ERSKINE HAWKINS, JAY McSHANN, “FIDDLER“ WILLIAMS, VIC, TATE, GALLOWAY, RAMEY, GUS (Nice )

A classic festival set -- feature numbers, but with a cast of swinging characters, so it all coalesces so nicely. Erskine Hawkins, trumpet; Jay McShann, piano; Claude “Fiddler“ Williams, violin; Vic Dickenson, trombone; Buddy Tate, tenor saxophone; Jim Galloway, soprano saxophone; Gene Ramey, string bass; Gus Johnson, drums. Also a reunion of the classic Jay McShann rhythm section! TUXEDO JUNCTION (Hawkins) / PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I“M GONE (Vic) / BLUES (Buddy Tate, McShann). This may be the second part of a set; I don’t know. Recorded at the Grande Parade du Jazz, or the Nice Jazz Festival, July 12, 1979. Presented by Michael Steinman for JAZZ LIVES ().