Month: September 2024

From the Record Shelves #298 - Fools Rush InFrom the Record Shelves #298 – Fools Rush In – This is the third of the triple LP album dedicated to Mildred Bailey that CBC released sometime in the 60s. I’ve already chosen a tune from volume one. If I look at all three, I notice that I learned many songs from her versions (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #57 - ManhattanFrom the Studio #57 – Manhattan – The beautiful song was sung by Lee Wiley and others, and it gave due praise, I think, to a place that I’ve never seen. But I heard it first on record as a lively instrumental by the California Ramblers. Here I do an instrumental version (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #297 - Glad To Be UnhappyFrom the Record Shelves #297 – Glad To Be Unhappy – Lee Wiley’s singing has presence, and sometimes she creeps under your skin. It’s like she is singing just for you. No professional mannerism. We are lucky to have her in the history of jazz and entertainment (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #56 - Ghost of the BluesFrom the Studio #56 – Ghost of the Blues – It’s an early composition by Sidney Bechet, and it bears the master’s signature when it comes to melodious originality and the use of extended harmony. I play verse, chorus, and a cornet solo (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Fernanda's Café i StaffanstorpLördagsjazz med Kiki & Paul, Lördag 28 september kl. 12:00 på Fernandas café & konditori Torget 5a, 24521 Staffanstorp. Kiki Desplat (piano, sång), Paul Bocciolone Strandberg (klarinett, sång) (…) view eventKonserter i september 2024

StaMaria kyrka i HelsingborgCathedraljazz med Paul’s New Orleans Gang, Lördag 14 september kl 18:00, på S:ta Maria kyrka Mariagatan 2, 252 23 Helsingborg. Meverkande: Paul Bocciolone Strandberg (klarinett, sång), Kiki Desplat (piano, sång), Göran Holmberg (banjo), Christer Andersson (tuba) (…) view eventKonserter i september 2024

DammfrigårdenMusikunderhållning med Kiki & Paul, Onsdag 11 september kl. 13:30 på Dammfrigården, Korsörvägen 1, 217 47 Malmö. Med Kiki Desplat (piano, sång), Paul Bocciolone Strandberg (klarinett, sång) (…) view eventKonserter i september 2024

StaMaria kyrka i Helsingborg3 konserter i september 2024: onsdag 11 på Dammfrigården i Malmö september 2024, lördag 14 september i S.ta Maria Kyrka i Helsingborg och lördag 28 september på Fernanda’s Café i Staffanstorp (…) view eventKonserter i september 2024

From the Record Shelves #296 - Swamp BluesFrom the Record Shelves #296 – Swamp Blues – The Little Ramblers was a logical band name when some members of the California Ramblers wanted to play with fewer people and do something more spontaneous, free from the arrangements, or at least free to (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #295 - I’d Rather Be a Beggar with YouFrom the Record Shelves #295 – I’d Rather Be a Beggar with You – I have a weakness for sentimental songs, under the condition that they are delivered with a reasonably high grade of honesty. Fortunately, there were a handful of singers that could do that in the (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #55 - Melinda’s Wedding DayFrom the Studio #55 – Malinda’s Wedding Day I play and I record in my home studio, and I do just what I like. This time it became a wedding between a song that I’ve heard on record with Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra and a sound that I associate with (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #294 - On Treasure IslandFrom the Record Shelves #294 – On Treasure Island – Around 1970, Teddy Wilson performed solo in a bar only a stone’s throw away from where I lived here in Malmö, Sweden. I also heard him play with an all-star band in Spain a couple of years later. How his playing was (…) read more and listenread more and listen