Tag: Vocalion

From the Record Shelves #341 - Sweet Georgia BrownFrom the Record Shelves #341 – Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie had a good dance band that, a hundred years ago, played in the newly opened, fashionable Hotel Roosevelt in New York. Located in the heart of Manhattan, the still-standing Hotel Roosevelt now serves as housing for asylum seekers (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #275 - I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second FiddleFrom the Record Shelves #275 – I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle – Before leaving New York for Chicago at the end of 1925, Louis Armstrong had one last session. The leader was the very busy pianist, composer and manager Perry Bradford, who called his studio band (…) read more and listenread more and listen