The Sidewalks of New York
CD GHB BCD-127
There is much music from Raymond Burke on the CD, and I love that, but there are also a couple of numbers from a for me less known clarinet player.
Irvine “Pinky” Vidacovich can be heard on the classic recordings of New Orleans Owls from the mid-twenties. Later he was band leader and played in trumpet player Sharkey Bonano’s band, among other things.
Here he does a well-planned, gently swinging interpretation of an old number. Accompanying on piano is the great, omnipresent Armand Hug. Joe Capraro, guitar; Emile Christian, string bass; and Monk Hazel on drums complete the group that recorded this in 1960.