i think it was for cosmopolitan records, a label headed by edgar battle (trumpeter in "a viper's maon" by willie bryant, and an excellent arranger to boot), ...
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Randy Skretvedt
forwardintot...
Apr 1, 2008 7:56 am
Hi, Sue--many thanks for the information about the 1953 Steve Brown interview. I'm very glad *someone* got some of his memories preserved. Here's wishing you...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Apr 1, 2008 9:53 am
Classic Jazz Masters CJM 12 & CJM13. ... "David Brown" <johnhaleysims@...> ... as the ... I believe there's also a Friar's/NORK LP with JRT transfers, on the ...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Apr 1, 2008 10:02 am
As listed by discographers, Dick Vance is not on any of Eddie Barefield's four Cosmoplitan LPs. These had didfferent numbers on each side and are MLP500/501...
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Albert Haim
alberthaim
Apr 1, 2008 1:36 pm
Thanks to the magic of Adobe Photoshop, here is the correct configuration of the photo in the redhotjazzarchive. http://bixography.com/nork.jpg The bassist is...
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David Brown
dvd.brown
Apr 1, 2008 4:15 pm
Many thanks magic Albert. The first, 1922, photo does not appear in any of my OLD references and again does anybody know the source? The second 1922/1923...
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Michael Rader
armstark2000
Apr 1, 2008 11:57 pm
Coming back for a moment to the question of early string bass recordings, I've searched my own holdings and discovered that there were ragtime recordings with...
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spacelights
Apr 2, 2008 2:42 am
... It's on the cover and in the booklet of Riverside LP 'Crescent City Rhythm 1923-1924' (RLP 8812), with the credit "Photo from George Brunies." The caption...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Apr 2, 2008 9:24 am
The Dan Kildare recordings, which are not so much ragtime as African-American string-band music in the same tradition as such later groups as the Dallas String...
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Dan Van Landingham
danvanlandin...
Apr 2, 2008 11:52 pm
Regarding your discussion on Steve Brown and Arnold Loyacano:were they listed in Blesh's book "Shining Trumpets"?My 1958 reprint is back in Lometa,Texas.I was ...
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David Brown
dvd.brown
Apr 3, 2008 5:28 pm
Just listening my sole Arnett, a 1978 Magpie LP. This is a collection of blues accompaniments. Only ever two sides under his name. Also on the Jimmy Wades. A...
5348
Robert Smith
jayaressno
Apr 3, 2008 7:01 pm
Dear Howard and Patrice, Thank you for your replies regarding the unissued Armstrong sides recorded on November 19, 1929. I've now sent the question to Jos...
5349
ikey100
Apr 3, 2008 8:28 pm
Thank you, Howard and Yves Francois. You've anticipated my thoughts exactly about these records-their interesting details, apparent scarcity and hopes for...
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Albert Haim
alberthaim
Apr 3, 2008 9:11 pm
From http://www.neworleansjazz.de/jazz/jazzfotos.html "Some people with either keen ears or keen imaginations say there are moments when Brown can actually be...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Apr 3, 2008 11:20 pm
Arnett Nelson was the subject of intensive research by the late Ernest Virgo, who wrote the notes to the Magpie LP. Unfortunately he developed a tendency to...
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Bob Eagle
prof_hi_jinx
Apr 3, 2008 11:26 pm
It's hard to be certain, but there is an Arnet Nelson near Mumford in Robertson County, TX in 1920 (aged 13, born to parents from Alabama), son of Adam and...
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Bob Eagle
prof_hi_jinx
Apr 3, 2008 11:39 pm
Forget my last post. I was looking for a younger man, but Howard pointed us in the right direction. Arnett was born on 8 March 1892, at Ellisville, MS,...
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Mordechai Litzman
folke613
Apr 4, 2008 7:34 am
Came across a real "fingerbreaker": Dew Alley Drop Stomp, played by Brad Kay, who is an excellent performer and until now unknown to me: ...
5355
David Brown
dvd.brown
Apr 4, 2008 7:48 am
"However, although the constant round of sitting-in that was becoming the rule at Friar's was one thing, quite a different thing was the need for a working...
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David Brown
dvd.brown
Apr 4, 2008 8:57 am
Many many thanks to Bob and Howard. I discover that Ellisville is only 13 miles from St Louis and a long, long way from N.O. If Arnett was resident in this...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Apr 4, 2008 9:10 am
I am pretty sure (well certain actually) that this group has discussed Underwood before in the recurring context that he is so good he must be somebody else....
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Apr 4, 2008 10:21 am
I don't think we can possibly say that Lee Collins "mistook him for N.O." Collins knew him well, but he knew him as a man who had "played his very first job in...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Apr 4, 2008 10:59 am
I'm sure you must have noticed, Bob, that there are two different draft cards on file for Arnett Nelson, b. Ellisville, MS, 8 Mar 1892, both dated 29 May 1917....
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Mordechai Litzman
folke613
Apr 4, 2008 5:03 pm
Looked up the old posts but did not find out much information about Underwood himself. It is encouraging that somebody plays his music today and in the same...
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yves francois
aprestitine
Apr 5, 2008 6:28 am
There is speculation that "Sugar Underwood" is actually sax/piano player (and arranger) Robert Cloud (he of those wonderful 1927 Ross De Luxe Syncopaters ...
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Bob Eagle
prof_hi_jinx
Apr 5, 2008 6:28 am
Nothing concrete, but the reverse of "Dew Drop Alley" is "Davis Street Blues". One Ben Underwood, born 1891, was residing on, and living on, Davis Street,...
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Robert Hellyer
dot9bh
Apr 5, 2008 6:53 am
Ellisville, Mississippi, is over 580 miles from St Louis, but only 134 from New Orleans. ... From: RedHotJazz@yahoogroups.com...
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heckman_michael
Apr 5, 2008 11:40 am
A seller named bouchette has about 70 great early jazz 78s for sale. What makes it bittersweet is that it's Jeff Healy's collection....
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David Brown
dvd.brown
Apr 7, 2008 9:18 am
Many thanks Robert. Ellisville MS and Ellisville MI are confusing for us Brits. Many thanks Howard for digging out the Collins. Not sure how much moving Arnett...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Apr 7, 2008 3:09 pm
I obviously have no idea what Lord has copied from where, but at a rough count (I might have failed to note some adjacent sessions separately) Arnett appears...
