Hothouse Stomp Explained

Hothouse Stomp
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Ghost Train Orchestra
Cover:	Cover_art_for_Ghost_Train_Orchestra_album_Hothouse_Stomp.png
Released:	March 2011
Recorded:	November 2009
Studio:	Avatar, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	53:12
Label:	Accurate Records
Producer:	Danny Blume, Brian Carpenter
Chronology:	Ghost Train Orchestra
Next Title:	Book of Rhapsodies
Next Year:	2013

Hothouse Stomp is the debut album by Ghost Train Orchestra featuring new arrangements of previously obscure music from late 1920s Chicago and Harlem, specifically Tiny Parham, Charlie Johnson, Fess Williams, and McKinney's Cotton Pickers. It was released on the Accurate Records label in 2011.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

All music transcribed and arranged by Brian Carpenter.

1. "Ghost Train (Orchestra)" (Brian Carpenter, Brandon Seabrook) – 1:36
2. "Mojo Strut" (Tiny Parham) – 2:55
3. "Stop Kidding" (John Nesbitt) – 2:30
4. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) – 3:43
5. "Voodoo" (Tiny Parham) – 3:01
6. "Blues Sure Have Got Me" (Charlie Johnson) – 3:42
7. "Hot Bones and Rice" (Charlie Johnson) – 4:49
8. "Dixie Stomp" (B. Tremaine) – 2:59
9. "Lucky 3-6-9" (Tiny Parham) – 1:59
10. "The Boy in the Boat" (Charlie Johnson) – 4:40
11. "Slide, Mr. Jelly Slide" (Fess Williams) – 2:16
12. "Hot Tempered Blues" (Charlie Johnson, Arthur Porter) – 4:09

Personnel

• Brian Carpenter – trumpet, harmonica, conductor
• Andy Laster – alto saxophone
• Matt Bauder – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet
• Dennis Lichtman – clarinet
• Curtis Hasselbring – trombone
• Mazz Swift – violin, vocals
• Jordan Voelker – viola
• Brandon Seabrook – banjo
• Ron Caswell – tuba
• Rob Garcia – drums

Reception

The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson stated "The music gathered and interpreted on this thoroughly winning disc all comes from a period before the emergence of the big-band jazz sound, a time when horn sections were smaller, rhythm sections less strictly codified, and the jazz sound itself much less regimented and refined. Just about every track is full of those kinds of musical treats and surprises, and it all adds up to a relentlessly rollicking good time." The album peaked at #10 on the Billboard jazz charts in April 2011.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Brian Carpenter: Eclectic Jazz, Rooted in Americana : NPR . NPR Music . 2011-04-07 . 2011-04-21.
2. News: The Best Jazz of 2011 : NPR . Patrick . Jarenwattananon . NPR Music . 2011-12-09 . 2020-06-21.
3. News: Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra – Chart History . 2011-04-27 . 2015-04-25.