Month: March 2024
From the Record Shelves #187 – Tell Me Cutie – The picture of Natty Dominique on the cover is anything but sharp, and the music is a little bit the same. One of the best numbers is this one, on the B-side of the LP, where Dominique is not present. Instead (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Record Shelves #186 – Bogalousa Strut – I will not even try to put words to the magic of this band from New Orleans. You just have to listen and hear nine people working in the same direction with a perfect tempo. Cornet player Sam Morgan had been leading bands (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Studio #2 – Say It Isn’t So – I play and record some in my home studio. Sometimes it’s a quick jam session thing, sometimes I get inspired to do a little bit more, and then as third mode I feel that I need to do a whole arrangemen (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Record Shelves #185 – Darkness on the Delta – “By one of the truly outstanding dance orchestras of the big band epoch,” it says on the cover. And I’m quick to agree. But I’m not sure why, because they do things that I normally don’t like. The singers (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Record Shelves #184 – Stompin’ ’em Along Slow – This LP was a shock to me. I had heard Eddie Lang before and liked him a lot, but when I heard Lonnie Johnson’s solo recordings sounding like a one-man band I could hardly believe my ears (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Record Shelves #183 – My Old Kentucky Home – I will not call this recording great, and I don’t think that it was intended to be either. It’s just entertainment for the moment, music to put you in a good mood (and as such it is great!) by some of the guys (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Studio #1 – A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid – The first out is A Porter’s Love Song too a Chamber Maid. The tune is much less complicated than the title and it’s a good one for a jam session. On classical recordings there is one by Jimmie Noone (…) read more and listenread more and listen