Norrie Cox & His New Orleans Stompers

Influenced by Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, George Lewis (the New Orleans clarinetist, not the avant-garde trombonist), and Jimmie Noone (among others), Norrie Cox is a veteran Dixieland clarinetist who is identified with the Midwestern jazz scene but was born and raised in England. Cox's playing shows no awareness of bop-oriented clarinetists like Buddy DeFranco and Tony Scott; Cox is Dixieland all the way, and his work is quite faithful to the spirit of the New Orleans jazz of the '10s and '20s. Cox's roots aren't bop icons like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon,...