... From: "tommersl"; ... Sorry, Tommer, I am probably not part of the "everybody" you're mentioning. I think it is always interesting to discuss the...
3934
tommersl
Mar 16, 2007 6:29 pm
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...
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Albert Haim
alberthaim
Mar 16, 2007 5:49 pm
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...
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Robert Smith
jayaressno
Mar 16, 2007 3:57 pm
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...
3931
elliotfeldman
Mar 16, 2007 1:49 pm
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...
3930
Mike Meddings
mike_meddings
Mar 15, 2007 5:29 pm
Hello all, The website has been updated with 8 items of great historical interest to devotees of Horace Eubanks, Charles Elgar, Harrison Smith, Fletcher...
3929
Robert Greenwood
robertgreenw...
Mar 10, 2007 10:01 am
... 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,...
3928
Robert Greenwood
robertgreenw...
Mar 10, 2007 9:38 am
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...
3927
vintagetenor
Mar 9, 2007 6:02 pm
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...
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Michael Rader
armstark2000
Mar 9, 2007 1:14 pm
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"...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Mar 9, 2007 12:58 pm
... 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...
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...
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....
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...
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Robert Greenwood
robertgreenw...
Mar 9, 2007 11:17 am
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...
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David W. Littlefield
dwlit@...
Mar 6, 2007 4:00 pm
... 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...
3919
Andrew Homzy
homzy2000
Mar 6, 2007 2:49 pm
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...
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Ron L
hotjazzron
Mar 5, 2007 9:27 pm
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:...
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islay77
Mar 5, 2007 9:09 pm
Certainly have a few latter day versions of yearning by latter day new orleans musicians such as jim Robinson in 1961 Fraser...
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vintagetenor
Mar 5, 2007 1:10 pm
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....
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....
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Todd Robbins
coneyislandtodd
Mar 4, 2007 3:41 pm
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...
3913
islay77
Mar 4, 2007 1:07 pm
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...
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Nicola Ardenghi
sahfen
Mar 4, 2007 11:05 am
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...
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Robert Smith
jayaressno
Mar 4, 2007 11:02 am
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,...
3910
Howard Rye
howardrye
Mar 4, 2007 10:50 am
... 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...
3909
spacelights
Mar 4, 2007 7:56 am
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...
3908
spacelights
Mar 4, 2007 7:30 am
A very great musician indeed... I like his real first name: Albany. His autobiography 'With Louis and The Duke' is full of interesting material....
3907
Nicola Ardenghi
sahfen
Mar 3, 2007 11:58 am
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...
3906
Mike Meddings
mike_meddings
Mar 1, 2007 10:07 pm
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...
