[Dixielandjazz] mixed record dates (was Eldridge and Krupa)

[Charles Suhor]

One of the scholars in the group might have specifics on hand, but I've 
read that in the earliest days of jazz, before recordings of course, 
Papa Jack Laine hired light-skinned black musicians for parades and the 
like. There were also integrated jam sessions and sitting in N.O. in 
the 40s and 50s, as there were elsewhere I'm sure, with bands like 
George Lewis at Manny's Tavern and modern players like Earl Palmer and 
Al Belletto. In the South, this was illegal at the time

Happy New Yearly,

Charlie

On Dec 25, 2006, at 2:11 AM, Bill Haesler wrote:

>> I don't think it had anything to do with his being Jewish or his
> being fed up with Jim Crow. I think it had everything to do with [Benny
> Goodman] getting the best players in his band regardless of race or
> background. Period.<
>
> Dear Mike,
> I agree.
> We jazz-lovers often let our inbuilt emotions over-rule the facts when 
> it
> comes to Our particular KOM.
> The matter of mixed-race collaborations in early jazz deserves detailed
> research and a long article, which I am sure must have already been 
> written.
> My dear friend and listmate Dr Fred Spencer will know. Fred?
> Steve mentioned Jelly Roll Morton on the New Orleans Rhythm Kings 
> Gennett
> record dates [17-18th July 1923] as a first, but these were 
> well-and-truly
> pipped at the post by Brooklyn-born Bill Moore (1901-1964) who played 
> with
> the California Ramblers, billed as 'the Hot Hawaiian' and recorded his
> initial record dates with them in April 1922.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
>
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