78 RPM - Red Devils - Bennie Nawahi, Columbia 14586, V+ Steel Guitar - Jazz

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162

ARTIST:  The Red Devils - Bennie Nawahi group

LABEL:   Columbia 14586

TITLES:  Dinah / Tiger Rag
CONDITION:  V+

DESCRIPTION: 
                                    
Another killer session by Bennie Nawahi and his group, billing themselves as The Red Devils for this rare February 1931 race release.  When a Yazoo reissue CD devoted to Nawahi came out 18 years ago, the Time magazine film critic Richard Corliss was so taken with it that he snatched it from Time's music critic so he could review it, leading with this enthusiastic assessment of "Dinah" one of the tracks on this 78: The Red Devils, a Manhattan quintet, tears into Dinah - tears it up, rather, and tosses it like confetti over the giddy audience.  The plucky violinist takes a solo, then a guy going infectiously nuts on tissue paper and comb.  Finally, it's steel guitarist King Bennie Nawahi's turn.  He attacks the melody while caressing his instrument; his solo, like the best improvs, seems both wild and thoughtful.  The full band convenes for a last mad-dash chorus, racing to Bennie's steel pulse.  Who can hear this music, this musician, without feeling awe and joy? Light wear with handling scuffs. Occasional light background tics.  A few deep label scratches on "Dinah" side only.
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