Tag: Hoagy Carmichael

From the Record Shelves #179 – Boneyard Shuffle – I look at the cover and see a young Red Nichols in a reflective mood, looking at his mouthpiece with his most precious belonging, the trumpet in the lap. He’s well-dressed, and everything in the music is also (…) 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

From the Record Shelves #96 – Here Comes the Showboat. I remember the time when we used answering machines. I tried to be creative and combine the message with music and I used a piece from this recording. It said “Please leave a message after the signal”, and then (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #45 – Stardust. In the 20s his orchestra was considered the leading one but in the beginning of the following decade Fletcher Henderson and his men had to struggle like everyone else in the music business (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #8 – Walking the Dog. The title says a lot. The Dorseys dominate the record and in the rhythm section and with often thoughtful solo spots Eddie Lang is the master (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Let the Good Times Roll #58 – Stardust – The Absalon Orchestra. The Absalon Orchestra hade en del favoriter bland låtskrivarna och en av dem var självfallet Hoagy Carmichael. Här vill jag presentera vår tolkning av hans mästerverk Stardust. Jag har valt Landskrona-versionen eftersom (…) läs merläs mer