Dear list-members
This group is just starting, some of its features are still experimental
(even my flashing html description) so the only thing I can safely say
for the time being is "thank you for coming!" ;)
I thought such a group was really needed, but I suppose I have less
knowledge of the topic than most of the present subscribers, only a
long-time taste for jazz in general and some pre-war greats in particular.
In case anyone would be insterested, I'm an "almost retired" teacher of
French and English who discovered blues and jazz in the 60's (through
Son House and Sidney Bechet, to be precise), I play various things on
guitar - mainly country blues styles - and I try my best on upright
bass in a local combo called Django's Dream...
I hope this group will become an enjoyable and helpful place, and I wish
to mainly rely on everyone's self-discipline. Usual stuff : please stay
on-topic, send a private reply whenever you feel the group is no longer
concerned, think of changing the subject line when
needed, avoid useless quotes and "never-never" attempt to send chain
letters, petitions or virus-alerts to the group. Not imitating anyone here,
these are the basic rules that should apply to all mailing-lists.
I suppose everyone knows that no virus can reach a group as long as attached
files are not permitted. I would suggest to avoid the "convert to html"
feature as well - the only one that moderators cannot alter!
Never hesitate to send me any kind of comment or question concerning
the group, your subscription or help with the web features - even if I stay
in the background, I'll be here.
And to finish with, a group always needs a team of moderators... my first
concern will be to find a reliable person across the Ocean, who might
interfere while my part of the world is asleep!
Welcome again,
Patrice
Hi to everyone,
I found an announcement about this new list on the 78-l site. Some of
you might know me from the "HotJazz" Mailing list (without "Red") -
maybe Patrice can explain if this group is going to have a different
focus from the other.
I must be in the same sort of age bracket as Patrice - if things go well
I retire in 7 years. After being trained as a sociologist, I have worked
mainly in providing advice to politicians (on technological policies)
and work at a large national research centre.
My interest in jazz also developed in the 1960s at a period when the
"Temperance Seven" had top-ten hits. At the time I lived in Hamburg,
which is still one of the bastions of traditional jazz styles in
Germany.
My record collection includes all relevant media: 78s, EPs, LPs and CDs.
The most recent acquisitions are the Frog and HEP CDs of the Earl Hines
Orchestra ( I had all on LP, but bought them for the new John R.T.
Davies transfers), the Whoopee Makers/Ben Pollack Vol. 7 on Jazz Oracle
- several sides that really were new to me, plus - I don't know if I
should admit it here - the box of Charlie Parker recordings on JSP
restored by Ted Kendall. Having more or less ignored Parker until a
couple years ago, I can now really appreciate his playing. On its way to
me is the box of "Paramount Masters", also from JSP, so you can see I
have fairly catholic tastes.
To close, a question: does anyone have any ideas about the personnel on
the solitary record by a group called the Jim Dandies? Up to the 5th
edition, Rust was fairly undecided about them, at one time saying they
were more or less Lem Fowler's Washboard Wonders, at another claiming
Sidney deParis on cornet. What does the new edition say? Has this ever
beeen reissued on LP or CD?
Best regards
Michael
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Michael Rader
Am Sandber39
76187 Karlsruhe
Germany
Hello group.
I've just joined. I'm a member of other yahoo groups such as Electrola and
the phono collectors list. I'm also on the DJML, 78-C and the 78List for
collectors of Shellac and cylinders. Yep, I like old music, especially New
Orleans Jazz, Dixieland, Hot Dance and Ragtime. I play trombone and sing
in a couple of bands located near the RI boarder with Massachusetts where I
live.
Ron L
Well, Michael...
> Some of
> you might know me from the "HotJazz" Mailing list (without "Red") -
> maybe Patrice can explain if this group is going to have a different
> focus from the other.
What I must explain is this : as soon as I had the idea of creating this
group, I started looking for similar list, and could find only one.
Several interesting discussions, but medium traffic and a surprisingly low
number of subscribers for a group which was created in 1999!
Anyway I did *not* want to compete with an existing group on the same topic.
What happened, besides the fact that hotjazz has been completely inactive
for 90 days, is that I could never get in touch with the moderator or even
join. After a whole week, my membership request was still pending, which
meant that either the group was 'abandoned' or at least, after all those
years, still with a single moderator who had no time to look after it.
