Tag: Creole Blues

From the Record Shelves #342 – Creole Blues – This is March in 1925, just a little century ago! And the place is New Orleans, where the Victor Talking Machine Company had traveled with portable electric equipment. One of the bands they recorded was led by clarinet player Anthony “Tony” Parenti (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #177 – Creole Blues – Today it’s the other Dodds, the brother of Johnny, who is in focus. Warren “Baby” Dodds, six years younger than Johnny, had a tough beginning. When he had learned to play drums and wanted to sit in with (…) read more and listenread more and listen