Hooray for Bix! is an album by American jazz guitarist Marty Grosz and his Honoris Causa Jazz Band featuring compositions associated with cornetist Bix Beiderbecke recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.Riverside Records discography accessed November 17, 2012
Reception
Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Recommended. But why did it take Marty Grosz so long to catch on?".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 17, 2012
Track listing "Changes" (Walter Donaldson) - 2:44 "Cryin' All Day" (Chauncey Morehouse, Frankie Trumbauer) - 4:19 "Lonely Melody" (Sam Coslow, Hal Dyson, Benny Meroff) - 3:16 "I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now" (Benny Davis, Jesse Greer) - 4:11 "Sorry" (Raymond Klages, Howdy Quicksell) - 3:49 "My Pet" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) - 3:08 "The Love Nest" (Otto Harbach, Louis A. Hirsch, Walter Hirsch) - 3:49 "Clementine" - 4:03 "Oh, Miss Hannah" (Jessie Deppen, Thekla Hollingsworth) - 4:23 "Wa-Da-Da (Everybody's Doin' It Now)" (Harry Barris, James Cavanaugh) - 3:42 "For No Reason at All in C" (Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbauer) - 4:28 "Because My Baby Don't Mean 'Maybe' Now" (Donaldson, Frank Teschemacher, Guy d'Hardelot) - 3:38
Personnel Marty Grosz – guitar, vocals Harry Budd – trombone Carl Halen – cornet Turk Santos – cornet, guitar Bob Skiver – tenor saxophone, clarinet Frank Chace – clarinet, baritone saxophone Tut Soper – piano Chuck Neilson – double bass Pepper Boggs – drums
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