Fairfield Four - Best of: 1927-60The Fairfield Four are perhaps one of the six most significant jubilee quartets to come to prominence in the Southlands during the 1940s, although their genesis lies way back in the '20s when three of the original line up sang together in a church choir in Nashville. Coming to prominence through radio exposure, the group became national celebrities, their exaggerated emotional style appealing to a broad audience, and enabling them to tour extensively,

It's a hugely evocative musical snapshot of a remarkable era in popular music as it became a mass market phenomenon

beginning his career as an assistant to Claudio Abbado at La Scala in Milan

plus vocal duets with Patty Andrews and Georgia Gibbs

riffs and percussion

This set comprises the performances which were subsequently released on the Blue Note label

1s "Address Unknown"

a masterpiece for three male voices and basso continuo

and Maria Stodtmeier

It features performances alongside many notable musicians of the era

Clyde Burke

1s - "They Say" and "Thanks For Ev'rything" with Artie Shaw

"Nine-String Guitar Blues" and "Mississippi's Big Joe Williams & his Nine-String Guitar" from 1957 through to 1962