”That jazz” is referring to a miracle in music that happened in the beginning of 1900s when people from a big variation of ethnical and cultural background inspired each other to play in a new fashion. Luckily all this coincided with the development of new inventions like the phonograph recordings, photography and film so that it became in part documented and still can be enjoyed today. In my early teens I happened to be exposed to ”that jazz” and it struck a string deep within me that has kept vibrating ever since.
Paul Bocciolone Strandberg
Upcoming events:
Föreningen Hot House – fredag 25 oktober
Konsert med Paul’s New Orleans Gang, featuring Angela Strandberg. Fredag 25 oktober 2024 på Restauramg Wega. Medverkande: Angela Strandberg (kornett, sång, washboard), Kiki Desplat (kornett, sång, piano), Paul Bocciolone Strandberg (kornett, klarinett, sång), Göran Holmberg (banjo), Christer Andersson (tuba) (…) view eventKonsert den 25 oktober 2024
Konsert i Helsingborg – söndag 27 oktober
Konsert med Paul’s New Orleans Gang, featuring Angela Strandberg. Söndag 27 oktober 2024 på Helsingborgs Stadsteater. Medverkande: Angela Strandberg (kornett, sång, washboard), Kiki Desplat (kornett, sång, piano, ), Paul Bocciolone Strandberg (kornett, klarinett, sång), Göran Holmberg (banjo), Christer Andersson (tuba) (…) view eventKonsert den 25 oktober 2024
NEW Series: From the Studio and From the Record Shelves
Today’s Tune:
From the Record Shelves #310
Little Did I Know
LP Hep 1010
Under the leadership of saxophone player Glenn Gray and with the aid of good management, the Casa Loma Orchestra had success in the 30’s. Here, around the turn of the decade from the 20s, they appear as a mixture of a dance band and an early swing orchestra with riff-based tunes.
I have chosen a sentimental dance number. This is the way the band sounded when the arranger Bill Challis made an attempt to make his friend Bix Beiderbecke work again. Unfortunately, the band couldn’t afford to have a cornet solo player that was not able to play a part in the arranged sections. There is some solo space after the vocal, filled out by trumpet player Dub Shoffner, who admired Bix, and it’s intriguing to think that there could have been a couple of records with the legendary man himself.
In the Bix Beiderbecke story with its unhappy ending, Shoffner became infamous for sharing a jug or two with his idol and thus definitely putting an end to the cooperation between a man who once again had fallen off the wagon and an orchestra in need of discipline.
Radioprogram (Swedish):
Radio Swingtime 100 – 1 november 2002
MY PRETTY GIRL – Nu är vi framme vid det näst sista avsnittet i denna unika radioprogramserie. Vi gläds åt livaktig jazz från New Orleans med Oliver Naylor och Halfway House Orchestra, vi njuter av Fletcher Hendersons fina orkester med arrangemang av (…) lyssna på radioprogramlyssna på Radio Swingtime 100
Latest CD:
New Sensational CD with Narcisse Jazz Band
Melodious jazz inspired by the irresistible sound and pulse of the 1920’s. Buy at $10.00 (+shipping) (…) view the CDMore about Narcisse CD
New Paul and His Gang CD:
Paul and His Gang – new CD Live in USA and Canada
Paul and his Gang was founded in Malmoe, Sweden by Paul Bocciolone Strandberg in 1990. At the most prestigious jazz festival for “old style jazz” in Breda, Holland they won the first prize in 1992. Their genuine interpretations of early jazz created an interest also in the US where (…) view the CDMore about Paul and His Gang CD Live in USA and Canada
Also Available:
“Remembering” CD
I’m proud to present a new double-CD in co-operation with jazzarkivet. The production is a retrospective collection of recordings and presents two of my most successful bands, Scaniazz (CD 1) and The Absalon Orchestra (CD 2), covering the period from 1975 until 1988 (…) continue readingRemembering CD