al Brandtner   Artwork
William Dillon   Composer
Chris Balke   Assistant Engineer
Buzz Kemper   Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Steve Gotcher   Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Kennedy   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Louis Wolfe Gilbert   Composer
Paige Van Vorst   Photography
Eliseo Grenet   Composer
Jeff S. Domann   Producer