If you have any idea how to contact him - or some other members of the
previous list - I'd rather make a few step backs than be in charge of a
'clone' group, it would even be more interesting to maintain his rather than
mine because of the valuable archives. Some more audience might result from
my contacts in Europe, but it would be a shame to "lose" the previous
members.
Anyway, this is how it happened, after a long stroke of hesitation blues I
started wondering "tell me how long do I have to wait...?" ;) but the focus,
as you say, is definitely the same one.
Patrice
Patrice,
I'm afraid you're right about low activity and few members. The group moderator
is someone called Bryan Wright: bswrig@.... I used to post regularly to the
group but unfortunately don't have the time to stimulate discussion. Much the
same seems to apply to some of the other guys on that list and it does certainly
need stimulation from time to time.
If you like, I can post to the list to see what's happening and if Bryan is
still around. It might at some point be a good idea to consider merging the
lists if both have few members, but that's jumping ahead. My impression is that
many of the members of the "Hot Jazz" community have a focus on Hot Dance rather
than "le hot" in the French sense, so there was something behind my asking
whether the "Red" was meant to imply a difference.
The founding of this new group prompted me to look at what else there is in
existence (at least in Yahoo) and I discovered another group called "Hot Jazz
Guild", which has more members and more recent postings. I would very much like
to participate in discussions with like-minded people and would prefer to do so
in one place without needing to wade through many postings that don't really
interest me (like on DJML or 78-l, which have a lot of traffic).
Best wishes,
Michael
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Patrice Champarou [mailto:patrice.champarou@...]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. September 2004 15:26
An: RedHotJazz@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: Re: [RedHotJazz] Checking In
Well, Michael...
> Some of
> you might know me from the "HotJazz" Mailing list (without "Red") -
> maybe Patrice can explain if this group is going to have a different
> focus from the other.
What I must explain is this : as soon as I had the idea of creating this
group, I started looking for similar list, and could find only one.
Several interesting discussions, but medium traffic and a surprisingly low
number of subscribers for a group which was created in 1999!
Anyway I did *not* want to compete with an existing group on the same topic.
What happened, besides the fact that hotjazz has been completely inactive
for 90 days, is that I could never get in touch with the moderator or even
join. After a whole week, my membership request was still pending, which
meant that either the group was 'abandoned' or at least, after all those
years, still with a single moderator who had no time to look after it.
If you have any idea how to contact him - or some other members of the
previous list - I'd rather make a few step backs than be in charge of a
'clone' group, it would even be more interesting to maintain his rather than
mine because of the valuable archives. Some more audience might result from
my contacts in Europe, but it would be a shame to "lose" the previous
members.
Anyway, this is how it happened, after a long stroke of hesitation blues I
started wondering "tell me how long do I have to wait...?" ;) but the focus,
as you say, is definitely the same one.
Patrice
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My name is Robert Greenwood. Residing in the UK. My tastes and interests in jazz
may be gleaned if I list some (fairly) recent CD purchases. Jack Purvis triple
CD set on Jazz Oracle; Bunny Berigan 5 CD set on JSP; Thumpin’ and Bumpin’
anthology on Frog, including sessions by Cecil Scott’s Bright Boys, Bubber Miley
and his Mileage Makers, and Dave Nelson’s Harlem Highlights; Jimmy O’Bryant –
Mystery Man of Jazz, also on Frog; the four volumes of The Harlem Hamfats on
Document; Paul Barnes and His Polo Players on American Music; CDs by Jimmy
Blythe and The State Street Ramblers on Document; The Georgians on Retrieval.
Please note these are recent CD purchases, not necessarily recent CD issues.
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I've added a few new pages and songs to The Red Hot Jazz Archive this week.
