Remembering Mike Daniels

British Trad Jazz was a mixture of the Jazz of the Classic period of the 1920s, Contemporary New Orleans of the late 1940s and the Dixieland/Chicago style.

To court popularity very few bands stuck rigidly to one style. Mike Daniels' Delta Jazzmen was one of the exceptions. Mike Daniels formed the band in 1948 and soon established it to specialize in the Classic Jazz style typified by King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and others. The band made very few records and never turned professional. As a result of this it achieved almost cult-like status.

Tracks

1. Name
2. High Life
3. Blues With A Feeling
4. Stevedore Stomp
5. You're Driving Me Crazy
6. Mabel's Dream
7. I'm Coming Virginia
8. West End Blues
9. Freeze 'n' Melt
10. Misty Morning
11. I'm In The Market For You
12. Busy Saying Nothing
13. Ponchartrain Blues
14. You Made Me Love You
15. Froggie Moore
16. Shreveport Stomp
17. Sweet Mama
18. Louisiana
19. The Chant
20. Aunt Hagar's Children
21. East St. Louis Toodle-oo
22. What Do You Want Me To Do?
23. I'd Love It