THE JOINT IS JUMPIN' at the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp for Adults PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Nita Hemeter 504-865-9792 ...
I'm a new member, been listening to traditional jazz since I discovered the Hot Fives in 1955 at age 14. I was a little out of place as a teenager raving to...
... I am the biographer of James P. Johnson (A Case Of Mistaken Identity- The life and Music of James P. Johnson, Scarecrow press and Rutgers Inst. Of Jazz...
Hello all, Mike Meddings has updated his website with some new items. Updates available from here: http://www.doctorjazz.co.uk/updates.html All the best, ...
Hello everybody,This recording with some interesting informations are available here:http://youtu.be/Dowy5Jdb-YgMarco Levi Hello everyone, A while ago I...
So far as I understand, Johnny Dodds had dental problems in the 1930s and somewhere in the mists of my archives I may have some ancient publication with a...
What better way to spend Christmas Day than listening to good music? "What'll You Do" Sophie Tucker with the wonderful trombone of Miff Mole especially in the...
*New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp attracts Musicians from all over the World to New Orleans and is recipient of Several Grants* * * * * * * For Immediate...
My grandfather was James "Toots" Mendello, the cornet player (not the sax player) who was in Ben Bernie's orchestra for many years and then formed his own...
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...
I managed to wheedle the following info using an advance google book search (from a 1940 edition of "Jazz Information"): 'On page 21 of the July "Metronome"...
Came across this great piano recording by a young lady protege - Stephanie Trick. Perhaps somebody has the name of the tune - possibly a Waller piece? ...
Came across this great piano recording by a young lady protege - Stephanie Trick. Perhaps somebody has the name of the tune - possible a Waller piece? ...
Hi all According to my - too old - Brian Rust Jabbo Smith did not record his tune: Wake Up Sinners. Did he as an accomponist in an other band? If not who did...
Apologies if this has been posted before, but this is an incredible resource (thousands of vintage recordings accessible on line): http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ ...
Some folks on another forum who are running Macs are having trouble accessing individual recordings on the RHJ Archive site. I should be interested in hearing...
6th Bucharest International Jazz Competition 2012 For BANDS and VOCALISTS of all nationalities Date: 12-19 May 2012 Place: Bucharest, Romania 100% jazz & ...
'Shoe Shine Boy' was written for Louis by Saul Chaplin & Sammy Cahn in 1935 for 'Hot Chocolates'. Cahn himself can be heard, in interview on 'The Wonderful...
I heard a version by a group featuring George Lewis a recording of a jam session but they just titled it as "Uptown Bumps". Ken Colyer titled the same tune as...
The discussion of who plays clarinet on this, and the other Oliver Columbia's, can be simply solved by listening to the run played at 2:17 on Camp Meeting, and...
Hi All, Once again I have fallen prey to cheap CD's, this time a double of Josephine Baker. Apart from her photo on the covers and actual CD's there is no ...
Hi Dave, From what I heard of Benny Watersm he certainly wasn't "was was something of an anachronism, seemingly playing in a style unaltered from his formative...
Hi all, Today (15th September) is the 85th anniversary of Jelly's Red Hot Peppers recording session in the Webster Hotel in Chicago. After all this time the ...
Greetings, I am excited to join this discussion group. I'm writing a book that covers Louis Armstrong from 1922 through the early 1930s. It's my third (and...
*This is Dave -- Robert sent this to me instead of to the group by mistake and, as he is away, has asked me to fwd to the group. I see a view that Russell...
