Mercury Records Collection: MG-25079: Dixieland Classics Vol.2

MG-25079: Dixieland Classics Vol.2 / Phil Napoleon's Emperors Of Jazz

Label Type :	black/gold Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG25079A
	SIDE-B	MG25079B

Comments

a 1st issue with thin paper sleeve (the latest album listed on the back cover is MG-25018).

Inside The Groove

A great Dixieland session by a legendary Original Memphis Five's founder, from original Swan recording.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

I noticed the drummer Tony Spargo was a member of legendary Original Dixieland Jazz Band :) Anyway, this album, a come-back recording for Phil Napoleon, sounds very swingy. A truely nice Dixieland session.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	SWFE16-18	Sister Kate	-
A-2	SWFE17-20	I'll Never Be The Same	-
A-3	SWFE16-15	Sensation Rag	-
A-4	SWFE17-21	South Rampart Street Parade	-
SIDE-B
B-1	SWFE16-16	Livery Stable Blues	-
B-2	SWFE16-17	That's A Plenty	-
B-3	SWFE17-19	Satanic Blues	-
B-4	SWFE17-22	Bugle Call Rag	-

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-1, A-3, B-1, B-2:
Phil Napoleon (tp), Vernon Brown (tb), Sal Franzella (cl), Frank Signorelli (p), Chuck Wayne (g), Felix Globe (b), Tomy Spargo (ds).
Recorded in New York City, April 16, 1946.

A-2, A-4, B-3, B-4:
Same personnel as A-1.
Recorded in New York City, April 17, 1946.