From the Record Shelves #102 - Have Your Chill, I’ll Be Here When Your Fever RisesFrom 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 #90 - Careless LoveFrom the Record Shelves #90 – Careless Love. First I must make a bit boring comment on sound and transfers of original 78 rpm records. Once, my girlfriend wanted me to place a bid on an 78 auction because she wanted to have a Bessie Smith Record (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #81 - Why Couldn’t It Be Poor Little MeFrom 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

From the Record Shelves #74 - Somebody’s Been Lovin’ My BabyFrom the Record Shelves #74 – Somebody’s Been Lovin’ My Baby. This is a good record with a compilation of some of the best female blues singers of the 1920s and with good sound. Most of the singers express anger, desperation and such but (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Sångaren Louis Armstrong - del 2John Jörgensen fortsätter att insiktsfullt prisa jazzens store sångare och börjar med min personliga favorit: Den förunderliga “On the Sunny Side of the Street” från 1934. När artikeln skrevs 1948 var (…) läs artikelnSångaren Louis Armstrong – del 2

Sångaren Louis Armstrong - del 1En artikel av John Jörgensen i Orkesterjournalen, februari 1948. Louis Armstrongs revolutionerande insats och hans påföljande inflytande inom jazzen både som instrumentalist och sångare är (…) läs artikelnSångaren Louis Armstrong – del 1