I remember watching Ozzie and Harriet Nelson on tv roughly fifty years ago and I never heard of him playing trumpet.The trumpeter was Bo Ashford,a Bix styled...
I have read that Goodman WAS influenced by Jimmie Noone as well as William Thornton Blue.I I was never a fan of Johnny Dodds'.I base my opinions on what few...
The recording I referred to was Nelson's 1938 Bluebird recording "Says My Heart" with a Harriet Hilliard vocal.I can't see the resemblence to Bea Wain.Harriet...
That's a great thumbnail bio on Ozzie Nelson;thanks for the info.Ricky Nelson was exactly 11 years older than me(we were both born on 8 May). ... From: Duncan...
Hi agian! The picture on the album I have shows him holding a trumpet, so I guess I ASSUMED he could play the darn thing?? There is another episode which I...
Hello Robert I fear that many here do not have access to much important, often out of print, jazz literature. I, sadly, do not have Brothers so maybe you could...
Israel Gorman in 'St. Louis Blues' , 'At Happy Landings', 7 August 1954, paraphrases the Shields solo of 1921, including a direct quote. This either proves...
Charlie Buebeck was the baritone saxophonist for the Ozzie Nelson band, and gave it much of its distinctive tone, although the arrangements, particularly in...
Charlie Buebeck was the baritone saxophonist for the Ozzie Nelson band, and gave it much of its distinctive tone, although the arrangements, particularly in...
According to the late George T. Simon,Glenn Miller was a member of that band.Senter recorded for OKeh.If there is a musical question which begs to be asked,it...
Johnny Dodds plays a short fragment that exhibits, at least to my ears, the unmistakable sound of Klezmer music. Listen to this excerpt from King Oliver Creole...
Hello Albert Yes, I hear what you mean but I think we have to put it down to coincidence for I assume there was no substantial Jewish community in N.O. Dodds...
It is said that, unlike Alcide Nunez, Larry Shields quickly recognised the role of the clarinet in the cornet-led Dixieland ensemble - a role that has remained...
Hello David, I do not claim that Klezmar was an important influence in Johnny Dodds musical development. I simply point out an interesting example, probably...
I have long been convinced that klezmer plays a much more important part in the ancestry of jazz than it has been given credit for. However, I donąt think we...
We have been discussing Klezmer in jazz (I apologize for misspelling it as Klezmar) in the Bix forum. Early examples are "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me"...
Over on a Balkan Brass list (and from other groups I am on) there has been a lot of discussion about the patterns of cross-cultural music that influenced...
... Naughty ... and ... important ... I donąt ... Ashkenazi or ... had ... immigrating to ... but it ... ODJB ... needed ... Shields ... In his book...
This message is for the benefit of those in the San Francisco area who aren't yet signed to receive the Jelly Roll Jazz Band monthly schedule email. The Jelly...
What is the connection between Isaac and Judah Touro and the Touro Sanitarium where Muggsy Spanier was admitted when he nearly died of essentially the same...
Benny Goodman and Ziggy Elman brilliantly displayed their Ashkenazi roots.Shaw,on the other hand,struck me as being disconnected to his own Jewish roots.I say...
Nick well observes one important facet of Nunez. Even in the one session with cornet, Nunez leads. The only other players I can think of who, at times, did so...
Inclement weather has kept me indoors and away from computers, so I have used some of the available time listening to various versions of St Louis Blues for...
It's my turn now to over-quote from some works which may help shed some light on recent matters under discussion on this list. Tom Bethell, in his biography of...
The Touro Infirmary/Hospital, located in the Garden District of New Orleans was founded in 1852 by philantropist Judah Touro. In his will Judah Touro wrote, "I...
I wonder why Emile sounded so different from Paul? With only ten years difference in age and being brothers you would have imagined they had the same musical...
Sincere thanks to Robert, to whom I bow on matters N.O. and from whom we do not hear enough, quoting or otherwise. First for the 'St Louis Blues' overview and...
For what it is worth, there is a, at least to me, wonderful collection of music available on a Columbia 2CD set called 'From Avenue A to the Great White...
I have been following the recent posts here on New Orleans clarinetists with great interest. Here are a few rambling and random items--- [1] I was in New...
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