Description
Release Date: 2024
Label: Independent
Track List
1) Lily of the Valley
(traditional, arr. Paul Barbarin 1951)
2) In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree
(Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne, 1905)
3) Melancholy
(Marty Bloom and Walter Melrose, 1927)
4) Milenberg Joys
(Jelly Roll Morton, Leon Roppolo, Paul Mares, Walter Melrose 1923)
5) If I Had You
(Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro, 1928)
6) Farewell Blues
(Elmer Schoebel, Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo, 1922)
7) When You and I Were Young Maggie
(James Austin Butterfield, George Washington Johnson, 1866)
8) True (You Don’t Love Me)
(Louis Cottrell, Don Albert, Lloyd Glenn, 1937)
9) Nobody’s Sweetheart
(Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel, Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn, 1924)
10) Trouble in Mind
(Richard M. Jones, 1924)
Personnel
Luke Holladay – clarinet, vocal (2,7), leader
Caleb Nelson – cornet, vocal (5)
Ellis Dyson – banjo, vocal (8)
Jesse Lamarca – guitar
Victoria Budlong – bass, vocal (4,9)
Matt Marino – drums/percussion
Special guest Haruka Kikuchi – trombone (1,10)
Notes
“Won’t Be Blue Always” is the third album from the High Standards Band. Thank you for listening! On this album the band expands to include Caleb Nelson (cornet) on all tracks, and special guest Haruka Kikuchi (trombone) on the first and final numbers.
We continue to believe that these old tunes still speak truths and that music from any time, when played with love, care, and attention, is made new again.
As always, we encourage you to listen to the original (and subsequent) recordings of these songs and discover composers, bands, and individual musicians who are often forgotten or overlooked.
