Tag: Don Ewell
From the Record Shelves #264 – South Side Strut – A very good 1957 “Good Time Jazz” release is spinning. It always puts me in a good mood; it is so well recorded and well played, and even the sleeve is funny, with good information on the back. “Piano Professor” Don Ewell is (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Record Shelves #228 – Copenhagen – While listening to this LP, I read on the cover where there is an interesting recipe for “creole crayfish bisque”, and I think I will have to try that one day.Kid Ory, the great veteran of New Orleans jazz, had different versions of (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Record Shelves #98 – Peaceful Valley. This LP recorded in 1961, centered around a mature Jack Teagarden, is a polished affair, well arranged and flawlessly performed. Don Ewell is the pianist in the highly competent ensemble. Apart from a couple (…) read more and listenread more and listen