Pure Dixieland is a mostly instrumental album of traditional New Orleans classics, from an ensemble of New Orleans jazz masters, including a young Harry Connick Jr. at the age of eleven.
| Pure Dixieland | ||||
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | New Orleans: November 4, 11, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Piano, Dixieland | |||
| Length | 28:41 | |||
| Label | Sony/Columbia | |||
| Producer | James Duggan | |||
| Harry Connick Jr. chronology | ||||
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| Eleven | ||||
 Cover for the 1992 re-issue, Eleven | ||||
The album was originally released in 1979, titled Pure Dixieland. It was re-released in November 1992 as Eleven.[1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Q |   (3/93, p.85) |
Track listing
edit- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey, Ben Bernie) – 4:39
- "Tin Roof Blues" (Walter Melrose, Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel) – 2:55
- "Wolverine Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton, Benjamin Spikes, John Spikes) – 3:06
- "Jazz Me Blues" (Tom Delaney) – 3:04
- "Doctor Jazz" (Joe "King" Oliver, Melrose) – 3:27
- "Muskrat Ramble" (Ray Gilbert, Kid Ory) – 2:39
- "Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) – 2:48
- "Joe Avery's Piece" (Traditional) – 3:11
- "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" (Joe Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) – 2:46
Musicians
edit- Harry Connick Jr. – piano, vocals on "Doctor Jazz"
- Jim Duggan – trombone
- Liston Johnson – clarinet
- Freddie Kohlman – drums
- Walter Payton – bass
- Tedd Riley – trumpet