Smith Ballew Archives - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Record Shelves #271 – Am I Blue – The orchestra of Ben Selvin has many pages in Brian Rust’s “American Dance Band Discography.” They had an enormous number of sessions between 1919 and 1934. Rust says “I have had the great good fortune to receive some (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #148 – Shivery Stomp. On May 19, 1929, The Orchestra played at Metropolitan Opera House in New York, and a few days later they started on their trip to California to shoot the film King of Jazz by appearing in Philadelphia (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #62 – Always in All Ways. There is a lot to choose from on today’s record, mostly small groups with unusual combinations of instruments and with organ, bassoon, harp and washboard among them. And the LP has as much as 10 tunes on each side (…) read more and listenread more and listen