Year: 2023

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

Let the Good Times Roll #154 – Jimtown Blues – Swedish French Connection. Here’s another trio performance captured on film in the summer of 1993. The music of Bix Beiderbecke and his fellow musicians in the 1920’s was a great source of inspiration for all three of us (…) titta på videontitta på videon

From the Record Shelves #22 – Too Busy. Kansas City has a good standing within the history of jazz and even their best hot dance band belongs to the elite in that genre. Or should we call them a jazz band? The creativity and jazz content (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #21 – Somebody Loves You. When USA went into the depression era one of the most popular orchestras led by Ted Lewis had to face a severe decline in record sales. Buying records became a luxury and then the competition from radio (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Let the Good Times Roll #153 – Mississippi Mud – Swedish French Connection. Here’s another trio performance captured on film in the summer of 1993. The music of Bix Beiderbecke and his fellow musicians in the 1920’s was a great source of inspiration for all three of us (…) watch the videowatch the video

From the Record Shelves #20 – Swanee Shuffle. The Charleston Chasers was a New York studio group whose jazz content and top-notch musicianship was guaranteed and provided by men like the Dorsey Brothers and Benny Goodman. Formally their music was (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #19 – Four or Five Times. The pioneers of jazz guitar are in focus on this cd, playing solos or performing with small ensembles. On the chosen track there is first a guitar intro before the clarinet playing of Jimmie Noone takes over (…) read moreread more

Let the Good Times Roll #152 – I’ve Got What It Takes – Swedish French Connection. När Kiki kom till Malmö från Paris livaktiga jazzscen i början av 1990-talet hade hon många fina låtar i bagaget. I’ve Got What It Takes hade jag redan spelat -men inte på tuba (…) titta på videontitta på videon

From the Record Shelves #18 – Good Little Bad Little You. Edward Cliff ”Ukulele Ike” Edwards should be famous to generations of music lovers thanks to his role as Jimmie Cricket and the one who sings When You Wish Upon a Star but I doubt if many people know this (…) screen-reader-textread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #17 – Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet. Those quartet recordings have a nice ”living room jam” feeling about them. The four musicians, veterans out of New Orleans Jazz, have nothing to prove, they just use their experience (…) read more and listenread more and listen