Tag: Tony Parenti

From the Record Shelves #342 - Creole BluesFrom the Record Shelves #342 – Creole Blues – This is March in 1925, just a little century ago! And the place is New Orleans, where the Victor Talking Machine Company had traveled with portable electric equipment. One of the bands they recorded was led by clarinet player Anthony “Tony” Parenti (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #245 - TangerineFrom the Record Shelves #245 – Tangerine – Maybe you are familiar with this French clarinet player called Maurice Meunier. I wasn’t until I found this record about ten years ago. It doesn’t come as a surprise that there are good ones in France because the French influence is (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #190 - Strut Miss LizzieFrom the Record Shelves #190 – Strut Miss Lizzie – On the back of the sleeve of this LP that I bought secondhand there are the autographs of Tony Parenti and Max Kaminsky, and they also wrote the date, October 20, 1968. I have no idea where they played that day (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #123 - Maryland, My MarylandFrom the Record Shelves #123 – Maryland, My Maryland. Ted Lewis used to ask the audience: “Is Everybody happy?” I guess that the answer was “yes”. Momentarily happy, because they had in front of them an entertainer with a good band that could spread joy around (…) read more and listenread more and listen