Month: October 2023

From the Record Shelves #37 – Stick Out Your Can. If you want to start the day well and come into a good mood this could be the record to put on. Classic sessions with the New Orleans greats recorded in their own town or in San Francisco between 1945-55 (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #36 – China Boy. Frank Trumbauer undoubtedly did his best recordings in company with Bix Beiderbecke and any of his records post that period is bound to be a disappointment, but nothing prevents us (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #35 – Midnight Call Blues. Eddie Lang became one of the most lamented heroes in jazz history when he never woke up after a routine tonsillectomy in 1933. But before that he had made a great impact as a true pioneer of guitar playing which gave the instrument a new role (…) read more and listenread more and listen

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