From the Record Shelves #344 - Red Man BluesFrom the Record Shelves #344 – Red Man Blues – Here’s another fine jazz recording to remember, enjoy, and celebrate because of its 100th birthday this March. Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra was well recorded in their hometown by Victor in 1925, with portable equipment. The violin player Armand Piron (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #343 - My Good-For-Nuthin' ManFrom the Record Shelves #343 – My Good-For-Nuthin’ Man – When we look at the record production from March 1925, a hundred years ago, we find Clara Smith in there with a couple of recordings. She made many interesting and good ones in her recording career that spanned over eleven years (…) read more and listenread more and listen