Howard's Oscar Young, 21 in 1920 Chicago, makes me question just how New Orleanian was his style. At the very least, he came to Chicago before full maturity...
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Mordechai Litzman
folke613
Mar 6, 2012 6:58 pm
Found this gem of a 19 yeard old Andy Schumm playing Bix style cornet with two others (truet?). Nominated for hottest trumpet/cornet playing this year! The...
9127
fearfeasa
jtdyamond
Mar 7, 2012 12:07 am
Thanks for the link to the photo, John. In fact, it's the same photo as featured on the Decca Ace of Hearts LP issue from the early 1960s. The personnels as...
9128
fearfeasa
jtdyamond
Mar 7, 2012 12:16 am
As I recall, New Orleans sources often refer to Filhé as "Field." It's par for the course with monoglot English speakers. Isn't the family name Filhé found...
9129
fearfeasa
jtdyamond
Mar 7, 2012 12:26 am
Thanks Duncan --- a wonderful piece of research ! This is probably the eldest son of our George(s) Filhé and his wife Sidonia --- but Sidonia, if she was...
For goodness' sake, John, I specifically stated that the /Sugar Foot Stomp/ solo was unmistakeably Ory !!! I was suggesting that trombone playing on the...
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John McCusker
ory1886
Mar 7, 2012 2:52 pm
________________________________ From: fearfeasa <fearfeasa@...> To: RedHotJazz@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 8:19 AM Subject: Re:...
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Bob Smith
jayaressno
Mar 7, 2012 3:33 pm
Dear JT, " ... by his own admission he couldn't cut it anymore." is probably a paraphrase of the statement in the 1957 Jazz Book Club edition of 'King Joe...
9134
fearfeasa
jtdyamond
Mar 7, 2012 11:45 pm
Thanks, Bob. I can't find my copy of /King Joe Oliver/. That quote is a bit odd, isn't it ? Filhé was 52 in 1925, which is hardly old. And as for having "an...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Mar 8, 2012 8:03 am
Like it or not, Ory was identified on these sessions by Luis Russell, who was there, and who was played the records by Walt Allen, a man not given to ...
9136
ALAN BOND
alan504450
Mar 8, 2012 9:24 am
Hi Folks, George Filhe was 52 in 1926 which, by the standards of the time, was an age close to the life expectancy of the average...
9137
John McCusker
ory1886
Mar 8, 2012 4:04 pm
Ory took lessons in Chicago after joining Oliver's band according to his autobiography. The purpose was to learn to read better and develop his tone. I think...
9138
John McCusker
ory1886
Mar 8, 2012 4:06 pm
Ory claim unearned glory? Perhaps about somethings but I have a 1940 interview with him where he goes out of his way to point out sides he wasn't on. ...
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John McCusker
ory1886
Mar 8, 2012 4:09 pm
"When John said he'd seen copies of the Syncopators recordings in Ory's collection, I thought at first he meant he'd seen original 78s of all these items; but...
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Howard Rye
howardrye
Mar 9, 2012 9:49 am
Let’s be clear that I was merely suggesting that this would have to be the fallback position of people who wanted to claim he was not on the sides. I don’t...
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ROBERT R. CALDER
serapion...
Mar 9, 2012 3:05 pm
I've been having great fun reading the Filhe correspondence. All I can make out on the basis of my professional experience as editor and translator is that...
9142
warrington1@...
warrington1...
Mar 9, 2012 3:25 pm
I'm still in the process of following up all the good advice I received after my initial query as to the best way forward for novices who wanted to explore...
9143
davidsager1958
Mar 11, 2012 6:17 pm
Off The Record, the label that brought you the stunning King Oliver compilation a few years back, is proud t announce its forthcoming "The Complete...
9144
davidsager1958
Mar 11, 2012 6:18 pm
Off The Record, the label that brought you the stunning King Oliver compilation a few years back, is proud to announce its forthcoming "The Complete...
9145
Andrew
rag1916
Mar 12, 2012 12:01 am
Mr. Taylor, I haven't read these books, but I've heard many of Ms. Armstrong's earlier (1920s) recordings, and she strikes me as both swinging hard enough, and...
9146
Mordechai Litzman
folke613
Mar 12, 2012 3:42 am
I am not sure that I understand all the terms you use to describe Lil Armstrong's piano playing but there is a long solo playing behind Johnny Dodds at appr....
9147
Andrew Taylor
agrahamt2
Mar 14, 2012 7:50 am
Hi Andrew, Fair enough! It is certainly easy to be anachronistic when listening to piano from the mid 20s, and I'm hardly a well-rounded expert, from the 20s...
9148
Andrew Homzy
homzy2000
Mar 19, 2012 2:44 am
This may be as close we can ever get to experiencing the KOCJB - The 2 trumpet break is in the last chorus - Cheers, Andrew ...
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David Brown
dvd.brown
Mar 19, 2012 9:02 am
Thanks to Andrew for this interesting footage. But there are three trumpets, Percy Humphrey, Punch Miller and, I hazard, Charlie Love. N.O. experts ? Also the...
9150
fearfeasa
jtdyamond
Mar 19, 2012 12:20 pm
Yes Dave, it's Percy labelled as Punch. L to R, the trumpets are Percy G. Humphrey, Charlie Love and Ernest "Punch" Miller (in the check shirt). the lead...
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Andrew Homzy
homzy2000
Mar 21, 2012 3:30 am
It would be great to see more of this footage - [F2956] Art Ford's Jazz Party Punch Miller, Percy Humphrey (tp) Jim Robinson (tb) Alphonse Picou (cl) Armand...
9152
liviolaurenti
Apr 1, 2012 5:05 am
Dear Friends, my name is Livio Laurenti from Trieste, Italy and ,as many of you out there, I also had joned the group because of the misterious 404 error...
9153
Bob Smith
jayaressno
Apr 1, 2012 8:10 pm
Dear Livio, Welcome to the group, and thanks for a very interesting E-mail. I'm writing this to let you know what is happening about error code 404. We have...
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Agustin Perez Gasco
ekebbbapg
Apr 5, 2012 9:35 pm
Dear list Someone in another jazz group posted this suggestion/question: <<<I recently took a chance and spent five bucks on a 78 by the "Superior Jazz...
