Tag: 1924

From the Studio #93 – Am I Blue – Today I play one in jam session mode. First there is the verse and then a couple of choruses, mostly played ensemble. In the 80s and 90s we had plenty of sessions to try out tunes like this one. We often met more than once in a week to jam, but now it’s at best once a month (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #92 – Amapola – Here’s an originally Spanish song that, to my surprise, was written already in 1924. Playing it, I can’t help thinking of the omnipresent singer (in the beginning of the 1930s), Chick Bullock, who made a fine recording of it with some great jazzmen (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #171 – Fidgety Feet – On this day a hundred years ago, on February 18, 1924, Bix Beiderbecke made his first record. His sound as it came out of a cornet and his musical ideas still fascinate people all over the world, and it is (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #170 – The Co-Ed – It’s interesting to reflect over how quickly the musicians and the bands influenced each other within the fast developing early jazz idiom. Here we have a group from New Orleans that under the name Crescent City Jazzers (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #116 – Santa Claus Blues. Christmas is not fun if you’re alone and cannot participate in the warm embrace of your family and friends. Luckily it never has happened to me but here’s a reminder that it’s the situation for some (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #81 – Why Couldn’t It Be Poor Little Me. I had trouble with the lady in the music shop. At this time in the beginning of the 60s you could not go through the piles of LP records like you do today. They were all behind the counter, and (…) read more and listenread more and listen