RECORDINGS of the BEARCATS JAZZ BAND

 

 

Vols 1&2 combined-—Our first two recordjngs from 1984 and l99O were on cassette tapes. Recently we remastered them onto one CD, minus 2 tunes. There is a tota1of 19 tunes on thjs CD, a true bargain which illustrates the zest of the band in its ‘youth’

 

Tunes: VOL I—Oh Baby; Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me; I Want a Little Girl; Sweet Georgia Brown; Ory’s Creole Trombone; Cake Walkin’ Babies from Home; South Rampart St Parade

 VOL2-: Medley- Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet / Wait Til’ The Sun Shines Nellie; Joe Avery’s Blues,  Saloon; Bogoloosa Strut; Indian Love CalI;  Peoria; Some Of These Days; Rose Of Washington Square; Limehouse Blues; Singin’ The Blues; L-O-U-I-S-I -A-N-A; Tiger Rag

 

Volume 3 - Swing That Music —  Recorded in June 1994, at the Carriage House Studios this BEARCATS’ triumph includes twelve classics, runs about an hour, and marks the debut of the BEARCAT Chorale among other surprises.

 

Tunes:        Buddy’s Habits; Memphis Blues; Roll the Patrol; Atlanta Blues; Eccentric Rag;

Minstrels of Annie Street; Viper Mad; Wild Man Blues; Ole Miss; Rhythm King; Banjo Medley #2; Swing That Music.

 

 

Volume 4 - The Joint is Jumpin’ -During the blizzards of February 1996, cozily installed at the Carriage House Studio, the BEARCATS waxed sixteen of your favorite songs in seventy minutes of state-of-the-art digital extravaganza.

 

 Tunes: Dans les Rues d’Antibes, Oh No! San Francisco Bay Blues, Yellow Dog Blues, Sweet & Slow, Georgia Swing, New Orleans Shuffle, Iguana, Royal Garden Blues, Old Fashioned Love, San, Titanic Man Blues, Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down, Oriental Strut, The Joint is Jumpin’, Love Me With a Feeling.

 

 

Volume 5- Special Edition-  In February~ 1999 to celebrate the induction of NoelKaletsky into the band and taking advantage of Dick V.G. visiting the North we recordedseventy two minutes of special stuff for the special occasion.

 

Tunes: Opus #1, I Double Dare You, Panama, Copenhagen, Down in Honky Tonky Town, I Want To Be Happy, Stomp!Stomp!Stomp!, Jubilee, Banjo Medley #3, Dippermouth Blues, Radio, Hindustan, Frog-I-More Rag, My Walkmg Stick, Jumpin’ At The Woodside, Si Tu Vois Ma Mere.

 

 

Volume 6- Silver Jubilee- To celebrate the Bearcats 25 years at The Blazer Pub, we produced this latest CD in March, 2003.

 

Tunes: Papa Dip, The Chant, Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia, Big Bear Stomp, Sidewalk Blues, Stevedore Stomp, Frim Fram Sauce, Banjo Medley #1, Melancholy Blues, Good Morning Judge, Minor Drag, A Closer Walk With Thee, Paris, Original Dixieland One Step, I’m Through, Goodbye

 

CDs are $15 each; Add $2 for shipping etc for mail orders. Make check to “Joe Hanlon”

 

Be sure to check out our Web Site for the latest info about The Bearcats and for ordering information.

 

Joe Hanlon, 13 St George Place, Sandy Hook, CT 06482 Phone- 203-426-4185

 

Web Site: WWW.THEBEARCATSJAZZBAND.COM   e-mail;  Bcatjoe@Prodigy.net