On these two albums originally released on Atlantic, Wilbur de Paris presents us with a veritable smorgasbord of the all the music he was so extraordinary at playing: blues, hymns, jazz, pop, standards, and show tunes. "On The Riviera" was recorded live at the 1960 Antibes Jazz Festival.

PERSONNEL:

THE WILD JAZZ AGE (Atlantic 1336):

SIDNEY DE PARIS, cornet
DOC CHEATMAN, trumpet
WILBUR DE PARIS, trombone, valve trombone
GARVIN BUSHELL, clarinet, bassoon
SONNY WHITE, piano, organ
JOHN SMITH, guitar, banjo
HAYES ALVIS, bass
WILBERT KIRK, harmonica
LOUIS BACON, vocals

New York, May 9 & 29, 1960

01. Runnin' Wild
02. That Thing Called Love
03. Shimme-Sha-Wabble
04. Baby Won't You Please Come Here
05. Twelfth Street Rag
06. Blues Ingee
07. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
08. Railroad Man

WILBUR DE PARIS ON THE RIVIERA (Atlantic 1363)

WILBUR DE PARIS, trombone, valve trombone
LOUIS BACON, vocals
SIDNEY DE PARIS, DOC CHEATMAN, trumpet
GARVIN BUSHELL, piccolo, clarinet, bassoon
WILBERT KIRK, harmonica
SONNY WHITE, piano, organ
JOHN SMITH, guitar, banjo
HAYES ALVIS, bass

Live "Jazz Festival", Antibes, France, July 9, 1960

09. Minorca
10. Tell 'em About Me
11. The Charleston
12. Creole Love Call
13. South Rampart Street Parade
14. Tres Moutarde
15. Fidgety Feet
16. Battle Hymn Of The Republic
17. Clarinet Marmalade
18. St. Louis Blues
19. Sensation
20. Muskrat Ramble