KID THOMAS & HIS ALGIERS STOMPERS - New Orleans : The Living Legends, Vol. 2 (1961-1994) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This is the only entry in Riverside's The Living Legends series (which has been reissued on CD in the OJC series) that is not recommended. Trumpeter Kid Thomas Valentine's playing is very erratic and the ensemble (which includes clarinetist Emile Barnes and trombonist Louis Nelson) is rarely in tune. Their renditions of the basic material ranges from raw to feeble and is a major disappointment. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 Big Lunch Blues 5:59
Joseph Butler
2 Some of These Days 3:30
Shelton Brooks
3 When My Dreamboat Comes Home 4:57
Dave Franklin / David Franklin / Cliff Friend
4 China Boy 2:56
Phil Boutelje / Dick Winfree
5 It's a Long Way to Tipperary 3:00
Jack Judge / Harry Williams
6 Hindustan 2:59
Dave Wallace / Harold Weeks
7 I Can't Escape from You 3:03
Leo Robin / Richard A. Whiting / Hank Williams
8 Bye and Bye 2:39
Traditional
9 Down by the Riverside 3:32
Paul Barnes / Traditional
10 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? 5:34
Will M. Hough / Joe Howard / Joseph E. Howard / Harold Orlob
11 Big Milk-Cow Blues 5:23
Kid Thomas Valentine
Credits:
Bass – Joseph Butler
Clarinet – Emile Barnes
Drums – Samuel Penn
Piano – Joe James
Trombone – Louis Nelson
Trumpet – Kid Thomas