Hi Larry, My Dad was and continues to be quite a music fan, he turns 80 this June! When I was a kid he was into popular music more than anything so my only...
A very interesting (and long enough...) video clip: http://njn.net:80/television/webcast/stateofthearts.html All the best, Nino [Non-text portions of this...
For those list members who have not yet learned of the death of Jeff Healey (due to lung cancer), here is the obituary from today's New York Times: ...
RIP Jeff. Jeff contribued a lot to music in his 41 years. I used to love listening to his My Kind of Jazz radio program on CBC radio and on line at: ...
Possibly of wider interest, so: The weekly Pariscope, available from any news-stand, is the local list of current gigs. It covered traditional jazz when I last...
... Not much, probably less than you, Howard. I am an ermite now, and my local knowledge also moved 100 km south of Paris. I might forward Katie's request to...
May I drive your attention on the fact that on OEDIPE.ORG there is a jazz discogrpahy goin'on (you have to go into "loisirs" and then "discographie jazz". If...
Just a note from the States, folks -- Katie is a knockout guitar player, banjoist and singer... anyone who gets to opportunity to see or play with her will be...
Hello! While on the subject of Dixieland, does anyone have this 2 CD, 40 track compilation from 2000? It is long out of print and I have searched and cannot...
You all will hate me but I was playing in new orleans in the 80s and i saw the the DOD it was terrible I also saw Pete fountain at the hilton it was...
Absolutely Right, pgronemeier, The DOD today is nothing like the 'real' Dukes of Dixieland of the 50's!! At that time, Pete Fountain was still eager and...
I hadn't heard that the Assuntos had died.I have a few of those Audio-Fidelity LPs in my collection.In fact,I see them quite regularly in the thrift stores...
Hello Dan, There is quite a nice site about the original Dukes Of Dixieland, put out by the family and with a lengthy history and news of their legal battle. ...
Thank you for the website.I think those albums may have been recorded sometime in the late fifties or early sixties.I had,some forty odd years ago,a Columbia...
Jimmie Lunceford made a Vitaphone short in the early 1930s. I am not sure of the exact date. They start off playing Rythm is Our Business then, You can't...
The Lunceford film is from 1936 and it is easily available as a bonus feature on the Astaire-Rogers FOLLOW THE FLEET DVD. It's a beautiful print! Dave W....
Are you the same Randy who wrote "Laurel and Hardy- The Magic Behind the Movies" ? If so, I love that book on my two favorite people. From: Randy Skretvedt...
... so, I love that book on my two favorite people. Yup, guilty as charged. I'm working on a major revision/update which should be out this fall. Thank you...
Friends, I'll have to be away from any computer or connection for three days. In the meanwhile, several members who are still moderated (and should no longer...
Hi Folks, The March 2008 edition of Worlds of Trad Internet radio is now uploaded, will be on-line until Wednesday April 9th, and features three hours of the...
Sorry folks. I've had several people email me to say that the URL I included in my previous email was incorrect. There should have been a full stop between...