JamesPriceJohnson There are actually literally hours of homemade (reel-to-reel) recordings extant of Mr. Lambert playing (mostly) in his usual hangout neighborhood bar in New Jersey, mostly made by jazz fans from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s. Other than the two Pumpkin LPs, and the Storyville CD, most of this has never been commercially issued for sale to the general public, although I'm told a project reissuing at _least_ another sampling of same is in the pipeline for more to be released at an undetermined future date. I have heard some of this privately-issued material and some of it is very good... the audio fidelity/recording quality varies (most not as clean and rich as this Bluebird studio session), as does the quality/repair/tuning of the piano (as would any bar piano that is sporadically maintained), and also, the instrumentation, since on some tracks Mr. Lambert is playing with a pick-up band (or "jam band") of jazz musicians. What is interesting is that there are many tunes on these recordings which were never otherwise recorded by Mr. Lambert, as well as many alternate versions of his standbys and showpieces (such as "Hallelujah").
I'm a huge Lambert fan but his style was more limited than say James P. Johnson or Fats Waller which is why he never became well known. He was also musically illiterate so could not publish music like Waller or Johnson. Lambert's main forte was very fast stride and at this he was the best (except for possibly Tatum). Another aspect of his style was offbeat accents at extremely fast tempos.
@@greyantelope there are around 3 or 4 albums or his. His records have to total between 30 and 50, coupled on with several of him an including him from the newport jazz festival
Donald Lambert made three official recording sessions in studio (one of them from 1949 remains unissued). Maybe a thousand of tunes from unofficial material mainly recorded at "Wallace's" bar in New Jersey (from Mike Lipskin tapes omong others). Only three LP has been issued using that material. More Lambert will be published on BlueBlackJazz channel soon !
@@blueblackjazz gosh my initial comment was made so long ago , 10 years? when I barely knew about stride. Yes many lambert recordings are actually out there, they just need to be found sometimes. There are several videotaped performances of him, 1 with Eubie Blake on Duo. And 1 from a fragment of a very early Oscar M. Film. I will soon be uploading tracks from the "Meet The Lamb" album, hopefully no copyright strikes.
I just need to have this somewhere I can hear it every now and then. I recorded off the air from Dr. Demento in 1974, and the chorus with the repeated notes just hammers my soul into place every time I listen to it. Where do you get that sheet music? I'd love to have a copy to plug away at.
mrkip w As far as I know, that sheet music is a transcription done by Paul Marcorelles of France, available in a Donald Lambert transcription folio on his website "Blue Black Jazz". Jim Turner has also made his own excellent transcription of this, which I don't think is commercially available.
(And now I've bought the sheet music, which is fun to look at, or to play parts of somewhat s l o w l y… I, uh, don't have the fantastic ability of Mr. Lambert, you see, but I like being able to sit down with it anyway.)
He actually swung harder than Tatum
He was born on the same day when I was born!
JamesPriceJohnson There are actually literally hours of homemade (reel-to-reel) recordings extant of Mr. Lambert playing (mostly) in his usual hangout neighborhood bar in New Jersey, mostly made by jazz fans from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s. Other than the two Pumpkin LPs, and the Storyville CD, most of this has never been commercially issued for sale to the general public, although I'm told a project reissuing at _least_ another sampling of same is in the pipeline for more to be released at an undetermined future date. I have heard some of this privately-issued material and some of it is very good... the audio fidelity/recording quality varies (most not as clean and rich as this Bluebird studio session), as does the quality/repair/tuning of the piano (as would any bar piano that is sporadically maintained), and also, the instrumentation, since on some tracks Mr. Lambert is playing with a pick-up band (or "jam band") of jazz musicians. What is interesting is that there are many tunes on these recordings which were never otherwise recorded by Mr. Lambert, as well as many alternate versions of his standbys and showpieces (such as "Hallelujah").
I'm a huge Lambert fan but his style was more limited than say James P. Johnson or Fats Waller which is why he never became well known. He was also musically illiterate so could not publish music like Waller or Johnson. Lambert's main forte was very fast stride and at this he was the best (except for possibly Tatum). Another aspect of his style was offbeat accents at extremely fast tempos.
He's like the Thalberg to Liszt's Tatum, if that...makes sense.
I made a Synthesia video of Donald Lambert's Anitra's Dance
He probably made around 30 recordings if i had to guess?
(including video performances). Probably less, its a shame. He was an amazing pianist.
No, he made very few recordings and was never well represented.
@@greyantelope there are around 3 or 4 albums or his. His records have to total between 30 and 50, coupled on with several of him an including him from the newport jazz festival
Donald Lambert made three official recording sessions in studio (one of them from 1949 remains unissued).
Maybe a thousand of tunes from unofficial material mainly recorded at "Wallace's" bar in New Jersey (from Mike Lipskin tapes omong others). Only three LP has been issued using that material. More Lambert will be published on BlueBlackJazz channel soon !
@@blueblackjazz gosh my initial comment was made so long ago , 10 years? when I barely knew about stride. Yes many lambert recordings are actually out there, they just need to be found sometimes. There are several videotaped performances of him, 1 with Eubie Blake on Duo. And 1 from a fragment of a very early Oscar M. Film. I will soon be uploading tracks from the "Meet The Lamb" album, hopefully no copyright strikes.
@@blueblackjazz am hoping more of these recordings come out in time.
It's said that even Art Tatum did not quite exceed his stride style.
I just need to have this somewhere I can hear it every now and then. I recorded off the air from Dr. Demento in 1974, and the chorus with the repeated notes just hammers my soul into place every time I listen to it. Where do you get that sheet music? I'd love to have a copy to plug away at.
mrkip w As far as I know, that sheet music is a transcription done by Paul Marcorelles of France, available in a Donald Lambert transcription folio on his website "Blue Black Jazz". Jim Turner has also made his own excellent transcription of this, which I don't think is commercially available.
This looks good. I've bookmarked the site so I can get it when I can swing it. (So to speak.) Thanks a lot for your information!
(And now I've bought the sheet music, which is fun to look at, or to play parts of somewhat s l o w l y… I, uh, don't have the fantastic ability of Mr. Lambert, you see, but I like being able to sit down with it anyway.)