Tag: Noble Sissle

From the Studio #44 - In a Café on the Road to CalaisFrom the Studio #44 – In a Café on the Road to Calais – A tune that is almost forgotten catches my attention because there is a version by Noble Sissle and his Orchestra (rejected but saved) recorded in New York 1931 where Tommy Lanier and Sidney Bechet play short solos (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #155 - The Basement BluesFrom the Record Shelves #155 – The Basement Blues – While listening to this LP, I reflected about the magnificent photo on the cover. It’s said to have been taken in Paris 1929, but that doesn’t fit since I recognize Tommy Ladnier playing his trumpet there, and he was not (…) read more and listenread more and listen