What was the connection between sam Morgan & Jimmie wade? Definitely 'Punch' Miller with 'Sweet Emma' on the Cincinnatti Kid sound track.Other recognisable...
Jazz histories acquaint us with reputedly great players who never recorded (e.g., Bolden, Perez, Hardy) and others who were presumably past their prime by the...
on 3/2/07 19:11, jaykay_4444 at jaykay_4444@... wrote: Dolly Jones: the best female horn player I have ever heard - and I've heard only one recording of...
... Fascinating information--thank you, Howard. Laurie Wright's article "Jimmie Noone from the Printed Page" (in 'Storyville 2000-1') has this item, about a...
... She's considered likely on the Ma Rainey and Her Georgia Band session of c. 18-23 May 1925 (Chicago Defender of 23 May lists Dolly as part of Ma's group at...
Back in the early 1960s, I had bought a Webcor monaural tape recorder and discovered New Orleans Jazz being broadcast on WGBH TV from Boston. I used to...
According to the RHJA Emanuel Perez may have recorded (as a member of a two part cornet team) with Elgars Creole Orchestra in 1926. Does anybody have any more...
Irene Edie (otherwise Eadie or Eddie) is known to blues fans as accompanist to singer Eloise Bennett. She was born in Ohio around 1905, and married Josh Edie...
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... Apart from the lipstick on her mouthpiece, that is? I don't have my reference books handy right now but wasn't there a female trumpeter on some of the...
(I've been lurking far too long...my first post here) If I recall correctly, Tom Tsotsi made a convincing argument that Dolly Jones subbed for Bob Shoffner on...
Last May Walter Five wrote: " A really great CD is about to come out, "A Pre-History of the Bonzos: The Songs of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band", with many ...
Just a bit more on Doll, it seems her uncle played drums for Lovie Austin circa 1922-3(?). From the Preston Jackson book 'Trombone Man' (p 27-8): "...I...
... of a two part cornet team) with Elgars Creole Orchestra in 1926. Does anybody have any more information ? Frog CD "Hot Stuff" - Black Chicago Big Bands...
I recall Perez was discounted a long time ago, since he simply couldn't have been present and the listing on Frog was more wishful thinking than anything else....
Hello all, The website has been updated with 4 items of historical interest to devotees of Jelly Roll Morton, Bunk Johnson and J. Lawrence Cook. Genealogist...
i want to know when it was recorded im sad and a flock of blues by the sioux city six,it was october 10 or 11 in 1924?also, did Howdy Quickell play banjo with...
I have for disposal a spare copy of Pops Foster's autobiography (a great read) and will send it (free of charge) to anyone who feels they need it most. Please...
Hello Domingo According to "Jazz Directory" (Carey, McCarthy, Venables) Howdy Quicksell did not play banjo on "Toddlin' Blues", and probably not on "Davenport...
Domingo, The Sioux City Six recorded "Flock O' Blues" and "I'm Glad [not sad]" on Oct 9, 1924 in New York. The copper masters were shipped to Richmond, IN on...
Apologies to those subscribers who also subscribe to the Yahoo Pre- War Blues Group, and who may have already seen a version of this posting earlier today....
... I hadn't heard of the book until your post--I do think Ellington had achieved a good deal of currency due to CBS radio broadcasts from the Cotton Club in...
There may be a case for the popularity of Waller and Ellington as early as 1934 but at that time Louis Jordan was playing with Clarence Williams (I think). He...
on 14/2/07 8:57, Hugh Crozier at jellyrollstomp@... wrote: The suspicion must be that the reviewer Robert refers to knows a few names from the jazz era...
Robert Many thanks for fascinating post but I won't be rushing out to buy. Bill Russell, although he did bring certain preconceptions to the music of N.O. in...
Thanks, Dave. I don't necessarily think that M. Hamilton's book displays the profound ignorance of today's experts. There are plenty of true experts around....
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