[Dixielandjazz] Edison Cylinders

[Marek Boym]

The ODJB recorded on discs.  By that time, Edison also recorded on
discs, using a difeerent technology (hill and dale, whatever that
means), witch enabled it to make records longer than the normal 3
minutes.
Cheers

On 17/06/2008, Ron L <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:
> To the best of my knowledge, the ODJB did not record for Edison.   You may
> have heard a Golden Gate Orchestra recording which is really the California
> Ramblers.
>
> Ron L
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Kent Murdick
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:27 AM
> To: lherault at bu.edu
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Edison Cylinders
>
> I recently ran into a guy  who has a pop music collection on plastic
> cylinders from the early 1900s.  He plays them on a well maintained
> Edison machine made in 1918.  My question is this. Were the 1917 ODJB
> recordings done on cylinders?  When did the discs come into common use.
>
> I was on my way to a gig downtown when I met this guy at a city-wide Art
> Walk demonstration.  I only had time to hear one tune, but what I heard
> was pretty advanced jazz-wise with well defined solos.  I just e-mailed
> him to ask for his list of  tunes - he has over 50 cylinders.
>
>
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