[Dixielandjazz] Poor Angel vx Blue Angel

[Lowell Busching]

Bob Ringwald is a man of few words usually. Often too few.  His response 
to Phil's posting about the Bob Haven's recording being a BLUE Angel 
recording rather then a Poor Angel recording was indeed probably correct.

Bob Taber started the Poor Angel series, often using many of the same 
musicians such as were on the Blue Angel LP's, after the latter stopped.
The Blue Angel series apparently had some money behind it.  Taber never 
found it. :-)  They did not operate at the same time, but the idea was 
the same, intentionally. Getting the best musicians together.

What I said at length abut the Poor Angel recordings still stands. It 
has nothing to do with the quality of the professionally produced Blue 
Angel LP's and anyone who has copies of those or can obtain them can 
confirm that. They are good or high quality recordings. They probably 
even used an in tune piano! Just speculating on that.

Dan Grant, a former record producer of OKOM, has several of the Blue 
Angel Recordings that I hope to eventually get on CD for him along with 
many of his other collectable LP's if I can only get organized enough to 
finish them!  He has patiently waited a long time. Anyone interested in 
those recordings might want to contact him. I don't believe he is on 
email, but again Bob Taber can contact him and may have some himself.

Mad Dawg