April 2025 - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Studio #85 – A Precious Little Thing Called Love – The tune that comes from my studio today was written by Lou Davis and J. Fred Coots. I first heard it by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, and later I discovered the one by Annette Hanshaw, among other vocal versions (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #84 – ’Leven thirty Saturday night – This nice little song that I have recorded now was written by bandleader Earl Burtnett and two others and was published in 1929. I first heard it in an English version by Ambrose and his Orchestra, and later I’m also digging it by Fess Williams. (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #83 – I’ll Never Be the Same – I associate this song mostly with Venuti-Lang and Billie Holiday in two very different versions. It was written by Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli, and it was originally an instrumental with the title Little Buttercup. Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics that (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #82 – I’m Sorry I Made You Cry – The jazz heroes Jack Teagarden and Eddie Condon are the main responsible ones that transformed this sentimental ballad into a possible jazz vehicle and inspired me and others to play and sing it. “I’m sorry, dear, so sorry dear I’m sorry I made you cry (…) read more and listenread more and listen