Tag: 1930

From the Record Shelves #149 – Shivery Stomp (Seger Ellis). Now I have managed to dig out the original piano version of this tune by Seger Ellis from my disorganized 78 rpm collection. Seger Ellis was a talented pianist and composer from Houston, Texas who somehow (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #136 – Fourth Street Mess Around. In the 1960s there was a radio program of half a hours’ length in which Olle Helander went around in the south of the USA interviewing and recording the original blues men. In one of the programs (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #104 – He Wouldn’t Stop Doing It. Ikey Robinson was born in Dublin, Virginia in 1904 and became a professional musician at 14. He is worth an LP under his own name and here he’s got one. But five of the eighteen number (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #100 – What Is This Thing Called Love?. This is a record in the RCA Vintage series which means good sound and a good compilation. I bought it in the autumn of 1969 when I started my studies in English at the university, and (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #83 – Really Blue. On the LP we find a couple of classic Venuti-Lang recordings in two takes each which is good for comparison. Their routines are well worked out with virtuoso playing and the capacity to fill three minutes (…) read more and listenread more and listen