Hello to all. I have been into Jazz for about 6 years and have only had the experience of seeing a band cover earlier Jazz, in San Francisco. I live in Los...
Hi everybody, I have a lot of suggestions for re-examine established (or semi-established) Clarence Williams personnels, which I would like to offer in these...
There is a beautiful double-cd on Archeophone 6006 with a lot of Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson. But when compiling nobody seems to have checked the...
Howdy y'all; The note below bounced back to me after I tried to send it to Scott Alexander via the link on the RHJ homepage. I don't know who might be in a...
Kasper, please, look at the following links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ4Ws5RNd0w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voVInnCvgCk I hope it helps you. Marco ...
As a follow-on to KB's invitation of yesterday evening, a first pertinent question to all, even if you don't have an interest in unravelling the mysteries of...
Hi everybody interested in this matter, mostly Yves Francois and John (these sessions are Not on the Frogspawn, by the way): thanks to Yves Francois to hear...
a few notes re Thomas Morris and the 1923 Okeh's Mordechai the Classics are good to use for documentation etc, but the sound is inferior the the Fountain LP -...
At last a biographical foothold on this mystery individual. I think he is the Thomas Morris, Negro, Musician, born 30 August 1897 who registered for the draft...
Since yesterday I am a new member of this group, having been invited by Michael Rader and I would like to say Hallo to all participants! Having purchased FROG...
First a short introduction since I am a new member to the group. I have been listening to classic jazz for some 40 odd years and especially enjoy the Red Hot...
Just in case anyone needs an idea for a Christmas present for themselves, here are a couple of suggestions: - The Tommy Ladnier bio-discography by Bo...
Has anyone yet looked into Pops: the Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout? Among several things about it that have made me purse my lips &...
Hello I'm looking for the lyrics of the verse of "Get Happy " if anybody can have them, i'll be very happy to get them ! Many thanks in advance Best Regards ...
Hello all; Glad I found this group. I'm sure I'll learn a lot, and I've always been interested in music from 1895 - 1930 or so. I've just posted a file of my...
Hello again! I was not prepared for the overwhelming response to my post on free CDs. I will pick a few of you on a first-come, first-served basis. Sadly I...
Hello! My name is Ken and I'm new to this group, this is my first post. Somewhat unusual perhaps, but... I'm moving and I need to get rid of a bunch of stuff....
J.T., The suggestion that different clarinet players were responsible for the two sessions in question was inspired by an off-hand remark in one of Chris...
I've tried for months to have the name of the piano player on the Casino Royale sides corrected, to no avail. He's listed as Art Hodges when in fact it was Art...
K.B., You're definitely right about the Williams reed players (see our never-ending thread about the clarinet on "Red Hot Flo"). There are many sessions...
Yves, KB and all, I've always thought of Leonard Davis mainly as a lead trumpeter - and it's difficult to find other examples of his solo playing (e.g. with...
Hello KB (please excuse my not knowing your full name) and all else re: the Marathon 78 I have spent the morning (and part of the afternoon) reading this...
Hi All, Can anyone help me please with an e-mail address. I am looking for the new e-mail address for Chris Burke (Clarinet) in New Orleans. He kindly showed...
When receiving Ristic 26 about 40 years ago, I immediately wrote a letter to John R.T. expressing my assumption, that this was the Charlie Johnson band. First...
Hello everyone I wanted to make several points here, all starting with my query on who is considered to be the trumpet player on the Buddy Christian...
The subject of Sidney Arodin's background came up the other day. I did a couple of searches on Google and a few genealogy websites for his name and his...
I think a lot of rhj members will be interested in this. I have no financial interest, and have not yet seen the book, but I think it is very unlikely the...
Joe Bussard has become something of a cult figure through extensive press coverage and the film documentary Desperate Man Blues". Old Hot Record issued a...
