Joe Jackson is coming back with a new album next month titled, Mr. Joe Jackson presents: Max Champion in 'What A Racket! The album features eleven songs by Max Champion for the first time in over a century. According to producer Joe Jackson, ‘These were wonderful songs in their time, but they’re surprisingly modern, too. Sometimes it’s almost as if Max is speaking, from his London of the early 20th century, directly to us in the early 21st’. A good example is 'Health and Safety,' released today.
Max Champion was born in 1882 in London's East End, and is thought to have been related to the great Victorian entertainer Harry Champion. In his early career, he shared the stage with stars such as Gus Ellen and Vesta Tilley, but the First World War ended his career (much like the Music Hall era itself), and his songs faded into obscurity. Then, in 2014, Max Champion sheet music began to surface: first in Malta, then in England, and, curiously, in Belgium, where Max probably died. As of 2019, Joe Jackson had recovered enough songs to perform them with a 12-piece orchestra.
The album “Mr. Joe Jackson presents: Max Champion in 'What A Racket!'” will be released on November 24th, 2023, as CD-Digipak and 1LP black vinyl, download and streaming. Plans are also underway to present this project as a live show in Spring 2024.
A new JJ tour and album on the horizon sounds pretty good to me! Can't wait to hear the rest of the album. ♪♫
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