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KL-1
BUNNY BERIGAN
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LIONEL HAMPTON
ACETATES
NEW UNHEARD RELEASES FROM ACETATES! This CD has
DEXTER GORDON'S FIRST RECORDED SOLO!
Bunny was back with Tommy Dorsey on this live radio remote. He tears up
"Marie" and a few others. But his solo on "Dear Old Southland" proves
there was only one Bunny Berigan. Even his mistakes were great!
PLUS! 1941 Acetates recorded ot a club in Trenton, New Jersey Of Lionel
Hampton & His Sextet. Some rehearsal! It sounds more like a Jam Session
with everyone cutting up and having a great time. Hamp plays piano, vibes
& drums on these sides. And a solo from the new kid in the band, DEXTER
GORDON. This is his earliest known recording!
Also, several other acetates, Radio Broadcasts of Joe Sullivan, Ruth Etting,
and a few that are unknown bands, but all are great jazz!
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KL-2
PAUL WHITEMAN
FILM SOUNDTRACKS
"KING OF JAZZ " 1930 "French Version"
--ALSO-
CLIFF FRIEND & THE STARS OF THE PAUL WHITEMAN ORCHESTRA - 1932
With JACK FULTON THE PICKENS SISTERS.
It also Features BUNNY BERIGAN Playing In The Background!
Most Paul Whiteman fans have or have seen the "KING OF JAZZ".
This is the soundtrack to the French release of the film. I was hoping to hear "Happy Feet"
sung in French. Just the speaking parts were in French.
This is followed by a Very Rare 1932 film soundtrack that features that great
songwriter from the 1920's. CLIFF FRIEND. Cliff plays and sings quite a few of his famous hits
with various stars of PAUL WHITEMAN'S ORCHESTRA. You can hear BUNNY BERIGAN blowing
away on a couple of these tunes. He had just joined the Whiteman Orchestra when this film was
made! A Very Rare Item!
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KL-3
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ACETATES
Volume I - 1942 - 1952
JAM SESSIONS & CLUB DATES
Raymond Burke - Johnny Wiggs - Armand Hug
Doc Souchon - Snoozer Quinn - The Tweedy Band
Johnny Bayersdorffer & Many Others.
This was the result of years of working out a way to save acetates that have had the
coating flake and fall off. Read more inside. And many thanks to Scott Yanow for his
great review of this and the Nick LaRocca CD in Jazztimes. I didn't know the review
had been published! It makes the endless hours seem worthwhile!
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KL-4
NICK LaROCCA - 1960
"Last Will And Testament"
This is an amazing piece of Jazz History that until now, has never been heard before! Nick finally
gets his chance to explain how Jazz was started, and really makes his point with recordings from
his own collection, and not just ODJB records!
No matter if you agree with him or not, Nick LaRocca DOES deserve a decent place in jazz
history. Nick had an iron lip and never misses on his records. Even after putting away his cornet
for 12 years, Nick came back and sounded as good as he did in 1917. But Nick also had an iron
head at times. This CD was made from the original tape that Nick recorded at his home in New
Orleans. Nick sent this to Phil Evans for his research on Bix. Bix seems to be the only musician
that Nick considered original! The feeling was mutual. Others are not treated so kindly, like
King Oliver....ouch!
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KL-5
MARY SMALL
"LITTLE MISS BAB-O"
Radio Broadcasts From 1935
12 Year Old MARY SMALL was a Radio Sensation in the early 1930's. A cross between Al Jolson &
Connie Boswell. And she's still performing! Bunny Berigan pops up as well on some of these
1935 shows!
I found these recordings a few years ago at an auction house. There was a nice stack of
aluminum transcription disks as well as 16in Brown Wax transcriptions disks. I don't know about
you, but that doesn't happen every day! And these belonged to Bertrand Hirsch. Bert was a very
well known violinist and band leader. He was the musical director for most of the old
"Hit-Of-The-Week" paper records that hit the market around the same time as the depression
hit the market. These transcriptions were made for Bert, and say so on the label.
But most of all, check out that voice of MARY SMALL! You won't believe it!
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KL-6
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ACETATES
VOLUME II.
Sorry that this took so long. I had a year long distraction, and it won't happen again. But
this CD is well worth the wait! I was able to salvage two amazing guitar solos by the
legendary SNOOZER QUINN!!
The term "Legend" is tossed around quite often when it comes early jazz greats, and we
are left wondering if they were truly that good. SNOOZER QUINN really delivers the goods,
and then some!! The songs are "AFTER YOU'VE GONE", which I've put on here for you
listen to. The other is a BLUES jam session with Snoozer taking a chorus that would make
every Delta Bluesman hang his head in shame. IT'S THAT GOOD!! It looks to have been
recorded around 1948.
And there other wonderful performances on this CD as well. Billie Pierce sings two
wonderful blues with more power than any five singers on the scene today, combined!
This was another total salvage job. This acetate was badly recorded with a hum that
almost totally drowned out the music. To make matters worse, besides have NO GOOD
scrawled over the label, a pencil was used to make XXX's all over the recording. THAT was
fun to clean up! This was a rehearsal in Raymond Burke's living room for an upcoming
record date. ALSO-- Another version of JOHNNY WIGGS famous CONGO SQUARE, with
Johnny playing the best blues he ever recorded!---There are a few sides of SHARKEY
BONANO recorded off the radio in 1949. With the exception of a couple of skips that
couldn't be fixed, the sound is excellent!! --ALSO a few LIVE nightclub recordings from
1942-45. RAYMOND BURKE somehow spliced three different versions of his solos on
"Singing The Blues" on one acetate. Click on the 1948 Philco acetate label for more
information and a few samples.
