Bobby Hackett Archives - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Record Shelves #280 – Weary Blues – I’m glad that I’m not a critic. Because in that case, I would have had to deal with the cover, the title of the LP, the choice of tunes, their relation to the blues, and so on. And I might also have gotten into the devastating critic’s habit of (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #258 – Clarinet Blues – There is no information on personnel or recording dates on this LP, so I have to consult other sources that tell me that the impressive clarinet solo by Eugene Cedric was recorded in Paris in 1953. Kansas Fields played drums (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #164 – Embraceable You – In the end of the 1930s, the commercial possibilities of the jazz music were used to great advantage. Outstanding instrumentalists with good looks and musical personality joined the big band craze and toured all over the US (…) read more and listenread more and listen