Jazz clarinetist Albert Nicholas played with King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton in the 1920s, Louis Armstrong in the '30s and was a major figure in the traditional jazz revival in New York in the '40s. Pianist Art Hodes was also on the scene in the '20s and recorded for numerous labels including many successful sides with Nicholas for Blue Note in the '40s. In a review of the original LP of this 1959 session Brian Rust said "One is left without any doubt about Nicholas being far and away the greatest living jazz clarinetist." - the Gramophone. Hodes "plays with a darting vivacity which adds a stimulating sense of excitement to even the more mellow easygoing pieces." High Fidelity Magazine. (Previously deleted: 8/1/10. Original release date: 12/3/96)

Tracklist:

Digga Digga Do
Winin' Boy Blues
Song of the Wanderer
Ain't Misbehavin'
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
Anah's Blues
Lover, Come Back to Me
Etta
I'm Comin' Virginia
Rose Room
Nick Warms Up
Rose Room - (alternate take, alternate)
I'm Comin' Virginia - (alternate take, alternate)
Lover, Come Back to Me - (alternate take, alternate)
Winin' Boy Blues - (alternate take, alternate)
Digga Digga Do - (alternate take, alternate)
Careless Love - (previously unreleased)
Song of the Wanderer - (alternate take, alternate)
Ain't Misbehavin' - (alternate take, alternate)
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me - (alternate take, alternat
Etta - (alternate take, alternate)

UPC: 038153020729
Label: Delmark
Release Date: 10.16.12
Format: CD

Albert Nicholas With The Art Hodes All-Star Sto - New Orleans / Chicago Connection (CD)