This song casts a Wisconsin woodsman – Noble Brown– singing a Yankee sea shanty in 1941 alongside the great New Orleans pianist, and arguably the father of jazz – Jelly Roll Morton.
from
A Yankee Clipper In Congo Square,
released March 15, 2018
Alan Berliant bass
Andy Baker trombone & muted trombone
Richie Davis electric guitar
Orbert Davis trumpet & muted trumpet
Kat Eggleston hammer dulcimer
Jim Gailloreto saxes & clarinet
Larry Glazier cello
Pete LaBella violin
Curt Morrison acoustic & electric guitars, tenor banjo
Steve Mullen piano, organ, synth & drum programming
Joel Patterson national steel guitar
John Rice acoustic slide guitar, godin & lap steel
Rob Stone harmonica
Jeff Thomas drums & percussion
Group Vocals Joan Collaso, Yvonne Gage, Robin Robinson
Noble Brown lead vocals “Blow, Boys, Blow”
- originally recorded in Woodman, WS – Nov. 17, 1946
Jelly Roll Morton stride piano “Hesitating Blues”
- originally recorded in Washington, D.C. in 1938