From the Record Shelves #199 - 18th Street StrutFrom the Record Shelves #199 – 18th Street Strut – Kansas City had a hectic nightlife in the twenties, and on the music scene Bennie Moten’s Orchestra was dominating. Among their early output on records, there are many nice things with a blues feeling and hot playing (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #119 - Ostrich WalkFrom the Record Shelves #119 – Ostrich Walk. Bix Beiderbecke never forgot the tunes that turned him on to jazz. It was after World War I that his brother returned with some records, among them the newly released ones by Original Dixieland Jazz Band. When he got (…) read more and listenread more and listen