Title:
The
Jazz
Train
and
Bonus
Tracks
Artist:
Original
London
Cast
-
Bertice
Reading,
Jeff
Williams,
Fredye
Marshall,
Edric
Connor,
Lucy
Guannel
etc
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1062
Barcode:
5055122110620
Release
Date:
10
January
2006
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.
We
have
included
tracks
recorded
in
London
in
the
1950s
by
Elisabeth
Welch
and
Marie
Bryant.
The
Peters
Sisters
are
represented
by
a
selection
of
songs
recorded
in
Paris
while
they
were
head-lining
at
the
Folies
Bergère.
The
16
page
CD
booklet
contains
production
shots
and
photos
of
some
of
the
performers
featured
here.
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