Product Description
"Sweet Emma Barrett & Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band"(VPS 2)-1964-LP.
Tracklist
| Basin Street | 3:20 |
| Clarinet Marmalade | 4:55 |
| Chimes Blues | 5:40 |
| Closer Walk With Thee | 8:40 |
| Little Liza Jane | 4:36 |
| I'm Alone Because I Love You | 5:30 |
| Ice Cream | 6:53 |
| When The Saints Go Marching In |
"Sweet Emma" Barrett (March 25, 1897, New Orleans, Louisiana – January 28, 1983) was an American, self-taught jazz pianist and singer who worked with the Original Tuxedo Orchestra between 1923 and 1936, first under Papa Celestin, then William Ridgely. She also worked with Armand Piron, John Robichaux, Sidney Desvigne, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.......Emanuel Sayles (January 31, 1907 – October 5, 1986) was an American jazz banjoist chiefly active in the New Orleans jazz scene........Willie James Humphrey (December 29, 1900 – June 7, 1994) was a New Orleans jazz clarinetist. Willie Humphrey was born in a musical family, the son of prominent local clarinetist and music teacher Willie Eli Humphrey; his brothers Earl Humphrey and Percy Humphrey also became well known professional musicians........Percy Gaston Humphrey (January 13, 1905 – July 22, 1995) was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana.In addition to his band, Percy Humphrey and His Crescent City Joymakers, for more than thirty years he was leader of the Eureka Brass Band. He also played in the band of the pianist Sweet Emma Barrett. From its opening in the early 1960s until shortly before his death, Humphrey played often at Preservation Hall, traveling internationally for performances with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and his own bands. The LP has been autographed on the front cover by Sweet Emma Barret Emanuel Sayles Willie Humphrey Percy Humphrey...............CONDITION OF VINYL, COVER AND AUTOGRAPHS IS EXCELLENT.