NEW PAGES
Flo Bert - Supposedly the first blues records released on Paramount. I'm looking
for more info on Flo Bert. I've read the Document liner notes about her but I'm
looking anything else you might know about her.
http://redhotjazz.com/flobert.html
What'cha Gon'na Do When There Ain't No Jazz / Sweet Mamma, Papa's Getting Mad -
Paramount 20027
Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - All four songs released by this band were added to
the site, including the first(?) recorded version of the song "Charleston".
http://www.redhotjazz.com/pwr1.html
NEW SONGS ON EXISTING PAGES
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - A couple of songs by Nick La Rocca's 1936 revival
of the band. These are very commercial sounding songs in the swing style with a
vocal refrains by Chris Fletcher.
http://redhotjazz.com/odjb.html
Did You Mean It / Who Loves You - Victor 25420 - 1936
Paul Whiteman Orchestra Line Recordings - Sixteen radio line recordings were
added to the site. These are courtesy of Paul Whiteman record collector supreme
Dennis Pereyra.
http://www.redhotjazz.com/pwr1.html
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on Mutual dated 10/39:
Medley: What'll I Do; Persian Rug; I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
Three Little Words
Down South Camp Meeting
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on CBS dated 10/31/39:
My Last Goodbye
Blue Orchids
Darktown Strutters Ball
Swinging On A Teagarden Gate
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on Mutual dated 11/03/39:
A Boy Named Lem and a Girl Named Sue
To You
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on Mutual dated 11/03/39:
Scatterbrain
Jamboree Jones
Moonray
Goodnight, My Beautiful
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on Mutual dated 11/09/39:
Last Night
Streets of Singapore
Blue Orchids
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Hello everyone here. Some of you may know me. I am the proprietor of
BluesLand.Net I'm very excited to be involved with a list inspired by the
Red Hot Jazz Archives that have long been an excellent source of
information for me.
One question, however... When I went to the website to join this group a
black screen came up, but none of the pictures appeared (only placeholders
where the pictures should have been). Anyone else having that experience?
P.W. Fenton
New Port Richey, FL
http://BluesLand.Net - A comprehensive network of Blues related resources
P.W. - Yep I'm getting the same thing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "P.W. Fenton" <pwfenton@...>
To: <redhotjazz@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: [RedHotJazz] Hello to all
> Hello everyone here. Some of you may know me. I am the proprietor of
> BluesLand.Net I'm very excited to be involved with a list inspired by the
> Red Hot Jazz Archives that have long been an excellent source of
> information for me.
>
> One question, however... When I went to the website to join this group a
> black screen came up, but none of the pictures appeared (only placeholders
> where the pictures should have been). Anyone else having that experience?
>
> P.W. Fenton
> New Port Richey, FL
> http://BluesLand.Net - A comprehensive network of Blues related resources
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Hello (should I say good night? almost 1.00 a.m. here;)
> One question, however... When I went to the website to join this group a
> black screen came up, but none of the pictures appeared (only placeholders
> where the pictures should have been). Anyone else having that experience?
I know, I must change this, Yahoo definitely has trouble with pictures (even
with my DSL connection, they randomly vanish) and such a heavy screen is not
really needed. This was just an attempt. Same for HTML features like
choosing between messages in threaded or expanded format, I've just checked
other Yahoopages and this no longer works ;(
Patrice
> One question, however... When I went to the website to join this
group a
> black screen came up, but none of the pictures appeared (only
placeholders
> where the pictures should have been). Anyone else having that
experience?
>
> P.W. Fenton
Yes!
Ronald John Saunders
Hi Scott and all,
RedHotJazz has grown into a really valuable resource with some information which
is really hard to come by, e.g. the Argentinian bands.
I don't have any information on Flo Bert, and haven't yet listened to the
recordings, but she strikes me as being in the same sort of territory as Marion
Harris rather than an out-and-out blues singer. Have you tried Tim Gracyk or the
78-l mailing list? There's also Alex van Tuuk, a Dutchman, who has published a
book on Paramount, which might explain why this was recorded for that label.
The link to Arthur Gibbs is wrong - it leads to Paul Whiteman. I'm sure I have
some more info on him in the liner notes to the RCA Black and White LP if you
need it.
Do you happen to have any information on the Jim Dandies, about whom I asked
yesterday? You don't have them on your site. I have a copy of their solitary
record (in not-too-good condition) and wonder who the musicians are. The sound
is somewhat similar to Lem Fowler's Washboard Wonders (also not yet on your
site), but I'm not sure about it having the same musicians.
Best regards,
Michael
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Scott Alexander [mailto:scott@...]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. September 2004 22:46
An: RedHotJazz
Betreff: [RedHotJazz] Hey, There's Some New Stuff On www.redhotjazz.com
I've added a few new pages and songs to The Red Hot Jazz Archive this week.
