London Cast - Jazz Train / O.L.C. vinyl record cover

Jazz Train, musical play: I Got A Train / Spiritual Car / Planta

Jazz Train, musical play: Holy Roller Car / Minstrel Car, The

Jazz Train, musical play: Frankie & Johnny, The

Jazz Train, musical play: Bessie Smith Blues, The

Jazz Train, musical play: Ev'rything Is Rhythm / Calypso - Manma

Jazz Train, musical play: John Henry / Finale, The (There's No J

My One Sin (in Life), song

Everybody's Somebody's Fool, song

I'm Alone, song

Tears of Joy, song

Ain't Misbehavin', song

Beale Street Blues, song

Georgia on My Mind, song

Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams, song

Alibis, song

December Road, song

Hold Me, song

Until, song

Mazel Tov (Good Luck), song (from the revue "Folies BergŠre")

€a va, ‡a va! (It's All Right, It's All Right), song (from the r

Munasterio 'e Santa-Chiara (The Monastery at Santa Chiara), song

Mon ch‚ri (My Darling), song

trois faibles femmes, Les (Three Feeble Ladies), operetta: Les t

trois faibles femmes, Les (Three Feeble Ladies), operetta: C'est

Basin Street Blues, song

'S Wonderful, song (from Funny Face, musical)

Item UPC: 5055122110620

Date First Available: January 10, 2006

Label: SEPIA RECORDINGS

London Cast

Jazz Train / O.L.C.

Name: London Cast - Jazz Train / O.L.C.
Brand: London Cast
SKU: 5055122110620
Price: 13.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

ABOUT THE ALBUM

The Jazz Train was "A Musical Dedicated to the Negro People", but was not a conventional book musical and more akin to an elaborate cabaret. The "train" was made up of "coaches", each one representing a different period or stage in the evolution of black American popular music as seen through the eyes of Mervyn Nelson, the director and devisor of the show. It transferred from New York (where it had been seen in a night-club) into London's Piccadilly Theatre in April 1955 introducing the great Bertice Reading to British audiences singing the tale of Frankie and Johnny and impersonating Bessie Smith. Energy and excitement abounded in the Jazz Train and it was not a show for those wanting a quiet night out. To complement the six tracks recorded from the Jazz Train the CD continues with some unusual Bertice Reading songs, and performances by other black singers, who, like Bertice, found their careers blossomed in Britain.

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