[Dixielandjazz] Fantastic New Source of OKOM 78's on MP3!

[Charles Suhor]

Outstanding!! I've been wanting to get a large sample of what was going 
in in the 20s in the pop realm, side by side with the development of 
jazz. Interesting, just listening to a few tracks, how so many of these 
bands used ragtime-based syncopations in their arrangements and played 
zippy, peppy music that didn't yet break through to much use of jazz 
phrasing, blue tonality, improvisation, etc. If anyone has a particular 
group to suggest that's of jazz interest, other than the obvious ones 
like Bix, Duke, etc., I'd be glad to get a lead on what to play.

Thanks for a great tip.

Charlie


On Jul 18, 2005, at 2:43 PM, John Wolfe wrote:

> Friends,
> I have discovered a wonderful source of vintage OKOM and other greats 
> on
> 78's. It's a Japanese website called Martin's 78 Turntable.  It can be 
> found
> at: http://78.switch.co.jp/tunes.html.
>
> All songs can be played on line or downloaded as mp3's for your own 
> later
> enjoyment.  To download, RIGHT-CLICK on the mp3 logo beside the title, 
> and
> choose "save target as...".  You will then have an opportunity to save 
> the
> file on your computer in whichever file you wish.
>
> I can't recall seeing this website mentioned in DJML before, but if it 
> was,
> sorry for repeating.  I found several tunes I've been looking for, 
> including
> "Down Among the Sleepy Hills of Tennessee", and "Hard Hearted Hannah 
> (the
> Vamp of Savanna, GA)" both of which I owned on 78's as a youth.
> Thanks for the bandwidth.
> Johnny "Big Bad" Wolfe
> www.limehollowboys.com
>
>
>
>
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