From the Record Shelves #268 - Any Woman’s BluesFrom the Record Shelves #268 – Any Woman’s Blues – Today it’s time for a Bessie Smith recording. I tend to take her for granted and thus forget to listen often enough to her fabulous output on records. This is not one of her more spectacular ones, and with just rudimental (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #215 - Sweetie PieFrom the Record Shelves #215 – Sweetie Pie – Fats Waller and Mezz Mezzrow seem like a very odd couple to me, but here they are on a session together. This not-so-remarkable tune gives a good picture of the actual swing of the group, something that is often overshadowed by (…) read more and listenread more and listen