Royal Garden Blues Climax JB 1991
A few hours ago I posted Royal Garden Blues with Wild Bill Davison on trumpet. A recording done in 1964.
Going through some of my files I found my own recording of Royal Garden Blues some 27 years later.
Of course the styles of playing have changed for all of us, but my initial love for Bill Davison is always in my mind when playing that tune.
This tune is such a standard that normally when making a recording it is not going to be used. Too common. One looks for something more special, more obscure, something that hopefully makes you stand out.
To me it was amazing that not having seen this clip for some 15 years, I was pleasantly surprised.
Here in Canada one of my favourite trombonists in our style in Toronto is Peter Sagerman. Peter plays much more in the Condon idiom than our regular trombonist. At this jazz festival in Indianapolis our Lennie couldn't make it and it was a real pleasure to have Pete on trombone.
Of course this limited us with our fancy arrangements and we had to fall back to more standard tunes.
Mick Lewis on clarinet is like a cameleon type player. If the idiom changes slightly Mick always handles it beautifully. Looking back I specially like some of the ensemble dynamics.
So it is with great pleasure to offer you our Indianapolis version of Royal Garden Blues.
Bob Erwig, Mick Lewis, Peter Sagerman, Jack Vincken, Chris Daniels, Jamie Aug
