Thank you, all, for the information. There are no Chaplin films from 1913, as his first film, "Making a Living," was released February 2, 1914. "The Good for...
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Michael Rader
armstark2000
Feb 3, 2010 9:10 pm
The Frog Blues and Jazz Annual has been mentioned a couple of times already, but apart from general endorsements, we have seen little on appearance and...
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hans.eekhoff
Feb 4, 2010 8:40 am
Sylvester Ahola's home movies with shots of fellow musicians are now on YouTube but with the exception of Rollini, Felline and Ahola himself no one has been...
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Agustin Perez Gasco
ekebbbapg
Feb 7, 2010 11:58 pm
... BLACK EUROPE REISSUE PROJECT The first comprehensive documentation of the sound and images of black entertainers in Europe For this project...
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betsy@...
hubcitywrite...
Feb 15, 2010 3:46 pm
Clara Smith will be honored in the first phase of the new Music Trail in her hometown of Spartanburg SC. Can anyone tell me where we might find a photograph of...
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nhemeter
Feb 15, 2010 3:50 pm
New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp Hello Jazz Fans, We are very excited to announce the 1st Annual New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp for adults! Check out our...
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paceyfoster
Feb 23, 2010 9:42 pm
I recently posted some animations of plates from the book Modern Dancing (1914) by Irene and Vernon Castle which show Europe's Society Orchestra playing in the...
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Mordechai Litzman
folke613
Feb 24, 2010 4:35 am
Here is something to enliven the winter gloom! Come to think about it, if I could play an instrument, say cornet, I would go down in my basement and play along...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Feb 24, 2010 11:18 am
I have now got hold of the Gennett ledger sheet relating to this session. It offers no support for the seductive notion that this may be the Jimmy Raschel band...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Feb 24, 2010 6:26 pm
Sorry, Yves. Reviewing this I realize you did mention there were other sides on Champion by Paul Davis & His Orchestra, though they are not in the original...
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Bob Eagle
prof_hi_jinx
Feb 24, 2010 11:04 pm
I have a sense of deja vu about this, so my apologies if it has been posted in the past. Raschel's real name was Rachels. He seems to have been born in...
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Agustin Perez Gasco
ekebbbapg
Mar 1, 2010 4:04 pm
Dear list Has anybody done research on Mamie Smith's 1936 European tour? If so, has an approximate itinerary been established? Thanks in advance. Best...
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Mordechai Litzman
folke613
Mar 4, 2010 7:51 pm
This is a jam session between the oldest Japanese jug band, the Old Southern Jug Blowers (in uniform), and the Sweet Hollywaiians. It is such a relaxed and fun...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Mar 5, 2010 2:05 pm
The Japanese have their own tradition of Hawaiian-type music dating from the inter-war years when they held League of Nations mandates for chunks of Polynesia....
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Alex
alexmendham
Mar 6, 2010 9:58 am
Hi Everyone! The first show in the West-End was a great success! Thanks to all of you that attended! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGN_aqBWIO0 ...bringing Big...
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Michael
armstark2000
Mar 9, 2010 1:28 pm
When interviewed in 1987 about his earliest recordings for a book by Benjamin Franklin V. about Jazz and Blues Musicians of South Carolina, Jabbo Smith had...
7994
Alex
alexmendham
Mar 9, 2010 2:31 pm
Hi Everyone! The first show in the West-End was a great success! Thanks to all of you that attended! Here we are running through Lulu's Back In Town..even have...
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Michael Rader
armstark2000
Mar 9, 2010 4:44 pm
What Jabbo actually said was: I can't remember, but that's what everybody seems to remember. *I don't remember.* At that time, my first recording was with...
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Agustin Perez Gasco
ekebbbapg
Mar 10, 2010 11:42 pm
For his book "Voices of the Jazz Age", Chip Deffaa interviewed Jabbo Smith twice: at Lorraine Gordon's apartment (Nov. 2, 1985) and at Jabbo's (Nov. 27, 1988)....
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Agustin Perez Gasco
ekebbbapg
Mar 10, 2010 11:52 pm
Dear list Does anyone know if the project on Frank Guarente (of Paul Specht's Orchestra and the Georgians fame) is still alive? http://www.frankguarente.com/ ...
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Dan Van Landingham
danvanlandin...
Mar 11, 2010 5:57 am
I'd like to know as well as I had an album of Isham Jones and he was on it.Tommy Dorsey wanted to use him on his own recordings.It's like me trying to find any...
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Michael Rader
armstark2000
Mar 12, 2010 7:54 am
The fourth edition of Rust already shows Jabbo on the Morris session and in the "Frog Annual", Richard Rains says that Jabbo told him in 1977 that his first...
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yves francois
aprestitine
Mar 13, 2010 5:09 pm
hi Michael     When I knew Jabbo (1981/2) his health was in less strong of shape than it was in 1977, When you read Chip's book that you mentioned you...
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Michael Rader
armstark2000
Mar 13, 2010 5:33 pm
Hi Yves, I'm not necessarily suggesting that Raines told Jabbo anything, more that others already had. Jabbo seems to have toured Europe quite extensively in...
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kbrau44
Mar 16, 2010 10:39 am
I remember very vividly a concert at the Breda Jazz Festival in 1972 by - I think - Marc van Nus´ Hot Dogs. Everything was in honour of Jabbo Smith who was...
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Agustin Perez Gasco
ekebbbapg
Mar 16, 2010 9:43 pm
Moving on from the Thomas Morris session, and since you mention the Georgia Strutters date: The editions I own of Rust & Bruyninckx, and the online Lord...
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Dan Van Landingham
danvanlandin...
Mar 18, 2010 3:14 am
Rex Stewart was never a favourite of mine.I found his playing rather sloppy.I found a French RCA LP of Fletcher Henderson and,as with the stuff he did with...
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serapion@...
serapion...
Mar 19, 2010 12:38 am
I suspect Rex's musical priorities might have differed from Dan's, I don't know for sure, but SLOPPY doesn't seem to match any notion I have ever gathered as...
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Bryan Wright
vntager8io
Mar 19, 2010 10:16 pm
I just got off the phone with Bob Erdos (of Stomp Off Records). He's trying to ID a tune played by the Prague Syncopated Orchestra on a cassette from the late...
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Pavel Pitra
pavelpitra
Mar 22, 2010 12:58 pm
Hello Bryan, Pavel Klikar, the conductor of the Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra says that it is a recording of Pretty Baby, arranged by himself, some 30+...
