Gigs: Reminiscing in Music (2000)

About this title: A veteran sit-in cornetist with various Dixieland bands and the backup groups of Leon Redbone, David Bromberg, and more recently Madeleine Peyroux, Ecklund's folk-derived swing is expressed through a variety of different combos on these 15 cuts, eight written by the leader. Some feature dual acoustic guitarists Peyroux and Steve Cardenas, others mandolinist David Grisman and guitarist Frank Vignola, with Marty Grosz (guitar), Dan Block (woodwinds) and Keith Ingham (celeste), or Jay Ungar (violin) and Molly Mason (guitar). Cameos come from clarinetists Ken Peplowski and Bobby Gordon, Howard ... read more

Tracks:

1. Say It With a Kiss [Mercer/Warren]
2. Winter Waltz [Ecklund]
3. Django and Bix [Ecklund]
4. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me [McCarron/Morgan/Swa]
5. Blue Bix [Ecklund]
6. When You're Smiling [Fisher/Goodwin/Shay]
7. Russian Lullaby [Berlin]
8. Tailfins [Ecklund]
9. My Blue Heaven [Whiting/Donaldson]
10. Fuddy Duddy [Ecklund/Grosz/Wall]
11. When You and I Were Young, Maggie [Butterfield/Johnson]
12. At the Track [Ecklund]
13. At the Fair [Ecklund]
14. Midnight Hour Blues [Carr]
15. Blackey's Song [Ecklund]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.