From the Studio #78 - Fool Me Some MoreFrom the Studio #78 – Fool Me Some More – Hearing a recording with the young Bing Crosby, when he had left Paul Whiteman and had a short engagement with Gus Arnheim’s orchestra on the West Coast, inspired me. I sing this lovely tune that I never heard by someone else and play some clarinet and cornet (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #204 - DinahsFrom the Record Shelves #204 – Dinah – The Jean Goldkette Orchestra is known mostly for the classic recordings it made when Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer were featured jazz soloists in 1926-27. How did the band sound prior to that? In January -26 (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #9 - Just a GigoloFrom the Record Shelves #9 – Just a Gigolo. The recordings made on the American West Coast has alway had a positive flavor of ”Sunny California” to my ears and on this LP the major part were recorded there by Bing (…) read more and listenread more and listen