2023 - Paul – and some of that Jazz

Let the Good Times Roll #160 – Log Cabin Blues – Swedish French Connection. I hope that traditional jazz bands today and in the future continue to play the blues like we used to. Here is Log Cabin Blues with Original Jazz Makers from 1991. (…) titta på videontitta på videon

From the Record Shelves #34 – We Were the Best of Friends. The mysterious Blind Blake had a recording career with Paramount Records for six years between 1926 and 1932. “Mysterious” because nothing is known about the dates and places of his birth and death (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #33 – Blind Arthur’s Breakdown. The mysterious Blind Blake had a recording career with Paramount Records for six years between 1926 and 1932. “Mysterious” because nothing is known about the dates and places of his birth and death (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Let the Good Times Roll #159 – Cake Walking Babies – Swedish French Connection. Här kommer vår sista låt från konserten i Jazztältet 1993. Kiki spelar kornett och sjunger, Frans spelar bassax och jag tar hand om banjon i Cake Walking Babies. Med Swedish-French Connection spelade vi (…) titta på videontitta på videon

From the Record Shelves #32 – The Day You Came Along. During the four-year span of this record Bing Crosby’s pursuit of success led him in the direction of becoming one of the greatest stars of all time. His got his ticket to Hollywood (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #31 – Trumpet Tango. Tutti Camarata was a very skilled arranger who began his career as a trumpet player in Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra, and it is this instrument that is the subject of the album from 1957 (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Let the Good Times Roll #158 – Don’t Tell Me Nothing ’bout My Man – Swedish French Connection. Kiki sjunger en låt av Jelly Roll Morton som heter Don’t Tell Me Nothing ’bout My Man. (…) titta på videontitta på videon

From the Record Shelves #30 – Gee, But It’s Hard. This record has a worn out sleeve. For two reasons. First and foremost because me and a friend as teenagers used to copy and play and sing the tunes on the record and secondly because (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #29 – Someday Sweetheart. I found this record not so long ago. Since I collect records with clarinet plus rhythm section, to listen, enjoy and eventually learn something, I was glad to find this one by a man mostly known for his big band work (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Let the Good Times Roll #157 – The Pearls – Swedish French Connection. Vi spelade gärna Jelly Roll Morton’s fina kompositioner och här är det The Pearls som står på programmet i Jazztältet 1993. (…) titta på videontitta på videon

From the Record Shelves #28 – I’m in the Seventh Heaven. Records that were sold in “dime stores” were cheap and when the depression struck the American people hard in the beginning of the thirties they were still sold and bought while the big companies (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #27 – Bass Ale Blues. We listen to the New York based five-piece group Original Memphis Five (that had nothing to do with the latter mentioned town) develop from 1923 until December 1926. In the early recordings (…) read more and listenread more and listen