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KL-7
FRANK TRUMBAUER
RADIO INTERVIEWS & ORCHESTRA
BROADCAST
Frank Trumbauer in the early 1950's brought in a stack of recordings from his own collection.
He sat down and played quite a few and discussed his career. Lots of stories and opinions about
his years with Bix Beiderbecke, Paul Whiteman, Jean Goldkette and later his own orchestras.
This show was recorded long after Tram had left the music business and went into aviation.
Included on this CD is a radio broadcast from the late 1930's of Tram's orchestra, featuring
MANNIE KLEIN on Trumpet! Hot Stuff! A must for those interested in jazz history!
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KL-8
JEAN GOLDKETTE 1938 REUNION
PARTY & SPIEGLE WILLCOX LIVE
1959 CLUB DATE
In 1938, Jean Goldkette & his wife took a trip to Hollywood. When he arrived, a party was thrown
in his honor, and attended by several ex-members of Goldkette's Victor Orchestra. Paul Mertz
did jazz history a great favor by recording some of this party on a record cutting machine. By the
time Paul made a transfer of this record for Phil Evans in 1959, the record was in pretty rough
shape. It cleaned up quite well, although there is a "whoosh" sound that comes in on occasion.
After an introduction. the guest sit around and tell stories about Bix, the "missing" Goldkette
trunk full arrangements, the Howdy Quicksell stories are the best, Don Murray, Eddie King and
many others. Every fan of Jean Goldkette and Bix Beiderbecke should have this one. No music,
just a great time! ALSO INCLUDED - Paul Mertz recorded two versions of "In A Mist" in 1959. The
first one is a duet with Mertz and a flute player. Wonderful flute player, and it's an interesting
concept. Paul plays the piano sections with a real Bix touch! The second version of "In A MIst"
features a vocal on the slow passage, with lyrics written by Paul Mertz! The vocalist is a real pro.
Mertz and the flute player also team up for a version of "Candlelights". Paul Mertz also wrote a
haunting piece that he called "BALLAD FOR BIX". He recorded this piece with an string
orchestra, and used a saxophone for the lead. He wasn't sure if there was a cornet player that
could produce the sound to do justice to Bix. The sax player gives it an almost Tram-like quality,
and the melody stays with you long after the piece has ended!
AND A RARE TREAT! - Also in 1959, Spiegle Willcox brought along his brand new tape recorder to
the country club he was playing at the time. He wanted to make a tape for Phil Evans, and
recorded part of the evening with the band he was playing with.They play a few Dixieland tunes,
but Spiegle really shines on "On The Alamo" and "Ja-Da". Hearing that wonderful sound of his
again reminds me of how much we all miss him. He was 54 years old when he made this
recording, and kept going for another 42 years!
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Volumes 1&2 Can Now Be
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KL-9
HOT & RARE
LOUIS ARMSTRONG - JIMMY DORSEY
JACK TEAGARDEN - RALPH SUTTON
JEAN GOLDKETTE
PAUL WHITEMAN ORCHESTRA REUNION
PHONE CALL TO BILL CHALLIS
This is a collection of some of the rarest items to come along in years! So let's get started! First
we have LOUIS ARMSTRONG from a 1954 Television Show with the Dorsey Brothers. Louis gives
his all on two numbers, SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH and SOUTH RAMPART ST. PARADE. You don't
find Louis playing South Rampart St. Parade very often. However...this is the famous broadcast
that was supposed have landed Louis in hot water. In between numbers, Pops said to the
Dorseys, "I think we should get together on the tempos there. I'll tell ya whatcha do. Not too
slow, not too fast. Just half-fast! The story goes that the censors didn't have much of a sense of
humor over this. When Louis takes off on South Rampart, it makes every other version sound
tame. Beautiful sound too!
From that same 1954 show, JIMMY DORSEY plays SWEET GEORGIA BROWN. When you hear this
number, you know why Charlie Parker admired and had great respect for Jimmy's alto playing. I
think that only Bird himself could have played this as fast and clean as Jimmy does! Wow.
Then comes a trio of BIX BEIDERBECKE piano compositions played by the immortal RALPH
SUTTON. This comes from a live radio (?) broadcast with no information listed. But all you need
to know is Ralph plays "FLASHES", "CANDLELIGHTS" & "IN THE DARK." And when Ralph plays
these pieces, the standard is set. A master at work!
What better company for LOUIS, JIMMY & RALPH, but the Greatest Trombone Player in jazz? So
we have a 15 minute Radio Show of JACK TEAGARDEN & HIS ORCHESTRA from 1946, when Jack
was touring service camps. Those G.I.'s sure knew what they were listening to when you hear
their response!
And for those of you who like rare BIX BEIDERBECKE items, here's one for you! If you're a BIX
fan, then you know the story about Bix's ill-fated first recording session, and how his solo efforts
were rejected by EDDIE KING, the Victor Recording Director. They also did ADORATION, with a
spare part written for Bix to play. And you read how Paul Mertz had a TEST PRESSING which he
set on the seat of his car, and someone sat on it. I was amazed to discover that Paul kept the
record, put it back together as well as he could, and made a copy for Phil Evans in the late
1950's! This was copied from that original Reel-to-reel tape. It has a few skips of course, but the
sound is incredible! A historical recording!
And speaking of historical, the last item is a phone call that was made from the 1962 reunion
party of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. This was set up so the boys could say hi to BILL CHALLIS,
who wasn't able to attend. On this tape you get to hear the voices of WILBUR HALL, ROY BARGY,
KURT DIETERLE, MISCHA RUSSELL, IZZY FRIEDMAN, JACK FULTON, FERDE GROFE, JOHNNY
MERCER, ANDY SECREST & CHARLES STRICKFADEN!!
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