What you need is real player 8 for linux that supports the old format and it will play most of the redhotjazz.com files as I recall if nothing changed since...
You may want to give Ed Garland a listen. He recorded some really nice stuff with Ory in the forties, including a pretty bowed solo on Mutt's Blues....
Is Al Morgan playing bass on brother Sam's record of "Steppin' on the Gas"? That has a particularly propulsive bass--it really moves that performance along....
Hi everyone, I'm just plugging in the conversation but if ever you want to read a short biography about Al MORGAN, especially during his stay with Cab...
Dear list Recently, someone in other jazz email list reported that several tracks on discs 1 & 2 of the Armstrong Decca Mosaic have been transfered at the...
In listening to the Doc Cook's Dreamland Orchestra sides from July 1926 I realized that I can clearly distinguish between two cornets on my new system. The...
I would like biographical and musical information (hard for me to come by, at least where I have looked) about this notable suitcase player, who was nothing...
Found a little more about Josh Billings: On February 23, 1929, the Mound City Blue Blowers recorded as the "Mystery Orchestra." The recordings were unissued,...
Elwood Graham was born in Illinois during April 1897, a son of Maurice Graham (janitor, born in Indiana in 1852) and his wife Fannie (born in Virginia in ...
The trumpets can be heard in unison near the start of 'Spanish Mama'. When they re-enter, Graham is playing lead and Keppard second although they nicely...
Frank 'Josh' Billings was on the fringes of the Austin High Gang. Eddie Condon credits him as having invented suitcase playing, but Ralph Berton recalled that...
The Fabulous George Lewis Band: 'The Inside Story' by Barry Martyn & Nick Gagliano is the transcription of several interviews that Martyn conducted with...
Here is a version of Swanee River played by the New Orleans Quartet featuring a superb extended string bass solo by Annie Hawkins. If you like this recording,...
Hello Mordechai, Many thanks for this link. I do think it is important to post these events. With the so-called death of jazz--esp trad jazz--it's more crucial...
Great Mordechai. Thanks a lot. I keep linking to the other sites available and become totally sidetracked. Thanks again, Hans To: RedHotJazz@yahoogroups.com ...
Thanks for that, Mordechai. Very enjoyable! Gotta spread it around, but how? If only there were an effective way to send the video around to young people. I...
A very nice old standard, played in stright N.O. Style "Ă l'anglaise"; . Brits are always great when playing this way. Madam bassist is simply stunning. I...
Thank you for the specification, I didn't know...The Queen is the same, anyway..., ;o)Marco Ogg: Re: R: [RedHotJazz] Queen of Slap Except that Annie Hawkins is...
Dear Mordechai Many thanks for the New Orleans Quartet YouTube of Swanee River. It's a pity the double bass was somewhat under-recorded, I could hardly hear it...
Look on You Tube for "Cradle is Rocking (Good print)" for a documentary film on Kid Sheik. Great footage on there of him performing with John Handy, Paul...
Augustin - It might be useful to know which tracks you think are suspect. For the most part, I've found that Armstrong tending to play tunes in the written...
Those Victor sides of Bill Johnson with Johnny Dodds are some of the most killer string bass playing I've ever heard. Not only the playing, but the recording. ...
Hello, all, I was recently listening to this session after a long time of not having heard it. Although it's generally accepted that Bix is one of the...
Ladies & Gentlemen, Dancing to the music of the 20's & 30's Alex Mendham and his rhythm-boys orchestra. "Londons favourite Fox-Trot and Hot Jazz Orchestra" ...
