Tag: Rube Bloom

From the Record Shelves #351 – Red Hot Henry Brown – Attempting to attract more record buyers, the early jazz studio groups took on names of southern states or towns, although they lived and worked in New York. The Tennessee Tooters that recorded for Vocalion between 1924 and 1926 was one of them (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #269 – I Lost My Gal from Memphis – This tune is often played at a murderous tempo; at least this is what happens when it comes into the hands of a French jazz band in traditional jazz style. Especially the reed players love to show off their skills (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #217 – The Wild Dog – A big department store in the center of town was closing down at the beginning of the 1990s. It was my favorite place to buy records, so it was sad. Now they had made up a plan to get rid of their stock; they lowered the prices (…) read more and listenread more and listen