Howard. Many thanks again for your input, both profound and entertaining, on this and other matter. But the previous Hooper thread involved only the 'Five...
I consulted the Louis Hooper issue somne months ago on abother query, and then put it somewhere "safe", and have just found it again. About Rosa, Louis said: ...
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... and still does. This may be an oversight or it may be a judgment! Howard Rye, 20 Coppermill Lane, London, England, E17 7HB howard@... ...
Folks, I just heard a record playing on the wondeful internet station Radio Dismuke by Irving Mills and his Hotsy Totsy Gang called "since you went away". The...
That was Jimmy McPartland, who was one of the many Bix admirers in the 1920s. Jimmy memorized all of Bix's solos in his records with the Wolverines. When Bix...
I've been contemplating different aspects of various CD reissue labels (somehow I didn't really like my last post or two on this topic)... I think a subtle...
I was just thinking about the intro to "Jail House Blues" / Bessie Smith , which is very similar to Cow Cow Davenport licks, and then theres a very short but...
... I can't answer that but I can confirm that irving Johns is named on Columbia's file cards for this session so his presence is as certain as anything human...
Found on eBay (all spelling sic): GREAT E+ copy of Perfeect 14356 by KANSAS CITY FIVE ( alledged mystery trumpeter BIG CHARLIE JOHNSON on these sides) GET YOUR...
Hi Tommers I do not have time to read the whole article just now, but I won't fail to do it, thoroughly and with a magnifying glass. I cannot get why the way ...
If people have already had this, my apologies. I posted it a couple of days ago and it hasn't come back to me. Found on eBay (all spelling sic): GREAT E+ copy...
Many of the examples Shaw gives seem suspiciously prone to bad phrasing (exaggerated for comic purposes?). For example, absolutes ("taught him everything he...
... Is not the point here that we are dealing with two different kinds of "truth", both of which have their own validity? I know this idea is anathema to some,...
... <patrice.champarou@...> wrote: Methinks the writer has been another victim the same ... wants to ... Patrice, I was running into this article as was was...
... There again, it's my brain which doesn't have time to fully understand your meaning, but although I am not used to advertise anything on mailing-lists I ...
Very insightful comments about "bixing" have been presented in this thread. An important distinction given by Howard is "bixing" as done by contemporaries...
... On the other hand, I have long regarded it as the best "jazz novel" ever written! As an account of how things were then, as seen looking backwards by a...
... "On the other hand, I have long regarded it [Remembering Bix] as the best "jazz novel" ever written!" In my opinion it [Remembering Bix] is the most...
... Well I did warn you not to take the statement seriously!! (The competition in jazz novels is not very overwhelming.) "Outburst of senile acne" seems...
Howard, To read everything you DID NOT WANT to know about Annette, go to http://www.dgarrick.com/annettehanshaw/annettehanshaw.php I DO NOT recommend two...
The Benny Green obituary http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/118354.stm reads, in part, "Fellow jazz musician and friend John Dankworth, said Green was a ...
Hi Albert-- I did not ever meet Green (at least, not that I'm aware of), so my impression was based purely on his writing persona. I don't wish to demean him...
Green was a very good writer on what he liked, for example, his Pres is still about the best there is. But he had no ears, and no humility, for what he did not...
... Just as there is no requirement for artistic geniuses to be totally wonderful human beings, I guess there is nothing in the specification for "perceptive...
... Indeed it does (prove a point), but the ultimate irony is that the real name of the banjoist on these sides is known. It is George Tall! See Chuck Haddix's...
Thanks Howard Sam's brother, George, is new to me and I raise an eyebrow. How do we place him on the Motens ? Could not he be there as the most likely...
Come on Dave Sinc's ear was reasonable, he had a fair bit of clout, and his sly canniness kept the Journal going for a long long time, with a bit of help from...
... That was what rankled me about him in the first place... Still, I don't like the words I chose to express it, and I'm sorry for any distress they may have...
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