Blue boat

"Albummet, Blue Boat, er en remastered genudgivelse af en plade, som oprindeligt udkom i 1994. Albummet indgår i rækken af Jazzpar Pris-udgivelser, som Storyville genudsender, og det byder (som alle de andre album i serien) på jazzmusik af en ekstraordinær prismodtager med gæster ... Steen Vigs landskab bestod af swingjazz, Dixieland, blues og tidlig R&B. Og det var altså, kan man forvisse sig om, et landskab, han kendte, kunne betvinge og kunne tilføre glød. Gløden er netop den store oplevelse i aflytningen af dette album".

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"This is a fun set. Steen Vig, a thick-toned tenor saxophonist who also is heard on soprano, displays a flexible style that ranges from swing and Dixieland to spirited jump tunes. He used up to seven pieces on these spirited performances, which sometimes include both Mighty Flea Conners and Fessor Lindgreen on trombones and guitarist Cornell Dupree. Highlights include the debut of Sidney Bechet's previously unrecorded "Blue Boat," Conners' "The Flea Is Jumping," "Taps Miller" and Clarence Williams' "Kansas City Man Blues." It is sad, listening to the joy of the music, to realize that Vig would pass away, on Jan. 1, 1994 when he was just 49".

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