Tag: Bud Freeman

From the Record Shelves #300 – Something Tender – This music will not kick you out of bed, but rather make you want to stay if you happen to listen in the morning. Two guitars and a horn playing in a style that belongs to no school, just making pleasant music and (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #297 – Glad To Be Unhappy – Lee Wiley’s singing has presence, and sometimes she creeps under your skin. It’s like she is singing just for you. No professional mannerism. We are lucky to have her in the history of jazz and entertainment (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #229 – That Da Da Strain – In June 1929, Red Nichols led another session under the name of Louisiana Rhythm Kings. The distinct New York style of his Five Pennies is here in this sextet, but it’s loosened up after about one minute with (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #157 – Sugar – In Eddie Condon’s book We Called It music (1947) it’s said, not by him but by his co-author Thomas Sugrue: “the white musicians that went to the Lincoln Gardens, the Sunset Café or the Nest knew that however (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #87 – The Eel. There is a lot of good music on the LP especially among the 1933 recordings, but I simply can’t pass over Bud Freeman’s “pièce de résistance”. The title is good, if you never saw the action of the slippery creature (…) read more and listenread more and listen