NEW PAGES
Flo Bert - Supposedly the first blues records released on Paramount. I'm looking
for more info on Flo Bert. I've read the Document liner notes about her but I'm
looking anything else you might know about her.
http://redhotjazz.com/flobert.html
What'cha Gon'na Do When There Ain't No Jazz / Sweet Mamma, Papa's Getting Mad -
Paramount 20027
Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - All four songs released by this band were added to
the site, including the first(?) recorded version of the song "Charleston".
http://www.redhotjazz.com/pwr1.html
NEW SONGS ON EXISTING PAGES
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - A couple of songs by Nick La Rocca's 1936 revival
of the band. These are very commercial sounding songs in the swing style with a
vocal refrains by Chris Fletcher.
http://redhotjazz.com/odjb.html
Did You Mean It / Who Loves You - Victor 25420 - 1936
Paul Whiteman Orchestra Line Recordings - Sixteen radio line recordings were
added to the site. These are courtesy of Paul Whiteman record collector supreme
Dennis Pereyra.
http://www.redhotjazz.com/pwr1.html
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on Mutual dated 10/39:
Medley: What'll I Do; Persian Rug; I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
Three Little Words
Down South Camp Meeting
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on CBS dated 10/31/39:
My Last Goodbye
Blue Orchids
Darktown Strutters Ball
Swinging On A Teagarden Gate
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on Mutual dated 11/03/39:
A Boy Named Lem and a Girl Named Sue
To You
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on Mutual dated 11/03/39:
Scatterbrain
Jamboree Jones
Moonray
Goodnight, My Beautiful
New Terrace Room of the Hotel New Yorker on Mutual dated 11/09/39:
Last Night
Streets of Singapore
Blue Orchids
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Hi Michael
> I don't have any information on Flo Bert, and haven't yet listened
> to the recordings
Neither had I , until now. All I can say is that, unless Broadway 1040 had
three sides, Whistle And I'll Come To Meet You should be Bwy 1023;)))
To move slightly away from the considerable knowledge I haven't got, these
sides clearly show that separating "true" blues from vaudeville or jazz is
just as difficult as making the difference between "hot" jazz and dance
bands. I wouldn't like to have to make decisions as to what "should" be
retained in Brian Rust's or Godrich-Dixon's reference books (and expect this
replies to your interrogations about why I chose to add the word "red";)
Patrice
Another thing
> The link to Arthur Gibbs is wrong - it leads to Paul Whiteman.
I suppose Scott would rather have tecchy information about his website sent
privately (which I failed to do, but I've got some more in mind - and maybe
I'm wrong ;)
Patrice
This link was from a posting to the list, so it isn't strictly on techy matters.
My posting was mainly to get the ball rolling and not to pick nits ;)
Michael
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Patrice Champarou [mailto:patrice.champarou@...]
Gesendet: Freitag, 24. September 2004 12:17
An: RedHotJazz@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: Re: [RedHotJazz] Hey, There's Some New Stuff On www.redhotjazz.com
Another thing
> The link to Arthur Gibbs is wrong - it leads to Paul Whiteman.
I suppose Scott would rather have tecchy information about his website sent
privately (which I failed to do, but I've got some more in mind - and maybe
I'm wrong ;)
Patrice
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> This link was from a posting to the list, so it isn't strictly on techy
> matters.
That was just a thought, and a question to Scott at the same time, no
grieving aimed at you at all!
Keep the ball rolling ;)
Patrice
Hi Patrice,
I have listened to one side in the meantime and stand by my original impression.
You're very obviously right about the problem of borderlines. In the innocent
days when I started listening to jazz my only source of knowledge were a few
books and the reissue programmes of the major labels. This created my first
impressions about the "jazz map".
It was only when reissue programmes by collectors, such as the
Fountain/Retrieval and VJM projects, started going beyond the hard-core of
classics, that I became aware that there is much more music out there and that
history isn't as simple as the books would have us believe.
The dividing-line between vaudeville and blues singing is difficult: I think
Messrs. Rust, Godrich and Dixon employed "rules of thumb" like the colour of the
singer's skin and labels on which the recordings were issued. When you hear
Paramount, you automatically think of blues and Afro-American musicians...
Best regards,
Michael
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Patrice Champarou [mailto:patrice.champarou@...]
