DOC CHEATHAM AND SAMMY PRICE - DOC & SAMMY

Doc Cheatham and Sammy Price - DOC & SAMMY - Sackville 3013 

Sackville has followed their wonderful Jay McShann and Buddy Tate duet album with another duet recording of two older jazz stylists. Sammy Price is one of the few true surviving boogie woogie pianists left, though his playing also incorporates some stride and swing elements. Doc Cheatham is representative of the blues-drenched trumpet stylings of the twenties. 

Together they do some wonderful earthy interpretations of traditional jazz staples like "Tishomingo Blues" and "Sheik of Araby." Fats Walter's "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose" receive lively takes. The empathy of Price and Cheatham is quite high and they produce a most rewarding set for which we should be thankful to Sackville and Doc and Sammy for giving us. Here's hoping Sackville continues this series of traditional jazz stylists in duo settings. 

Incidentally the order of tunes on the record label and jacket is erroneous though listening makes it clear which is "Summertime" and which is "The Sheik of Araby."

I likely received a review copy from the publication. Sackville issued this as part of a double CD. This double CD is available from Delmark Records. This review appeared in the June 1978 Buffalo Jazz Report (Issue 52). Here is Doc and Sammy from an earlier recording where they played Gershwin.