Tag: Charlie Holmes

From the Record Shelves #376 – Mahogany Hall Stomp – It’s one of those classic recordings that I need to hear every now and then, on CD, on LP, or like now, on 78 rpm. In Europe Odeon released a lot of Armstrong with something else on the other side in their Swing Series. The pressing sounds very good (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #363 – Red Hot Hottentot – Jazz clubs in Europe sometimes started record labels (or vice versa), and this is an example of that. They would make rarities available to their audience and thus promote the original jazz from the 20s. In this case, the Swedish Gazell has chosen (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #304 – Give Me Your Telephone Number – According to the label, J. C. Higginbotham, an extraordinary trombone player, is also the composer of this nice 32-bar conventional popular tune with an additional likewise conventional (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #195 – Honey That Reminds Me – There is a lot of hot swinging stuff on this LP, most of it rather well known, but today this medium recording caught my attention. There is no composer listed on the LP, but I’ve learned from another source (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #47 – Savage Rhythm. The band worked in the shadow of Duke Ellington’s Orchestra under the same manager, Irving Mills who also gave them their name. It’s top class early 30s Harlem jazz that we hear (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #14 – Jersey Lightning. We listen to an LP in the French ”aimez vous le Jazz” series. The recordings of Luis Russell’s orchestra are easy to identify, through its eccentric soloists (…) read more and listenread more and listen