Emanuel Sayles

Give me the old New Orleans Jazz Sayles Emanuel 1979
Emanuel Sayles was one of the key rhythm man in New Orleans. He has recorded with many of the early New Orleans jazz musicians and was a well known member of the different Preservation Hall jazz bands.
In 1979 Emanuel was invited to perform at one of the Peter Appleyard jazz shows in Toronto. This charming gentleman plays a gentle banjo and sings one of his compositions "Give me that old New Orleans Jazz".
I have seen Emanuel many times during my trips to New Orleans in the seventies. He was usually part of a solid New Orleans rhythm group in Preservation Hall, so it is indeed a revelation to see and hear him perform as a soloist.