Tag: Bill Moore

From the Record Shelves #327 - A Bag O’ BluesFrom the Record Shelves #327 – A Bag O’ Blues – Jack Pettis Orchestra was really something! It was drawn as a smaller unit out of Ben Bernie’s dance orchestra with the purpose of recording more hot numbers. The musicians were top class. Normally I prefer a session that includes this number (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #221 - I Want to be BadFrom the Record Shelves #221 – I Want to be Bad – One advantage of the CD format is that it contains more. In the case of hot dance music it means that you get more than a glimpse of the vast output of some orchestras. Even if it still has to be a compilation there is a difference (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #80 - Tessie! Stop Teasing MeFrom the Record Shelves #80 – Tessie! Stop Teasing Me. Today I listen to a very good CD, thanks to the producers at FROG records and to John R. T. Davies whose restoration and transfers of the originals from 1924 make them sound like new (…) read more and listenread more and listen