LPH 616 - Limehouse Blues (1922-2020)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2022; #616]


27 instrumental versions of "Limehouse Blues", composed by Philip Braham for Andre Charlot's West End revue "A to Z", premiered at Prince of Wales Theatre, London in 1921.


tracklist:

(1922) Ferde Grofé (piano roll)
(1928) Red Nichols + His Five Pennies
(1931) Duke Ellington + His Orchestra
(1935) Bert Ambrose + His Orchestra
(1936) Borrah Minevitch + His Harmonica Rascals
(1937) Nisse Linds Hot-Kvartett
(1941) Leo Reisman + His Orchestra
(1943) Art Tatum
(1949) Art Van Damme Quintet
(1957) Ray Martin + His Concert Orchestra
(1958) Bobby Hackett
(1958) Martin Denny
(1958) Marty Gold + His Orchestra
(1959) The Markko Polo Adventurers (Gerald Fried)
(1961) Esquivel + His Orchestra
(1978) Doug Jernigan + Bucky Pizzarelli
(1978) Titi Winterstein Quintett
(1980) Bengt Hallberg, Arne Domnérus, Rune Gustafsson, Georg Riedel
(1981) Lars Ek
(1984) Stéphane Grappelli + Toots Thielemans
(1988) Eddie Adcock + Talk of the Town
(1997) Jimmy Rosenberg, Biréli Lagrène, Angelo Debarre
(1999) Ballin' the Jack
(1999) Mike Auldridge, Bob Brozman, David Grisman
(2008) Biréli Lagrène Gipsy Trio
(2009) Shamalamacord (Mike Penny + Aaron Seeman)
(2020) Django Collective Helsinki

total time: 78'12


Limehoused by Lucky.
Cover photo: China Town in the East End of London, April 1911 (taken from Flashbak).
Dedicated to my best critic, my wife.