Some fine swingin’ proto-bop with an excellent title.
Labeled not as a Jump Blues or a Fox Trot – but as “Jump Trot”!
After a fun riffy head and brief solos by Rivera and Berry, Don Byas lays out his opinions and tells it like it is.
0:00 Intro
0:38 Piano (Rivera)
0:54 Trumpet (Berry)
1:08 Tenor Sax (Byas)
2:09 Outro
Recorded in New York City on August 31, 1944.
Released as National 9002.
Credits:
Emmett Berry – trumpet
Don Byas – tenor sax
Milt Hinton – bass
Dave Rivera – piano
J. C. Heard – drums