Hello All, Haven't been here for quite a while. I got some good advice here back then about playing the .ram files at Scott Alexander's incredible Red Hot...
Just an old record collector,been at it 60 years.Not an expert on much just love the music and enjoy others that also love real music. Collect early jazz...
For anyone who would like a nice copy of the original 2-volume Brian Rust Dance Band Discography, here's a set listed for $16 - somewhat of a savings over the...
TV star Hugh Laurie to record a blues album Laurie will record the album later this year Actor Hugh Laurie has signed a deal to record a blues album. The...
Does anyone know why the George H. Buck Foundation's jazzology.com website has disappeared to be replaced by a sort of portal site with a young blonde on the...
Just listening my sole Arnett, a 1978 Magpie LP. This is a collection of blues accompaniments. Only ever two sides under his name. Also on the Jimmy Wades. A...
Here is the New Orleans Quartet playing a hilarious and excellent version of Hiawatha Rag. Great NO drumming by John Petters and bass playing by Annie ...
That's really a plenty of swing, beat, power and energy ! Thank you for sharing such a great stuff. Marco Levi To those of you who wish that there were more...
To those of you who wish that there were more drum solo recordings by Baby Dodds I submit the following YouTube clip from 2009 with the British drummer Colin ...
Ahh, but Johnny did come back for the revival - as Cy Laurie! Never quite recaprured his old magic, though I always thought it was St Cyr talking... Tony ...
I found a 115-page pdf on Jazz in Europe, which includes a substantial section on the Georgians. It's a section of a book, the title of which is not listed on...
Rob, That's a great photo of Ben Pickering and Eddie Bave in the files section. If you notice, the top of the signboard lists Max van Gelder as the director...
Found the link. As I mentioned, the pdf is in Dutch; so, if any Dutch member wants to take the time to translate it, even if it's only a little at a time,...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Does anyone know what became of singer/ trumpet-player Thomas Jefferson? The latest mention I can find is that he was playing on Bourbon Street in 1978. ...
I was just informed that CJRT-FM will over the next few years broadcast encore presentations of Jeff Healey's "My Kind of Jazz" programmes. He began the show...
I didn't see updates for a long time, it is my favorite site on music I've spent hours reading fascinating articles not to be found elsewhere. Tommer...
I'm looking for solos by the above. I know the one Bessie session. Can any Ellington specialist point me at any solos during his Ellington years 1944-49 ? Or...
Both Katie Crippen sessions for Black Swan (February or March 1921 & June 1921) are listed as by Katie Crippen accompanied by Henderson's Novelty Orchestra. ...
Today, 10 May 2010, there is a report on BBC Breakfast about the death of Lena Horne. Typically, the BBC shows a fragment of this 1940 Fats Waller soundie and...
This is the title of a study of early jazz by a Swiss researcher named Arnold Bopp. It was apparently issued in a series of open reel tapes. Anyone care to...
