The December Band 1965 - Kid Thomas Valentine - Big Jim Robinson - Capt. John Handy - Sammy Penn

The December Band - This is the complete studio session without cuts -
Organized in 1965 by the Connecticut Traditional Jazz Society for a concert at the
Moose Lodge Hall in Stanford Ct.
The guest musicians from New Orleans:
Kid Thomas Valentine tp, voc - Big Jim Robinson tb - Capt. John Handy alto-sax -
Sammy Penn drums, voc.
The local musicians from the Easy Rider Jazzband:
Bill Sinclair p - Dick Griffith bj - Dick McCarthy b - And from England Sammy Rimington cl.
This recording was made possible by Jack Guckin, who worked at a local TV station, and who arranged to video it. 24 years later in 1989 he saved the original Ampex video tapes from destruction, as they had just been thrown out into the waste-bin by the TV station, not being aware about the historic material on it. Jack Guckin actually found the tapes in the rubbish.
The piano-player from the session, Bill Sinclair, then got together with clarinet player Ferdinand Blötz from Hamburg/Germany, who then released this document on VHS-cassette.
1. Band setup and preparations
2. Clarinet Marmalade
3. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
4. That's A Plenty
5. I Can't Escape From You
6. Girl Of My Dreams (Sammy Penn - vocal)
7. Careless Love (Sammy Penn - vocal)
8. Algiers Strut
9. Milk Cow Blues (Kid Thomas Valentine - vocal)
10. Ice Cream
11. I'm Confessin'
12. Chribiribin
13. The Bucket's Got A Hole In It
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From the Norbert Susemihl Jazz Archive
www.susemihl.eu - www.jazzrecording.eu

[@irmaschmitt2668]

Absolument FANTASTIQUE

[@hansvandoorne8318]

Priceless!!

[@dhackj]

Glorious........

[@katherinetorresani6185]

Thanks for sharing! Divine!

[@patricktevlin5929]

wonderful. Thanks Norbert!

[@sergioglinganisalomao]

Thanks for send amazing phenomenal video. I'm Brazilian from Lindoia SP-BR. 1st Trumpet Bandleader of Dixie Swingers Jazz Band from Lindoia SP-BR. I had opportunity of know Kid Thomas when Preservation Hall Jazz Band coming to São Paulo in 1979 with presentation on Teatro Municipal. After the show Kid Thomas and any musicians was on Opus 2004 one Jazz House when I play with my Jazz Band. One great opportunity of know Kid Thomas. Thanks again for send video. Strong hug from Lindóia SP-BR. October 23rd, 2022 - 02:12 a.m. 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏💖💖💖😀😀😀

[@sergioglinganisalomao]

Hello friend. Thanks for your reply.. Strong Hug from Lindoia SP-BR 🇧🇷👏👍😀🎺💯

[@goudewolf]

This is from my youth (I was 20 years old) incredible pure jazz lot of feeling and love is streaming!! Love the drummer with the cigar (i still smoke them every day) Thanks for posting love it.

[@johnbacon1547]

This wonderfully magnificent recording never ceases to give me enormous pleasure every time I watch it , which is often. The spontaneity and vibrance of the band is legendary. I am pleased to say I saw big Jim at preservation hall in 1976 and Kid thomas many times during that period. I always try to get back to the UK for the Period Sammy Rimington is on tour as I live in Portugal I don't get the chance to hear much live New Orleans music here.

[@STEAMBOATSTOMPERS]

Thank you Norbert for this terrific video!

[@certuv]

Thank you , thank you for this enjoyable video

[@frankfarb]

What a discovery!. Thank you so much for bringing this alive. 1965 was my first encounter with the Hall. I spent many hours listening to Big Jim.. He brought real happiness to the music.✌✌

[@davidh8491]

Thank you for posting this amazing piece of history - I think Kid Thomas is playing a Getzen 90 Deluxe trumpet in this session.

[@jerryram4327]

What a blast listening to this band. BRAVO, BRAVO!

[@johndowson7929]

Strictly old school 👍 i met Kid Thomas in London 1979 , he had a mouth full of gold teeth n was in his 80's n still playing

[@user-yt4wm9xy4f]

キッドトーマスが日本で公演した時には駆け付けました。ジムロビンソンは結局来日しなかったですね。アメリカンミュージックレコードには憧れて何とか一枚でも欲しいと思ったものです。水道橋スイングが懐かしい、そこに通うために大学は東京にしました。ニュウオルリンズジャズのレコードを何とか買いたいといつも思っていました。アイコンレコード、GHBなど買った時は本当にうれしかったです。

[@MrOkgrillo]

So charming!!! It makes me smile!!

[@brianbiddle9059]

This is really good. Thanks for posting.

[@udobeilborn152]

Great Music which we would need more, especially in these days. Especially at every day. Thanks to Bill Sinclair and Ferdinand Blötz to keep this Video so it could be shown to everyone. Thanks to Norbert Susemihl to post it on KZbin. Let's share it as often as possible.

[@STEAMBOATSTOMPERS]

at 59 minutes a terrific solo by Capt. John Handy

[@emilianoturazzi]

actually most of his solos were terrific ones...

[@mentalretard2359]

What days! Smoke a cigar while you drum away. No nannies around like today.

[@gviewone]

Thank you so much for sharing! I've loved these guys for many years.

[@gerardnolanmusic]

That was really enjoyable, from the setting up to the messing up and everything in between, excellent.

[@delmaralves2516]

Extraordinária Band.

[@rolandpotter479]

Gotta love the drummer with the cigar!!!

[@gillianstevens8871]

The GREATEST BAND .

[@berntd]

Very similar to "Same old Soupbone" Kid Thomas Valentine and his Algiers Stompers by BBC for which no video exists. They had Louis Nelson on trombone, Manny Paul on sax, Charlie Hamilton piano, Joseph Butler sbs? Sammy Penn drums. The singer on drums is definitely the same and it is the same piece.

[@boojiecentoobie4272]

Best print of this I’ve seen!

[@berntd]

Thank You! I am really privileged to have seen and heard this! Where ever did you even get this on a video tape?

[@richardwillame7617]

Le vrai new-Orléans....l'esprit, la tradition, le REVIVAL.

[@alexdesslin]

cool !!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎷🪗🎸🎹🎺🎻🎻🥁🔵⚪🔴

[@riawatson2080]

So good to hear all those instruments. Loved them all! 1:31:10