Ralph Sutton visited Copenhagen a number of times and played with the local musicians. On this CD he plays solo, duo, quartet, sextet and septet with the best Danish musicians. Ralph Sutton is a brilliant stride piano player who played timeless jazz. He was influenced by James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. On the sextet and septet session his fellow American Wild Bill Davison plays trumpet. His piano solo is Bix Beiderbecke’s famous composition In The Dark. This is a CD for fans that like timeless jazz played by very good musicians.
Wild Bill Davison – trumpet, Jesper Thilo – tenorsax, Ralph Sutton – piano, Lars Blach – guitar, Hugo Rasmussen – bass, Svend-Erik Nørregård – drums
Recorded May 23-25, 1977
Thou Swell
You’re Driving Me Crazy
You Can Depend On Me
At Sundown
Undecided
In The Dark
Jeepers Creepers
Gone With The Wind
I Want To Be Happy
If I Could Be With You
St. Louis Blues
Worrying The Life Out Of Me
Old Fashioned Love
Everybody Loves My Baby
Blue Room
Shine
Running Wild
Exactly Like You