Gesendet: Freitag, 24. September 2004 12:02
An: RedHotJazz@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: Re: [RedHotJazz] Hey, There's Some New Stuff On www.redhotjazz.com
Hi Michael
> I don't have any information on Flo Bert, and haven't yet listened
> to the recordings
Neither had I , until now. All I can say is that, unless Broadway 1040 had
three sides, Whistle And I'll Come To Meet You should be Bwy 1023;)))
To move slightly away from the considerable knowledge I haven't got, these
sides clearly show that separating "true" blues from vaudeville or jazz is
just as difficult as making the difference between "hot" jazz and dance
bands. I wouldn't like to have to make decisions as to what "should" be
retained in Brian Rust's or Godrich-Dixon's reference books (and expect this
replies to your interrogations about why I chose to add the word "red";)
Patrice
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I'd like to share a discovery. Several years ago, during one of many
visits to my favorite U.S. city - New Orleans - I booked a "Jazz History
Tour" with John McCusker, a photographer for the New Orleans Times
Picayune, and a Jazz historian. It was a truly wonderful experience for
me. As luck would have it, all the other people on that day's tour had
cancelled due to some travel problem, and the tour was conducted for just
me and my wife. It was a goose bumps producer for me (and my less
musically involved wife enjoyed it as well). He even allowed me to audio
record the entire tour.
Well recently, I was looking at some pictures I had taken on that tour and
I remembered the recordings. So I dug them up and played them. That very
same day I learned that several historically important buildings that I
visited on that tour had been torn down in order to build a parking
garage. I thought about the fact that I had said to McCusker... "You know,
this tour needs to be documented on video." He told me that he was talking
to some people about that possibility.
So the day I listened to my recording of the tour I decided to do a Google
search on his name to see what he was up to. First I discovered that there
is a popular Scottish musician with the same name. When I narrowed the
search to Jazz related matches I discovered that there is a DVD available
based on McCusker's tour called "The Story Of Jazz; New Orleans
Stomp". It's a low budget production, but it's very well done. I am
thrilled to own it. It's chock full of beautifully restored music, and
contains bonus features that include a section on record restoration by
restoration wizard Robert Parker.
I'd bet anyone interested in this list would find something to enjoy about
this DVD. If you are interested in it, here's a link to get you started...
http://www.customflix.com/205797
I am not related to this venture in any way. Just thought you'd be interested.
P.W. Fenton
New Port Richey, FL
http://BluesLand.Net - A comprehensive network of Blues related resources
When I try to decide what should go on the site I try to think about how
people then would have viewed this music back in 1920. I'm sure that most
people would have seen records like Flo Bert's as being jazz or blues.
Singers like Marion Harris, Mamie Smith, Lucille Hegamin and Flo Bert don't
strike our modern years as being particularly "jazzy or bluesy" but it is my
belief that in 1920 these records were considered as such and seen as kind
of risque by the standards of the day.
Beyond the classification question, I really like Flo Bert's version of
"What'cha Gon'na Do When There Ain't No Jazz". It is a great little time
capsule of the attitudes of the "Jazz Age". They've just banned liquor in
the United States and there was a lot of talk about the moral dangers of
jazz in the newspapers. The lyrics seem kind of subversive to me. It seems
to me that she is alluding that since the kids can't drink or dance to jazz
they will just have sex instead. I like her leering pharsing of "They made
us drink sarsaparilla, that's not enough for any fellow". It's also cool how
Flo almost raps about one minute and forty seconds into the song when she
goes into the heavily syncopated section that begins "They took away our
liquor".
Listen to the song here:
http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/misc/whatyougonnado.ram
Read the published lyrics here:
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/sheetmusic/devincent.do?c=01&p=3&id=LL-SDV-09809\
6&s=screen
Scott Alexander
The Red Hot Jazz Archive
www.redhotjazz.com
Michael,
Here is some info on the Jim-Dandies:
http://www.redhotjazz.com/jimdandies.html . Can you supply the songwriter
credits?
Scott Alexander
The Red Hot Jazz Archive
www.redhotjazz.com
First let me offer my congratulations on expanding your invaluably
resourceful web site to a forum for moldy figs and hard core
collectors such as myself, and all who fully appreciate America's
most original and ultimately influential art form.
