Cy Touff, Miff Mole and Mike Simpson - Doorway to Dixie
Released April 1957
Recording and Session Information
Chicago, Illinois, March 17, 1950Miff Mole, trombone; Bill Tinkler, trumpet; Darnell Howard, clarinet; Paul Jordan, piano; Mel Schmidt, bass; Booker T. Washington, drums
High Society(Premium PR-853)
Light As A Feather(Premium PR-853)
Runnin' Wild (Premium PR-852)
When The Saints Go Marching In(Premium PR-852)
South Rampart Street Parade
Muskrat Ramble
Chicago, Illinois, September 10, 1956
Muggsy Dawson, cornet; Cy Touff, bass trumpet; Mike Simpson, clarinet; Paul Jordan, piano; Mel Schmidt, bass; Frank Bullo, drums.
8232 South Rampart street parade
8233 Basin Street blues
8234 Muskrat ramble
8235 At the jazz band ball
8236 Struttin' with some barbecue
8237 Royal garden blues
Track Listing
| At The Jazz Band Ball | September 10 1956 | |
| Basin Street Blues | September 10 1956 | |
| Struttin' With Some Barbecue | September 10 1956 | |
| Royal Garden Blues | September 10 1956 | |
| High Society | ||
| Light As A Feather | ||
| Runnin' Wild | ||
| When The Saints Go Marching In | ||
| South Rampart Street Parade | ||
| Muskrat Ramble |
Liner Notes
TBCDownbeat Magazine Review, May 16, 1957
Cy Touff - Miff MoleDOORWAY TO DIXIE—Argo 12" LP 606;
At the Jazz Band Ball; Basin Street Blues; Struttin* with Some Barbecue; Royal Garden Blues; High Society; Light as a Feather; Runnin* Wild; When the Saints Go Marching In; South Rampart Street Parade; Muskrat Rumble.
Personnel: First four sides: Touff, bass trumpet; Muggsy Dawson, cornet; Mike Simpson, clarinet; Paul Jordan, piano; Mel Schmidt, bass; Frank Rullo, drums.
Second six sides: Mole, trombone; Bill Tinkler, trumpet; Darnell Howard, clarinet; Paul Jordan, piano; Mel Schmidt, bass; Booker T. Washington, drums.
Rating: irk
This is a curious LP, almost without reason for existence, coupling as it does a quartet of new tracks by a group not entirely at home in two-beat with a half-dozen done some years ago by a veteran trombonist and some fellow researchers into les temps perdido.
The Touff sides are well recorded except that the drums are too loud. Touff himself comes off very well—a swinging easy-styled soloist able to fit into this genre easily. Clarinetist Simpson contributes a good solo on Basin Street, perhaps the most successful tune, but the over-all effect of these four sides is barren of any real message.
The Mole sides are for collectors only, badly recorded and containing only occasional bright bits from Howard. They seem to me to be non-descript Dixie. There is an unidentified male vocalist on these sides whose version of Saints differs from the label.
There are excellent notes, by the way, a considerable improvement for this label. (B.J.G.)
