Echoes of Tom Anderson's New Orleans String Jazz Traditions

(2-CD Set) a double CD compilation of the 6 & 7/8s String Band, who originally started playing together in 1911. CD1 features sessions recorded for an LP at guitarist Edmond Souchon's house in Metairie, Louisiana in August 1954, tracks featured on 78s from 1949 and a recording of acoustic guitar playing by Frank Amacker from 1958. CD2 starts with a radio broadcast the band made in 1950 as part of the New Orleans Opera Auditions on the Air, plus recordings by Souchon and ukelele player Charlie Hardy made in 1955.