As, I am sure, most, if not all, of the 27 or so current members of
the group are aware: RedHotJazz covers the most relevant and
innovative jazz bands of both the pre and post-acoustic recording
era and are all "Rust-worthy" with respect to hot jazz, both in
terms of arrangements and outstanding solos by both the most
prominent and celebrated names in jazz along with the more obscure,
but no less outstanding, musicians of the less frequently recorded
territory bands across the great divide. I myself am quite partial
to the hot territory ensembles and ascribe to the Richard Sudhalter
school of thinking with respect to white musicians and their
contribution to jazz. Needless to say, I was more than satisfied
when I first accessed the pages (replete with photographs and liner
notes) of two of my favorite bands: Warner's Seven Aces and the
Georgia Melodians.
There is only one thing that concerns me, which brings me to my
initial inquiry. There are a small number of titles listed that
have been excluded in terms of being accessible for download or
listening purposes (i.e., Teapot Dome Blues and Wait'll You See My
Gal by the Georgia Melodians). Is this due to the fact that these
particular recordings are not yet available for download or have
they been deemed "not jazzworthy" in the Rustian sense?
My most instinctual assumption would be the former, being that your
site is an ever expanding "work in progress." Anyway, I just
thought I'd throw that out there. Keep up the good work!!
Yes, the Red Hot Jazz Archive is an ever expanding "work in progress."
When I put a discography of a band up on the Red Hot Jazz archive it my
intention to try and track down all the songs on the page. I don't try to
seperate out the "jazz worthy" songs from the waltzes and schmaltz. I'll let
you folks decide what is what.
If there are bands that you feel are missing from the site please let me
know.
I'm always trying to fill in the blanks so if you can provide missing songs
and information please contact me off-list.
Scott Alexander
The Red Hot Jazz Archive
www.redhotjazz.com
I am listening to Paul Whiteman at the New Yorker
Hotel, where I eat at the diner there. It's always
kinda neat to hear stuff from those old places that
are still around.
Chris in NYC
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Any info/photos/reminiscences etc of early jazz guitarist (prewar)
and later guitarist with the Hedley Ward Trio Jack Mckechnie.Any
info/photos/reminiscences etc of his jazz playing while in the Army
in Belgium.
Thanking you in anticipation for your help.
Ronald John Saunders
Hello Ronald
I made a Google search as soon as I got your registration (apparenly Yahoo
now requires everybody to introduce himself!) but alI could find is a
collection of forums where you have already asked the question ;)
I still have no idea who Jack McKenchie might be, perhaps it would
help if you gave us some of the information you've already got, explained
where you've already been looking etc.
For example, if you think he happened to play in Belgium, have you tried
La Maison du Jazz in Ličge?
http://www.liege.be/visitelg/musees/noncommu/jazz.htm
I suppose you could directly ask Jean-Pol Schroeder jazz@... ,
he's a very helpful guy, but does not always think of replying... if you
fail,
I've got close contacts over there who might remind him ;) And if you can go
to Ličge yourself, they'll probably let you access their archives, when I
went
looking for some AFBF-related material I had free use of the photocopy
machine, they even offered me a cup of coffe!
Patrice
One of the questions about the red hot jazz archives I might ask here
concerns Bertha Hill. The "second" version of Pratt City Blues (Vo 1406) is
obviously the 1926 one, played at a different speed. I haven't got the
document CD so I wondered if this was a mistake or if Vocalion had merely
reissued the old take - and if such was the case, was there actually another
one recorded in 1929 with Frankie Jaxon?
Patrice
Patrice,
I'll need to check my source material. I don't believe used the Document CD
as the source. I'll investigate...
Scott Alexander
The Red Hot Jazz Archive
www.redhotjazz.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrice Champarou" <patrice.champarou@...>
To: <RedHotJazz@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 3:40 PM
Subject: [RedHotJazz] Pratt City
> One of the questions about the red hot jazz archives I might ask here
> concerns Bertha Hill. The "second" version of Pratt City Blues (Vo 1406)
> is
> obviously the 1926 one, played at a different speed. I haven't got the
> document CD so I wondered if this was a mistake or if Vocalion had merely
> reissued the old take - and if such was the case, was there actually
> another
> one recorded in 1929 with Frankie Jaxon?
>
> Patrice
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Is anyone familar with the book Le Jazz En France by Olivier Brard & Daniel
Nevers? Is it a French Jazz discography?
Scott Alexander
The Red Hot Jazz Archive
www.redhotjazz.com
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