Mordechai ...even more than an AM recording, it sounds like an Icon circa 1960, due to the saxophone (Bill Russell for some reason hated saxophones, heard...
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Other recordings with this band did not sound as good - if anybody knows of similar excellent recordings on YouTube, let me...
Howard I was reading Chilton's "Who's Who's In Jazz" last night* when I came across this entry: LEE, "Sonny" Thomas Ball b: Huntsville Texas 26th August 1904 ...
Seems to me I recall that cornetist/trumpeter Benny Strickler, who played with Bob Wills' band and the WWII-era Yerba Buena JB, played with Everett Hoagland....
I knew Benny Stricker from John Chilton's Who's Who of Jazz.He died in the early to mid '40s of tuberculosis in Arkansas.Aside from that,I know nothing about...
I do not know if the Scranton Sirens were in St. Louis or Texas in 1925. However, it is possible they were. Note that according to Rust's Dance Band disco, the...
... Hello, and we have also the chance to listen and watch Ray Lopez playing. In the last part of Tiger Rag he plays with the plunger. One more of the New...
http://www.dailymotion.com/redhotjazz/Vitaphone/video/xmeqi_ingenuesthe-beautiful-band1928_music I wrote patrice, but I didnt realize theres a whole...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1u2m8_gus-arnheim-and-his-ambassadors1929_music In the 3th part there is a tenor guitar solo play-backed on banjo, hilarius. ...
I first heard Sonny Lee via a couple of sides by the Bunny Berigan Orchestra.He was a marvellous trombonist who joined Berigan by August,1937 and left circa...
Louis Armstrong, who expressed his intention of living to be 100 years old, would have been 107 today. Cheers Bob Smith -- Jeg bruker gratisversjonen av...
The recordings by the Scranton Sirens of "Why Should I Believe In You" and "Common Street Blues" in New Orleans from Jan 24, 1925, were issued as OKeh 40297...
The gypsy told me that Satch would live forever. Quaint caravan or not, I believed her! And the angels sang... Happy birthday, Satch. Standish ... From:...
Lee Young, longtime drummer, singer, A&R executive, and younger brother of Lester Young, died August 2, at age 91, in Los Angeles. Funeral service arrangements...
Thank you for the information regarding the Sirens.Are there any CDs of them such as RHJ's website in conjunction with Timeless Records. ... From: Albert Haim...
Can anyone tell me how the 2 recent Frog cd's of King Oliver's Victor recordings differ from the earlier 2-CD release of this material by JSP? I have the JSP...
Yeah, Ray Lopez doing the brief trumpet work on Tiger Rag. Now I know where Sharkey Bonano got his derby hat idea. In fact for a moment I thought I was seeing...
Gerard I must admit I've never heard the Frogs of the Victors, but I did ask Paul Swinton about them when they were released. Paul said that several people...
Michael: I had a feeling you'd come to my rescue, as you have so often in the past. I think I know what you mean about the aural differences between John...
You can hear and see Ray Lopez (born 1889) three times muting his trumpet. First in the beginning of the Video in a closeup with the trombone, working with a...
I had read some time ago that John R.T. Davies had died.What was the cause of his death. ... From: Gerard J. Fitzpatrick <gfitzpatrick@...> Subject:...
<<Sorry with my english---Uli>> Your English is fine. I haven't heard those Lyman sides and will be looking for them. Incidentally, Richard M. Sudhalter's...
Bix Beiderbecke, the musical genius from Davenport, Iowa, died on this date at age 28. Please take a bit of time to play some of his records and commemorate...
The sheet music collection of the Mississippi State University Libraries is your friend: http://tinyurl.com/6z929q It includes the following songs from your...
Dear Gilbert, for these records you may look at the Chris barber collection No.CBC1059 - Abe Lyman & his California Orchestra TIMELESS HISTORICAL » CBC1059 ...
I've been listening to to Savoy Bearcats Victors and looking for what information there is on Mr. Jari. The most complete information is in Walter C. Allen's...