Month: April 2024

From the Record Shelves #208 – Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man – I have a memory about one of the tunes on this LP. In the beginning of the record company Stomp Off, we did a couple of LP albums for them with my band Scaniazz. Now when it was time for (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #11 – The Spell of the Blues – I have liked this tune ever since I, as a teenager, heard it in a recording by the Dorsey Brothers, featuring the great Bing Crosby on vocal. I play it as a cornet duet, one muted and one open, with clarinet. Then I added (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #207 – Georgia Cabin – A string of pearls, or to quote the cover “outstanding performances,” could be said about this compilation. It covers almost a decade from 1932 until 1941 when eventually the American record ban put a stop (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #206 – Arabella’s Wedding Day – As when you look at silent movies, or as for today’s young people if they look at black and white films, listening to the pre-Armstrong jazz takes some adjustment. You have to accept that it’s partly (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #10 – Dinah – Here is a jam on Dinah. The tune is from Akst-Lewis-Young and was published in 1925. Ethel Waters sang it, and Jean Goldkette’s Orchestra made an instrumental record. Other memorable versions are the ones of Bing Crosby with (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #205 – What a Wonderful Wedding That Would Be – Today I listen to a quite worn out 78 rpm record that comes from the collection of Jean-Christophe Averty (1928–2017) who was a French TV-director and a huge fan of early jazz (…) read more and listenread more and listen