Dear Bob That is all very well, but for security reasons I will remove your post from the RHA archive and replace it by this quote. Even though only group...
Very interesting 1928 New York soundie with many interesting musicians famous (and unknown). At 2 min we are treated to an invisible violin solo and at 4:30 to...
I have already been in direct touch with the enquirer but Dawkins is almost certainly the West Indian bandleader and drummer more commonly known under the name...
Fantastic! From the YouTube comments - is this confirmed? Re: Invisible violin solo: He did it with one cut-off hair from his bow, tied in a cricle? and...
The violin technique was used by Gypsy musicians - check out the film Latcho Drom for an emotionally powerful use of this technique. Also: ROMANIAN FIDDLE...
Thanks for the info - any Youtube videos to watch of this technique? Now, what about the washboard/parchment/wall paper solo? ________________________________ ...
That single bow hair bowing technique on the violin seems to be a variation of the technique that Joe Venuti used for his chord-melody solos. Â But Joe used...
Hi Folks, BEWARE - I have just received an Email purporting to come from Yahoo. It requests verification of account details. It seems that the last hacking...
Alan, I did not want to ask you publicly, but I wonder if you ever received any of my two private messages warning you of spams sent *to* the group from *your*...
So, what is the update on repairing/gaining access to the site or getting in contact with the creator or service provider? Let me know what I can do!...
Hi all, Does anyone know the name of the "Jazz Band from Memphis" that plays at Madge's (Bette Davis) party, or who the musicians are? IMDB has no information...
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It¹s Les Hite and His Orchestra. Numbers performed are: Willie The Weeper (inst); Peckerwoods Wiggle; Willie The Weeper (Bette Davis, vocal) ... Howard Rye,...
... Hi Jim, and thank you Howard. Jim try this -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbpdOmbOnLQ Howard do you have any idea of the personnel of the band in the...
When I was working on these or the discography in Marshall Royal¹s autobiography we reached the essential conclusion that it is almost impossible to recover...
Orendorf should be recognisable aurally from his nice King Oliver style -- I gathered he had an interesting later life, but don't know details. Lawrence Brown...
Hi all, Wondered if any of you had noticed the following and had any opinions or observations about the following. I was listening just now (on iTunes) to...
Looking online, the cd set /Louis Armstrong : portrait of the artist as a young man, 1923-1934/ (which I don't have) has Mahogany Hall Stomp listed as 3:13,...
I have three versions of Mahogany Hall Stomp on CD and loaded into iTunes. A The one from the Complete Hot Fives and Hot, according to the iTunes info, is...
The version on, "The Complete Louis Armstrong Vol. 5 "Tight Like This" 1928-1931 Disc 1" by Frémeaux et Cie is 3:22. One of the reasons for a disparity in,...
Sounds similar to editing old photos digitally, there may be a "right" answer but it'd be hard to prove, even to yourself! Andrew Taylor (from my iPad)...
Good News -- 1920 s and 1930 s Roaring 20 s Hits "Rythm Kings Band is Currently Rehearsing Tarpon Springs, Florida EVEN BETTER, Many Veterans of Swing are in...
For this -- and all vintage material -- seek out JRT Davies transcriptions. Speed correction is an art, not a science, especially as jazz musicians, especially...
jrt davies was indeed the speeds man his own writings on speeds topics ought to be available for reference. as I recall, he was very informative even when...
Hello Robert JRT's website is, I regret, lost and gone. But Nick Dellow's excellent interview is still available at http://www.vjm.biz/articles9.htm All Best ...
