Hello all, The website has been updated with items of great historical interest to devotees of King Oliver, Jimmy Yancey and J. Lawrence Cook. Peter Hanley...
One of the best clarinetists of Jazz history was born 101 years ago. He died 27 years ago, but he's still living in the memory of Classic Jazz fans with his...
In his current VJM auction online, Mark Berresford lists Jimmy O'Bryant's "Red Hot Mama"/"Drunk Man's Strut" (Paramount 12246) as a "Marsh Labs Electric...
... The O'Bryant's are Marsh Laboratories matrix numbers 677 & 679. Autograph 617 is matrices 685 & 687. Q.E.D. The judgement that it is an electric recording...
I've just been listening to my Heritage dubs of these two tracks. I think the recording quality is too good to have been electrically recorded. Probably,...
Hello everybody, yesterday on the net I've found an article about Daisy and Violet Hilton, a pair of conjoined twins who toured the U.S. in vaudeville shows...
In an article in the latest 'New orleans Music',page 29, there is a reference to the conjoined twins.If asnyone's interested i can post the article.(haven't...
Daisy and Violet Hilton did both play soprano sax. They can be seen and heard playing them in the wedding banquet scene in the movie Freaks. By the way, if...
Hi all, Doing a survey on the song "Yearning" by Joseph Burke / Barny Davis, I found out that a few bands recorded this song the year it was published 1925....
Hi Wouter, I have a copy of "Yearning" (Victor 18603) by Jos C. Smith's Orchestra and just gave it a spin. It's not the same "Yearning" as the 1925 tune....
I think this is the "Yearning just for you" version. Ron L ... From: RedHotJazz@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RedHotJazz@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of islay77 Sent:...
Does anyone have - or could we compile - a list of stock arrangements (i.e. published) used on recordings? Cheers, Andrew Homzy, Montréal [Non-text portions...
... This is a topic of abiding interest to me, because stocks both codified and documented the styles, it's part of the history of our music (eg. Armstrong and...
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Or am I wrong, and we do actually know more about him than I think? The usual reference sources give his dates as 1905 – 1960, but never any information...
Many thanks, Mike, that is something I can work with. Do you have you have idea if this track was reissued on cd recently? Wouter M. ... It's not the same...
Hi Fraser, this song "Yearning" (Davis/Burke) must have been popular in the western swing band society aswell, Bob Wills and Cliff Bruner recorded it in 1938....
Indeed, Robert, nothing much known about this Odell Rand even John Chilton's Who's Who of Jazz doesn't reveal much. Rand must have been a busy accompanists, he...
... The only bibliography I've ever found if Paige Van Vorst's Harlem Hamfats article in Mississippi Rag (1977). Given that he was active right up to his death...
Johnny, or is it Johnnie?, Temple would also be with the Harlem Hamfats. There is a photo of Rand playing with a Natty Dominique-led band in the "scrapbook"...
Ho Wouter, I'm the last person to ask about CD reissues! Sorry about that. But I doubt that there is much of a market for the recordings of Joseph C. Smith's...
Thank you to Howard. I see, once again, the by-now expected anomalies and contradictions regarding birthdates, but we do now have Alabama as a probable...
... as ... Oops! Sorry, Howard! You did say in your e-mail that Rand was born in Illinois and that it was his parents who were from Alabama. Can we conclude,...
Hello all, The website has been updated with 8 items of great historical interest to devotees of Horace Eubanks, Charles Elgar, Harrison Smith, Fletcher...
Here it is on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b8isnhYMjg> . There were so many great Hot Jazz songs in Fleisher cartoons thanks to animator Willard...
Yes, Elliot, you are right. It was Don Redman and his Orchestra who provided the music for "Swing You Sinners". I don't know whether Don Redman made any...
Who is the trumpet player at about 6 min 30 sec? Could it be Joe Smith? Albert ... provided the music for "Swing You Sinners". ... Orchestra in 1930, but he...
This is a question that always comes up in medium level discussion groups, so I thought bringing it to high level will give some insights. Everybody knows Jazz...
... From: "tommersl" ... Sorry, Tommer, I am probably not part of the "everybody" you're mentioning. I think it is always interesting to discuss the...
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