From the Record Shelves #236 - Farewell BluesFrom the Record Shelves #236 – Farewell Blues – I have a faint memory of seeing his name as a piano accompanist to a striptease act here in Malmö, Sweden, in the 1960s. I was too young to be allowed into that venue. Claude Hopkins (1903–1984) had a long career (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #205 - What a Wonderful Wedding That Would BeFrom the Record Shelves #205 – What a Wonderful Wedding That Would Be – Today I listen to a quite worn out 78 rpm record that comes from the collection of Jean-Christophe Averty (1928–2017) who was a French TV-director and a huge fan of early jazz (…) read more and listenread more and listen