From the Studio #68 - Nobody’s SweetheartFrom the Studio #68 – Nobody’s Sweetheart – Here is jam on tune that seems to have been there always. Still I don’t play it very often. It was one of the first that I learned and I think that I have a recording somewhere from my first meeting with two guys that I came to play lot with. It happened in a cellar and (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #315 - WantedFrom the Record Shelves #315 – Wanted – When you listen through a dozen of 1935-37 sessions with different personnel, under the name Red McKenzie’s Rhythm Kings on this CD you suddenly hear something that reminds you of a distinct sound. But it’s no wonder that you think about Raymond Scott (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #314 - I Know That You KnowFrom the Record Shelves #314 – I Know That You Know – The opening chorus of the first tune on the LP reminds me of Cotton Club Stomp with Duke Ellington’s Orchestra. It may partly be due to the recording quality of the transcription because this is in the early forties about ten years later and played by (…) read more and listenread more and listen

StAndreas kyrkaMusikunderhållning med Kiki & Paul, torsdag 31 oktober 2024 kl. 14:00, i S:t Andreas kyrka, Fridhemstorget, Malmö, (…) view eventKonsert Kiki och Paul torsdag 31 oktober 2024 på S:t Andreas kyrka

From the Studio #67 - Love Me TonightFrom the Studio #67 – Love Me Tonight – I like this romantic tune; I like to listen to it with Bing Crosby and Frank Trumbauer, but it’s not too bad either to sing and play it. Victor Young composed it, and Bing and Ned Washington made up the lyrics: “Oh, what a night for sweethearts, Stars in the sky above (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #313 - High SocietyFrom the Record Shelves #313 – High Society – The discography says: “1945 Mon 12th February. Recording for Dr. Frederick B.Exner at C.P. MacGregor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles.” Four numbers resulted, and Kid Ory, who had assembled a band for the Mercury Radio show about a year earlier (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #312 - Woody’n YouFrom the Record Shelves #312 – Woody’n You – In this tune from December 1947, we hear an inspired Dizzy Gillespie put life with his trumpet into an already very lively arrangement. He originally wrote it for Woody Herman’s Orchestra, and it was released under the title Algo Buono (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #66 - The Boulevard of Broken DreamsFrom the Studio #66 – The Boulevard of Broken Dreams – This is a sad song. Broken dreams are, if not the worst, one of the saddest things that can happen in life. But! You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow, then after that you may forget and again dance and sing… The lyrics: “I walk along the street of sorrow (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #311 - When You Wore a TulipFrom the Record Shelves #311 – When You Wore a Tulip – They call themselves “Sidney DeParis and his Blue Note Stompers.” Dixieland or New Orleans Revival? Spontaneously I would put any of these two “labels” on the music heard on this LP. If I consider it dixieland, I could compare (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #310 - Little Did I KnowFrom the Record Shelves #310 – Little Did I Know – Under the leadership of saxophone player Glenn Gray and with the aid of good management, the Casa Loma Orchestra had success in the 30’s. Here, around the turn of the decade from the 20s, they appear as a mixture of a dance band and (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Glad Jazz HelsingborgKonsert med Paul’s New Orleans Gang, featuring Angela Strandberg. Söndag 27 oktober 2024 på Helsingborgs Stadsteater. Medverkande: Angela Strandberg (kornett, sång, washboard), Kiki Desplat (kornett, sång, piano, ), Paul Bocciolone Strandberg (kornett, klarinett, sång), Göran Holmberg (banjo), Christer Andersson (tuba) (…) view eventKonsert den 25 oktober 2024

From the Studio #65 - Birmingham BerthaFrom the Studio #65 – Birmingham Bertha – The musical movie On with the Show from 1929 was the first all talkie and the second color film that Warner Brothers released. It featured Ethel Waters, and the most famous tune by Harry Akst was Am I Blue? But there was also this one (…) read more and listenread more and listen