October 2023 - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Record Shelves #61 – Stomp Off, Let’s Go. When we started a new band playing jazz and hot dance music in the beginning of the 1980s I wanted to keep it small in order to get reasonably paid gigs. And the first recordings of The New Orleans Owls are a good model of what you can achieve with (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #60 – Corky Stomp. Today it’s more Kansas City jazz on a nice Ace of Hearts Lp that I bought in 1966. The record company Brunswick sent out two men in 1929 to look for talent in the city. The two were (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #59 – Kansas City Breakdown. The title tells us where they came from. Bennie Moten’s Orchestra was the most popular orchestra during the 1920s in Kansas City and the territory around. Later in the 30s after Moten’s sudden death its leadership was taken over by (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #58 – I’ve Lost My Heart in Dixieland. A group of musicians from New Orleans were destined to have their names written into the history of jazz. First they assembled in Chicago, conquered New York next and after making records went overseas to London (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #57 – Baltimore. The title of this LP means that the popular, tin pan alley sort of tunes is absent. Otherwise, it’s quite natural and what you expect from a New Orleans Band that they play spirituals and blues (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #56 – Take My Hand, Precious Lord. The title of this LP means that the popular, tin pan alley sort of tunes is absent. Otherwise, it’s quite natural and what you expect from a New Orleans Band that they play spirituals and blues (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #55 – Tears. This is a heavenly record, especially if you like saxophone and good arrangements. The key persons and masters in both departments are Don Redman and Benny Carter. Still I have chosen a number (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #54 – Once Upon a Time. This is a heavenly record, especially if you like saxophone and good arrangements. The key persons and masters in both departments are Don Redman and Benny Carter. Still I have chosen a number (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #53 – If You Knew. In a time when the historical jazz recordings were not easily available I was lucky to find the rare Jelly Roll Morton Commodore sessions on an LP released in Buenos Aires (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #52 – Wild Cherry. Today we hear some territory jazz. San Antonio, Texas had several big bands in the thirties and one of them was led by the drummer Boots Douglas. That the music is rare you can understand from the battered picture (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #51 – Love Is Just Around the Corners. On today’s record the music is not fantastic, stupendous or something in that order to my ears. It’s more like another evening at work for the guys. But sometimes you want to have your morning coffee (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #50 – Cette chanson est pour vous. I like Jean Sablon. There is intimacy in his voice. He had been in New York and Hollywood and had heard Bing Crosby who influenced him deeply, and he has a similar quality as Bing that he gets close to you (…) read more and listenread more and listen