Saturday Night Function

by Jim Beebe, Jim Beebe's Chicago Jazz

Overview

Although Delmark never got heavily into fusion, it was quite eclectic in the 1970s -- a decade that found the Chicago-based label recording everything form avant-garde AACM jazz to hard bop to Dixieland. One of the Dixieland artists who recorded for Delmark during the latter part of the 1970s was trombonist Jim Beebe, who provided two LPs for the label back then: Saturday Night Function in 1978 and Cornet Chop Suey in 1979. Both albums were reissued in 2001, when Delmark combined them on this generous CD. Born in 1931, Beebe was in his late forties when these recordings were made -- he was about the same age as a lot of bop musicians. But you won't hear a trace of J.J. Johnson, Curtis Fuller, or Kai Winding in his playing. Beebe has more in common with Kid Ory or Jack Teagarden, and a 1920s-like mindset prevails on spirited performances of "Indiana," "Struttin' With Some Barbecue," and "Limehouse Blues" -- in other words, the usual Dixieland/classic jazz repertoire. The trombonist and his sidemen (who include trumpeter Spanky Davis in 1978 and drummer Barrett Deems in both 1978 and 1979) don't offer a lot of surprises, but what they lack in ambition they make up for in enthusiasm on this generally enjoyable release, if reissue. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/08/2001
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153021825
Rank:	205524

Tracks

1. Bourbon Street Parade
2. Winin' Boy Blues
3. Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll
4. I Only Have Eyes for You
5. Memories of Albert Ammonds
6. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
7. Saturday Night Function
8. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
9. My Blue Heaven
10. Cornet Chop Suey
11. Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
12. Chimes Blues
13. Limehouse Blues

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jim Beebe's Chicago Jazz   Primary Artist
Jim Beebe   Primary Artist,Trombone
Spanky Davis   Trumpet
Barrett Deems   Drums
Charlie Hooks   Vocals,Clarinet
Steve Behr   Piano
Duke Groner   Bass,Vocals
Bob Schulz   Vocals,Trumpet
Eric Schneider   Clarinet,Saxophone,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Bobby Lewis   Trumpet
Tommy Bridges   Cornet
Jack Kuncl   Banjo

Technical Credits

Jim Beebe   Producer,Supervisor
Lil Hardin   Composer
Robert G. Koester   Producer,Annotation
James F. Hanley   Composer
Al Dubin   Composer
Clarence Williams   Composer
Barney Bigard   Composer
Philip Braham   Composer
George A. Whiting   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Al Brandtner   Design,Art Direction
Spencer Williams   Composer
Paul Barbarin   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Ballard MacDonald   Composer
Bob Koester   Producer,Liner Notes
King Oliver   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Douglas Furber   Composer
Louis Armstrong   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Don Raye   Composer
Lil Hardin Armstrong   Composer