From the Record Shelves #114 - That’s a PlentyFrom the Record Shelves #114 – That’s a Plenty. Danny Polo is for me the clarinet player that replaced Don Murray temporarily during an illness and came to play the clarinet solo on Jean Goldkette’s fabulous recording of My Pretty Girl in 1927 (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #67 - Too BadFrom the Record Shelves #67 – Too Bad. Here we have 18 numbers with George Olsen and his Music from the period of transition from acoustic to electrical recordings. Most of them are made prior to the orchestras big commercial hit “Who” (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #61 - Stomp Off, Let's GoFrom the Record Shelves #61 – Stomp Off, Let’s Go. When we started a new band playing jazz and hot dance music in the beginning of the 1980s I wanted to keep it small in order to get reasonably paid gigs. And the first recordings of The New Orleans Owls are a good model of what you can achieve with (…) read more and listenread more and listen