Sweet Emma Barrett - Whenever You're Lonely
Sweet Emma was an icon of New Orleans Jazz in 1950s and early 60s. Here she is thumping away with the "on tour" Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Percy Humphrey tpt, Willie Humphrey clt, Big Jim Robinson tbn, Slow Drag Pavageau bass fiddle, Emanuel Sayles bjo, Josiah Frazier dms. Sweet Emma was a great character, she had lovely singing voice but she could spit venom if she did not like you. I had the pleasure of meeting Manny Sayles in NO shortly before his death in the 1980s he was a lovely man ...
Author: wolfiejazz; Tags: New Orleans Jazz Sweet Emma Barrett Preservation Hall Jazz Band
