[Dixielandjazz] BG's Boys

[Chris Tyle]

Stan wrote...

> Chris and Bill;
>
> My information about Bob Conselman's presence on "Wolverine Blues" and "A 
> Jazz Holiday" is based upon Tom Lord's discography, Russell Connor's "BG On 
> The Record" and the notes from the Classics CD Benny Goodman 1928-1931. 
> Since there is no evidence confirming Conselman's appearance or not, I'll 
> stay with him and place a question mark by his name. Benny also used 
> Conselman on other recordings leading me to believe that this usage may not 
> have been a fluke.
>
> More on this recording, Tom Lord has Harry Goodman on bass and I hear a 
> tuba.
>
> Can either of you explain the variations in the spellings of the disputed 
> drummer's name - Conselman, Conzelman, Conzelmann?
>
> Stan
> Stan Brager
Hi, Stan,
Don't believe everything you read in ANY discography. They are useful, 
and are labors of love and great research, but not infallable. Yesterday 
I was looking for a recording by the Castle Jazz Band, issued on Decca, 
in Tom Lord's disco and it wasn't there. I've found a number of spelling 
errors and other errors in Lord's work, and in Rust. It just happens. 
For example, when Dick Sudhalter was researching Lost Chords, he 
contacted me about Jack Purvis. He had a hard time believing Purvis was 
on Rube Bloom's session of On Revival Day/ Wah Wah Girl in Agua Caliente 
simply because Rust had Manny Klein listed. Eventually I was able to 
persuade him that it was Purvis.

I'm going with the spelling Conzelmann since that was the spelling used 
on the Social Security Death Index where I found the info regarding his 
birth and death. If you do any genealogy research, as I have, you get 
used to LOTS of spelling variations.

I wrote to Stan privately yesterday that I felt Conzelmann is NOT on the 
Wolverine/Jazz Holiday recording, although there is someone playing a 
choke cymbal on the last part of Wolverine. I base my opinion on the 
fact the Conzelmann's presence on the other BG sides is very noticeable.

Harry Goodman did play tuba, btw. I believe he played that before the 
string bass.

Cheers,
Chris Tyle
tyleman.com