Hothouse Stomp is the debut album by Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra featuring new arrangements of previously obscure music from late 1920s Chicago and Harlem, specifically Tiny Parham, Charlie Johnson, Fess Williams, and McKinney's Cotton Pickers. It was released on the Accurate Records label in 2011.
Track listing All music transcribed and arranged by Brian Carpenter.
"Ghost Train (Orchestra)" (Brian Carpenter, Brandon Seabrook) – 1:36 "Mojo Strut" (Tiny Parham) – 2:55 "Stop Kidding" (John Nesbitt) – 2:30 "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) – 3:43 "Voodoo" (Tiny Parham) – 3:01 "Blues Sure Have Got Me" (Charlie Johnson) – 3:42 "Hot Bones and Rice" (Charlie Johnson) – 4:49 "Dixie Stomp" (B. Tremaine) – 2:59 "Lucky 3-6-9" (Tiny Parham) – 1:59 "The Boy in the Boat" (Charlie Johnson) – 4:40 "Slide, Mr. Jelly Slide" (Fess Williams) – 2:16 "Hot Tempered Blues" (Charlie Johnson, Arthur Porter) – 4:09
Personnel Brian Carpenter – trumpet, harmonica, conductor Andy Laster – alto saxophone Matt Bauder – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet Dennis Lichtman – clarinet Curtis Hasselbring – trombone Mazz Swift – violin, vocals Jordan Voelker – viola Brandon Seabrook – banjo Ron Caswell – tuba Rob Garcia – drums
Reception
The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson stated "The music gathered and interpreted on this thoroughly winning disc all comes from a period before the emergence of the big-band jazz sound, a time when horn sections were smaller, rhythm sections less strictly codified, and the jazz sound itself much less regimented and refined. Just about every track is full of those kinds of musical treats and surprises, and it all adds up to a relentlessly rollicking good time." The album peaked at #10 on the Billboard jazz charts in April 2011.
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