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...
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I wonder if we could get more information from Gina. Perhaps someone in the family can remember Toots real first name. Also what town was he born in and what...
Dear Gerry, Just to give the site a quick try, I looked up the Gramophone issue for my birth month, and in the editorial I came across this marvellous phrase:...
Mondello is a more common name than Mendello. Toots, the trumpet player, born in New Jersey, was certainly Mendello, not Mondello. You can see his name spelled...
 Hi Albert,  Maybe Gina is a Mendello, but Toots was a Mondello, like his cousin Vinnie at Banjohaven. Mike Amato Bedford Banjo Shop 106 S. Richard Street ...
Thanks to Gina Mendello, Toots Mendello's grandaughter, I was able to provide some biographical information and a photo of Toots Mendello in the Bixography...
Many thanks for the clarification Nick. It looks like I should pull the photo as it's only going to muddy the waters. I'll rewrite that section when I have a...
Sorry Gerry, I didn't give enough related information with respect to the Metronome photo and the fact that it was originally reproduced in the magazine...
"Another clue is the fact that in the Metronome article the photo of Bix and Trumbauer was reproduced courtesy of Frank Trumbauer." There's no mention of this...
Nick, many thanks for your input. I'm going to have to do some rewriting it seems! Personally, Bix's companion doesn't look like 'Tram' to me, but the...
The "train station" photograph reproduced in your excellent article on Josh Billings was almost certainly taken on October 28th, 1928, when Paul Whiteman and...
Apologies for reviving this old thread, but I just posted a lengthy article about Frank Billings on my website. For those interested, here's the direct link...
Just an update. I managed to track down a July 1940 metronome and I can confirm that the photo in question is the one shown in Ralph Berton's book (at a...
... You should listen to other great tube soloists: From Dallas...Octave Gaspard Unknown tuba from Butte Montana in Ernest Loomis Orch Steven Abrams SWan...
First, many thanks to everybody who has offered me input. I have now further researched this, in conjunction with Laurie Wright's seminal 'Mr Jelly Lord'. 05...
Brotherly Love - 9/17/26 - Elgar's Creole Orchestra - I'm wondering about the title - given all the collective improvisation and, especially the duets and,...
Hello Mordechai, another terrific performance by Stephanie Trick! ;-) The piece is called "Nothin'" and is one of the earliest (known!) cutting contest pieces...
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? ...
Here is the whole entry as it appears in 93 Years of Recorded Jazz. I assume the entry is just copied from Rust apart from the reissue details but have not...
[ADMIN: apologies for the delay again, Yahoo never warned me of this unexpectedly pending message - Patrice] ... I don't own this book, but I managed to obtain...
As accurate as ever Thanks Howard W. Lloyd Smith¹s Gut Bucketeers, Vocalion, Chicago, 30 July 1930, assuming it is the same tune because the composer crefit...
Lloyd Smith¹s Gut Bucketeers, Vocalion, Chicago, 30 July 1930, assuming it is the same tune because the composer crefit to ³Smith² might refer to the ...
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...
He was probably a resident of New York at the time, but possibly died while travelling with the Blackbirds of 1928 revue - his last known job. Michael Rader ...
