I've just obtained a copy of Tom Morgan's book Historic Photographs of New Orleans Jazz. It's a largely unremarkable and disappointing book, possibly aimed at...
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David Brown
dvd.brown
May 27, 2010 4:43 pm
http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/JAZ&CI SOPTR=287&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 is this it ? And is this Loius ? [Non-text portions of...
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David Brown
dvd.brown
May 27, 2010 4:51 pm
Link too long ? Search Louisiana Digital Library first with 'Louis Armstrong' and then with 'waif's home'. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Brad Bechtel
brad_bechtel
May 28, 2010 4:19 pm
http://tinyurl.com/38kt25l should take you there....
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dwstuck
May 28, 2010 4:52 pm
Here's a shortened version of the link: http://bit.ly/cRfamo...
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tommersl
May 29, 2010 10:00 am
Gama Gilbert was a New York Times Jazz writer. He had a fine article in 1939 on the New Orleans Jazz and he died in 1940 at the age of 34. I was wondering if a...
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Robert
robertgreenw...
May 29, 2010 11:17 am
That's the one....
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David Brown
dvd.brown
May 31, 2010 8:48 am
This kid is tall and thin, not attributes immediately associated with Louis. Facially also not much like Louis to me. The ladies' hats suggest to me a later...
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Nick Dellow
nick.dellow
May 31, 2010 9:43 am
Regarding the hats in the photo (which are called cloche hats), a few days ago I did a bit of digging online and found the following statement in a website on...
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Michael
armstark2000
Jun 10, 2010 9:31 pm
As you might know, a group of us is revisting the Clarence Williams discography. In a batch of additional information on Laurie Wright's "King" Oliver book,...
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Rob
rbilleaud
Jun 11, 2010 7:32 am
I have posted a new batch of photos on my website @ http://robbilleaud.net46.net/jazzagemain.htm...
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Agustin Perez
ekebbbapg
Jun 15, 2010 6:45 am
Off The Record (distributed by Archeophone Records) has released a new 2 CD set called "Cabaret Echoes: New Orleans Jazzers at Work 1918-1927". Remastered by...
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Ron L'Herault
hotjazzron
Jun 15, 2010 1:07 pm
I believe Rob Bamberger was playing cuts from this on his show "Hot Jazz Saturday Night", over WAMU.org recently. What I heard sounded very well without...
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Michael Rader
armstark2000
Jun 15, 2010 2:34 pm
One interesting feature is the addition of comments/interviews with some of the musicians involved. The booklet states that the session by Russ Papalia and the...
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Alex Hill
axmh2002
Jun 15, 2010 5:20 pm
Hi, folks I was listening to the superb internet radio -Weimar Rundfunk - on Live365 and came across this track "die weintraub syncopators - ob du glucklich ...
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Michael Rader
armstark2000
Jun 15, 2010 8:58 pm
Following the info on the latest Off The Record/Archeophone, I'd like to draw your attention to three new CDs on the Frog label. They are: Frog Spawn - the...
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Jack Grady
scara9mouche
Jun 16, 2010 5:50 am
Absolutely brilliant stuff. I remember hearing about these German groups back in the days of the Weimar Republic, before Hitler took over. My great-uncle was...
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Rob
rbilleaud
Jun 16, 2010 1:51 pm
Jack, Sounds like you and I have something in common. My great uncle, Ben Pickering, was also in some of the first American jazz groups to come to Europe in...
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Jack Grady
scara9mouche
Jun 16, 2010 6:34 pm
All of my stories come via my father, who knew his uncle Ted Noyes well. The only times I ever saw him, I was too young to remember. My father used to talk...
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Rob Billeaud
rbilleaud
Jun 17, 2010 4:20 pm
Jack: I have two photos of Tommy Dorsey Orch. here, do you recognize your uncle in either one? I'm trying to put names with faces. For all I know, these...
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RD Blackard
rdblackard
Jun 17, 2010 5:15 pm
Hi All!  It was probably Lake Compounce, over in Bristol. Many of the bands played there. ...
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Rob
rbilleaud
Jun 17, 2010 5:56 pm
I don't think the photos I attached came through, must not accept attachments. In any case, I posted the photos in the Files section, so you can access them...
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Jack Grady
scara9mouche
Jun 17, 2010 8:27 pm
Rob, Absolutely they did know each other and played in the same band. Your great-uncle Ben Pickering was in the Frank Guarente's World Known Georgians along...
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Jack Grady
scara9mouche
Jun 17, 2010 8:59 pm
As a postscript to my last message, check out Frank Guarente's World Known Georgians doing Hard-To-Get-Gerty. Ted Noyes was the vocalist as well as the...
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Rob Billeaud
rbilleaud
Jun 18, 2010 5:24 am
Found only one photo of Ben that I can definitively say was taken while he was with the Georgians, I posted the photo (Ben and Eddie Bave) in the Files folder....
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Rob Billeaud
rbilleaud
Jun 18, 2010 5:26 am
Extremely cool! I will go into my big box of old photos tonight and look to see if I can find any photos of Frank Guarente's Georgians. If I find any, I will...
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Jack
scara9mouche
Jun 18, 2010 5:27 am
Absolutely brilliant stuff. I remember hearing about these German groups back in the days of the Weimar Republic, before Hitler took over. My great-uncle was...
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Jack Grady
scara9mouche
Jun 18, 2010 9:01 am
Rob, The Georgians were a subgroup of the the Phil Specht Orchestra. The Phil Specht Orchestra was basically for dancing, whereas the Georgians were jazz. As...
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Jack
scara9mouche
Jun 18, 2010 9:03 am
Rob, I posted a reply to your last message, but it seemed to come through on the site as my orginal Die Weintraubs message. Anyway, here's what I wanted to...
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Jack
scara9mouche
Jun 18, 2010 11:08 am
Correction: I believe Specht's first name was Paul, not Phil, even though Scott Alexander's site has him listed as being Phil. Jack...
