September 2023 - Paul – and some of that Jazz

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

Let the Good Times Roll #156 – Aunt Hagar’s Blues – Swedish French Connection. Kiki spelar en blues ackompanjerad av mig på tuba och Frans på banjo i Jazztältet 1993, Aunt Hagar’s Blues. Inspelad på Malmöfestivalen, 15 augusti 1993 (…) titta på videontitta på videon

From the Record Shelves #26 – 29th and Dearborn. Like another icon of early jazz, pianist Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds was unfortunate to have his life ended just before the revival took place. After leaving New Orleans to join King Oliver at 28 years of age (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #25 – He’s Funny That Way. A compilation of rarities recorded in New York and Los Angeles in the early thirties. We get a couple of tracks with vocal groups, The Rhythm Boys and The Ink Spots, a song from a soundtrack with Ruth Etting (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Let the Good Times Roll #155 – Panama – Swedish French Connection. I vår konsert i jazztältet sommaren 1993 var det nu dags för ännu en låt med Oliver – Armstrong samarbetet 70 år tidigare som inspiration (…) titta på videontitta på videon

From the Record Shelves #24 – Senegalese Stomp. I have selected an instrumental number mostly because of its way to immediately start with a hot blues chorus that gives us a chance to hear the great cornet player Tommy Ladnier at his peak when he was a member of (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #23 – San. Instrumental virtuosity and inventive arrangements are two things to enjoy when you listen to University Six. The seven piece group comes from California Ramblers, the most successful white dance orchestra of its time and place; New York in the twenties (…) read more and listenread more and listen