CBC Comp 434 comp

Hogtown Trumpets are, by name, Erich Traugott, Arnie Chycoski, Sam Noto, Bobby Herriott and Guido Basso. Together with a solid rhythm section they revive these lively selections written by Ian McDougall. Ian lives in an old house in middle-class Toronto with his wife Barbara and an assortment of the children, spending his time playing the trombone, writing music, jogging and running, and, when he has the time, he writes excellent jazz. For this session he chose to write jazz-influenced selections. What he wrote was jazz-influenced, semi-groovy, boogie-blues and commercial-cum-latin. “Ludwig’s Bugle” gets its name because it is based on a chunk of Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony. On this tune, Erich plays the bugle call, Sam Noto does the improvised solo and (Guido is the one who sounds like a wounded Banshee) and Arnie plays the theme at the end of the tune. (Arnie always plays the high notes.) Sam Noto plays the liquid, smooth intro on “Back Bacon Blues”.

Produced in Toronto by John Jessop
Recording Engineer: B. Thorne