King Oliver Archives - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Record Shelves #197 – Day Break Blues – When interviewed late in his life, the fantastic trumpet player Jabbo Smith spoke about his morose background in the Jenkins Orphanage Band. There was another trumpet player about six years Jabbo’s senior (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #181 – Dippermouth Blues – The two musically sympathetic Dorsey brothers could still cooperate when these sessions were made. Both were already experienced in the jazz idiom and had a technique on their instruments that few could match (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #174 – Joe Turner Blues – This is another lucky day, starting with the big round sound from the great Johnny Dodds’ clarinet coming out of the speakers. In 1927, “Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers” made an attempt to revive (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #167 – You – Writings about Oliver Naylor’s Seven Aces often deal with the fact that they are unjustly unknown. And indeed, they had the capacity to play hot collective choruses like few white orchestras at this time around 1924 (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #161 – Snakes Hips – In the 1970s, three volumes came out on LP presenting the recordings of the Georgians. At the time, very few knew about this group that recorded in New York from 1922 and on. Of course, they had nothing to do with (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #154 – Showboat Shuffle – About twenty years ago, I had the chance to go to Chicago and play with my band. In one of the places where we played, a rather unpretentious concert, I was told at the intermission that the band of King Oliver (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #140 – Too Tight. Even if the main ingredient is missing, there is a lot of King Oliver connections in this band that played at Kelly’s Stable in Chicago and recorded for Victor in 1929. Five of the six musicians were members of King Oliver’s (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #128 – Tell Me Woman Blues. This rare LP contains a lot of good jazz and blues, mostly with female singers with cornet or trumpet accompaniment. The best of them could have a job in a cabaret or tent show but also in bars and cafés (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #117 – The Joys. Jimmie O’Bryant (1896-1928), was a today obscure almost forgotten clarinet player. Though he was not at the very top he still was able to do performances on record that were mistaken for the great Johnny Dodds (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #109 – I Ain’t Got Nobody. This volume three in the complete output on records by the blues singer Ida Cox has a lot of good music. There are the duets with Papa Charlie Jackson and also “Coffin Blues” one of the saddest tales ever put on a disc. (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #102 – Have Your Chill, I’ll Be Here When Your Fever Rises. I think that this was the first record with Louis Armstrong that I bought. Meanwhile, you could turn on the radio and hear his hit Hello Dolly. But it was this early version (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #81 – Why Couldn’t It Be Poor Little Me. I had trouble with the lady in the music shop. At this time in the beginning of the 60s you could not go through the piles of LP records like you do today. They were all behind the counter, and (…) read more and listenread more and listen