“Showboat Shuffle” – King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators (1927)

Recorded in Chicago on April 22, 1927.
Released as Brunswick 3998.

A short piano phrase from Luis Russell starts this tune off, handing it off to Joe Oliver’s cornet to introduce the head. Other highlights include a forlorn trombone solo from Kid Ory and a blues tuba run by Lawson Buford.

Credits
King Oliver, Thomas “Tick” Gray – cornet
Kid Ory – trombone
Omer Simeon – clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax
Paul Barnes – clarinet, alto sax
Barney Bigard – clarinet, tenor sax
Luis Russell – piano
Junie Cobb – banjo
Lawson Buford – tuba
Paul Barbarin – drums