George Lewis

GEORGE LEWIS (cl)
JIM ROBINSON (tb)
DON EWELL (p)
CIE FRAZIER (d)

Live, Boyden High School, Salisbury, N.C., June 5, 1966.

Tracks: 1. Ida, 2. Of All The Wrongs, 3. Whispering, 4. Waltz You Saved For Me, 5. Toot Toot Tootsie, 6. Yes Yes In Your Eyes, 7. Wabash Blues, 8. Someday Sweetheart, 9. Ole Miss, 10. Bucket’s Got A Hole In It , 11. Ida (Alternate), 12. Of All The Wrongs (Alternate), 13. Whispering (Alternate), 14. Yes Yes In Your Eyes (Alternate)

A very fine collaboration with Don Ewell. The 1997 CD reissue adds a new version of "Bucket's Got a Hole in It" and four worthy alternate takes from the same session.
Down Beat (4/97, p.59) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...the real news here--and it's worth the ticket price--is drummer Cie Frazier, whose genuine N'awlins woodblocks, cowbells...and thumping bass pulse are impossible to ignore....Frazier's press rolls are instant inspiration: tight like that!"