Lars Edegran’s Palm Court Jazz All Stars’ Hello Dolly gathers together some of the finest players on the New Orleans scene today. Edegran on piano and guitar is joined by either Gregg Stafford or Kevin Louis on trumpet/cornet, trombonist Robert Harris, Sammy Rimington on clarinet and alto, bassist Richard Moten, drummer Jason Marsalis and singer Topsy Chapman for 13 vintage standards plus Rimington’s alto feature on “Five Minutes More.”
With Chapman, Stafford and Harris contributing occasional vocals, and all of the musicians in top form, this is good-time trad music that is always fun to hear and often featured at the Palm Court in New Orleans. The spirited renditions of such songs as “Hello Dolly,” “China Boy,” “Baby Face,” and a hot “That’s A Plenty” show that New Orleans jazz is still very much alive today.
Lars Edegran’s Palm Court Jazz All Stars – Hello Dolly (GHB BCD-539, 14 selections, TT = 60:53)
