From the Record Shelves #306 - Just Too SoonFrom the Record Shelves #306 – Just Too Soon – The pianist as a solo instrument should imitate an orchestra, said Jelly Roll Morton, and his follower Earl Hines is surely one of these one-man bands. The tempo and the timing on a number like this are bound to (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #234 - MelancholyFrom the Record Shelves #234 – Melancholy – There’s a special atmosphere in this fine recording featuring Johnny Dodds and Louis Armstrong. This is April 1927, and the couple plus drummer Baby Dodds recorded the tune again only a few weeks later (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #176 - Funny FumbleFrom the Record Shelves #176 – Funny Fumble – Here is another good Ace of Hearts LP. It’s hot, well-performed and arranged music, throughout with many things happening. Still, those recordings risk falling through the cracks when it comes to re-editions since (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #160 - Baby Won’t You Please Come HomeFrom the Record Shelves #160 – Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – I think about one of my first records, a Christmas present. It was an EP, volume two in the Jazz Museum series on Coral, then released under Frank Teschmacher’s name, but the name of (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #15 - Anything You WantFrom the Record Shelves #15 – Anything You Want. I guess that somebody in the band said: ”Let’s just play a blues in C”. This is not one of the most famous recordings by Jimmie Noone’s Orchestra but it’s a nice one. The usual frontline of alto sax and clarinet is there (…) read more and listenread more and listen