Gus Cannon - Complete Recorded Works 2 (1929-30)It must have been quite an exciting experience to have been at a dance or jook joint where Gus Cannon's Jug Stampers were providing the music, for they can really swing! The two excellent collections of Gus Cannon and his associates are a must for early country blues enthusiasts providing all 42 tracks of Gus Cannon's issued output, covering all aspects of his music. From his first recording session in Chicago, November 1927, comes the memorable,

Ben Pollack

Joining him in the studio and remotely for this album were Ricky Maymi (guitars)

and Debussy's "Danse" in Maurice Ravel's orchestration

John Relyea continues to distinguish himself as one of today's finest basses

flexible stick

For their latest recital for BIS

Pierre Hantai

steadily building to holy moments of tidal power

a wild dance

and five tracks from local Memphis labels in the 1960s

the singular fantasia from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (Black Narcissus

Tenor Andreas Kalmbach received his musical training at the University of Music in Würzburg