Monday, January 30, 2017

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Eric Seddon's Hot Club, Live at BLU Jazz + on Mardi Gras (Feb 28th, 8pm) Join us for our salute to "Mr. Mardi Gras", Pete...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Mr. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band * ACKER * Columbia Record 33 SX 1248 * 1960

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White Cliffs of Dover Snake Rag 2.19 Blues Fancy Pants Lazy River There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder Original Dixieland One...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Mpingo Documentary by Sir David Attenborough featuring Acker Bilk * 1992

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Catching a reference to it on social media earlier today, I dug up a 1992 tv/e documentary called  Mpingo: The Tree That Makes Music, by Sir...

Sidney Bechet * May 26, 1938 * with Trixie Smith and Grant & Wilson * Decca

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May 26, 1938 was unique in Sidney Bechet's career: on this day he recorded ten tunes, all of them entirely on the clarinet. Maybe his so...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Sidney Bechet and the New Orleans Feetwarmers * 1932

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Sweetie Dear (Jordan/Cook) I Want You Tonight (Bechet/Maxey) I've Found a New Baby (Williams/Palmer) Lay Your Racket (Bechet/Maxey) ...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

Jelly Roll Morton 1930 (featuring Lorenzo Tio, Jr; Albert Nicholas and others ) * CD 323 from JSPCD Jazzbox903 * Remastered by John R.T. Davies

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For as disappointing as Volume Two of JSP's Jelly Roll Morton box is from a clarinetist's perspective, Volume three is a real treat,...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Jelly Roll Morton 1928-29 (featuring Russell Procope, George Baquet, Albert Nicholas, & Barney Bigard) * CD 322 from JSPCD Jazzbox903 * Remastered by John R.T. Davies

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When starting this blog over six years ago, I knew it would take a while before addressing recordings like these. The repertoire is importan...