From the Record Shelves #289- She's Just My SizeFrom the Record Shelves #289 – She’s Just My Size – I was lucky to be able to hear the two most famous big bands in the world when I was very young. Duke Ellington and Count Basie had in common total control over their orchestras (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #228 - CopenhagenFrom the Record Shelves #228 – Copenhagen – While listening to this LP, I read on the cover where there is an interesting recipe for “creole crayfish bisque”, and I think I will have to try that one day.Kid Ory, the great veteran of New Orleans jazz, had different versions of (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #196 - Bye and ByeFrom the Record Shelves #196 – Bye and Bye – Guitar and banjo player Johnny St. Cyr was back in the business of recording at the end of the 1940s. His absence from the studios had been about twenty years long. Here he is appointed band leader of (…) read more and listenread more and listen