Hi I'd live to be able to view the films on redhotjazz.com. It talks about the Vivoplayer which is no longer made and not compatible with Windows XP. I click...
Hello, Some time ago I saw a documentary, narrated by Cab Calloway, on the history of the "Soundies", the forerunner of the music videos. Even though there is...
Hi everybody from Girona, Spain, I joined this group a few weeks ago after visiting the extraordinary Red Hot Jazz website, to learn a little bit about old...
Hear them here: http://redhotjazz.com/jacksonss.html Thanks to Wim van der Brugghen for all the songs that I've posted today. Scott Alexander The Red Hot Jazz...
What does Abraham Lincoln have to do with jazz?Does anyone have this book because i would sure like to know about "The Life Of Honest Abe in Jazzistory."...
Hello, I am trying to get the music files from redhotjazz.com onto my iPod. But iPods aren't comaptible with Realplayer files. Has anyone on this group gotten...
Hello, this is what I got my start on listening to Jazz at my grandparents as a boy, used to put my head right up to the sound box. As for the Soundies,...
Dear redhotters, About a week ago, Michael and I edited a welcome message which contained information about the group and a few guidelines for posting. It will...
I have 8 spare copies of Footnote magazine and its successor New Orleans Music to give away. They date from 1978 – 2004. I want nothing for them but a good...
I just got a copy of the Davies restored King Oliver Creole Jazz Band recordings. I take back everything I've said about Davies. This is marvelous. I've...
I'd like to confirm if the additional "(Gotta Hurry Home)" appears as part of this title on the original label of Blu-Disc T1002-A by the Washingtonians. ...
Thank you John for the information. I think,though, that tape recording at that time was at its infancy and that it would not have been used for frivolous...
You may listen to them here: http://www.redhotjazz.com/gcp.html Thanks to Wim van der Brugghen! Scott Alexander The Red Hot Jazz Archive www.redhotjazz.com...
... According to the description, it's RCA Bluebird 2CD 82876599522 I couldn't find much information about the content of the DVD, juste a couple of reviews...
Of probable interest to the group is a tape recorded interview i conducted with Paul Mertz, pianist with the Jean Goldkette and Fred Waring Orchestras,at his...
My name is Tim and i enjoy all early jazz.I had a jazz radio program from 1980 to 1985 on KCSN - the college radio station of a local college.My collection is...
Would anyone happen to know where I could find a recording of Ben Selvin's version of "Afghanistan" either on tape or as an Mp3? He recorded the song for Okeh...
"Freshie" by Waring's Pennsylvanians is famous for its reverb, but another great example of acoustic reverb on early 78s is Paul Whiteman's record of "Lonely...
Hallo, After having observed from the sidelines for a while, I have some questions for the esteemed panel: 1. In the late forties, when my parents bought their...
Hi all, born in Stockholm, Sweden. Almost retreated.Joined a (church) boys choir at age of eight, 1949 and had to play the violin and learn notes and harmony....
One Frank Robinson is shown as a member of the Seven Gallon Jug Band in 1929/1930. It was assumed that the name was an error for Banjo Ikey Robinson. However,...
... From: "Mordechai Litzman" <folke613@...> ... Isn't there an American word for "entrepreneur"? ;) - sorry, I just *had* to... One thing I liked in...
Further to my initial query: Dave Caplan played with the New Princes' Toronto Band at the (surprise!) New Princes' Restaurant in London, recorded roughly 50...
I bought my first CDs approximately half a year before I bought a CD- player (they were a bit less expensive. Not, in certain instances, anymore). One of the...
The liner notes on my Soundcraft LPs (LP1013 and LP1014)say that other broadcasts from the program series can be found on Fanfare lp 3-103 and 17-117....
... records available in the series? I've got one Soundcraft LP (LP-1021) featuring a couple Benny Goodman Camel Caravan Broadcasts. The cover says the...
Hello all! The question appended below has been forwarded to me, and I am unable to answer. Do any of you have any information you'd like to contribute? ...