Frog Legs by the Columbia Saxophone Sextette: http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/css/froglegs.ram Scott Alexander The Red Hot Jazz Archive www.redhotjazz.com...
Cocaine Habit Blues http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mjb/cocainehabitblues.ram Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie sang a song called "Take A Whiff On Me" that had a...
Here are a couple of wonderful tunes by Josephine Baker with the Comedian Harmonists: http://www.redhotjazz.com/jbch.html I especially like the very jazzy...
Uncle Dave Lewis sends this one in: http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mm/SongsYesterday.ram Here's what he has to say about it: This is an odd one. The different...
i LOVE bessie smith shes the bessie can anybody tell me any personal details about her life.was she really a lesbianand do any body have any secret recordings...
please give me personal details about her ok ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I'm glad nearly 20 new members joined after Scott added a link to his website, so this will be a collective welcome - and I do not wish to "moderate" anyone,...
Sorry about this, I knew it might happen some day or other but I reacted thirty seconds too late. Since the archives are (still) public, please everyone note...
You can read an overview of Bessie Smith's life here: http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html But I would suggest that you read the book "Bessie" by Chris...
A lot of information about the Frog cd's can be found on http://www.jazzac.rainerjazz.de/Frog/DGF40.htm, http://www.jazzac.rainerjazz.de/Frog/DGF41.htm, etc. ...
In addition to the RedHotJazz site, there is a wealth of information from various perpectives, most likely including Bessie sexual preferences, on the...
Hey y'all, It looks like I'm stepping into a bit of a e-disaster zone, but I'll try my question anyhow: Anyone have any thoughts or leads on players or groups...
Dear Lee, Something else you may want to consider is the adoption of the violin in Cuba and South America by black musicians. For jazz violin, I hope you are...
I presume you've considered the Louisville tradition. If not, the complete Dixieland Jug Blowers can be had in superior sound dubbed by John R.T. Davies on...
Could any group members explain the sound distortion on 3 CDs that I own? One is from Retrieval ("Hot Hylton") & 2 are from Timeless ("Brunswick/Vocalion Odds...
Being new to the group, I don't know if anyone has mentioned that Jazz Oracle is about to release volume 2 of "Edison Hot Dance Obscurities." While JO's...
Gerard, all I know exactly what you mean and also have the three CDs you mention with the same effects, which I would describe as "ripping" sounds. Another CD...
Gerard, I only have a few Clarence Williams tracks from 1933-34, and they're all on the same LP: "Clarence Williams no.1 jug & washboard band 1927-1935". The...
I am absolutely not sure of the suggestion, but if the scratches sound like the ones that sometimes occur on a badly *copied* CD, the sound files themselves...
Jazz Oracle is often behind with its web site and Worlds Records tends to be extremely quick - note, however, that the CD is still listed under "coming soon"....
Bob, Gerard was referring to the CDs rather than the original recordings themselves. The same faults aren'ton any LPs that I'm aware of and they're almost...
Gerard, There's no need to feel guilty for raising this question. I know for a fact that some CDs have been delayed due to last-minute quality problems, for...
... My copy of the latter is certainly also afflicted. It's obvious why I had never noticed. I play mono records in true mono and in mono it is hardly ...
I think both Gerard and Howard mentioned the possibilty of playing CDs in mono. My question is how do you do it? Combine both channels into mono or play just...
Hi I just listened to the copy I made of my first copy of "Hot Hylton", which does have the distortion even in the copy. The noise seems to be restricted to...
... The answer is that I have an amplifier which does. I am unhappily aware that replacing it when it dies may prove an expensive business since this...
Just a couple of points about Howard's answer: - The mono button to be found on some amplifiers, like a 25 year old+ amplifier I have in my basement, simply...
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