[Dixielandjazz] Early Jazz in New Orleans

[D and R Hardie]

Hi Anton
               I have sent by another email a copy of the actual  
CESmith article on the Bolden Cylinder. I got this from the Tulane  
Archive when I was there in in 1997.
                  There are 2 articles by Wm Schafer about the ODJB  
in the March and April 2007 issues of Mississippi Rag that are of  
great interest. You can get them off the Rag's website.
                 I agree with Charlie Suhor’s sentimental desire to  
hear the music of early jazz. However it is clear that is not likely.  
Failing that, I believe the nearest thing to original jazz on record  
are the 1923 recordings of Armand Piron’s Orchestra made around the  
same time as the King Oliver Creole Jazz band first recorded. You  
have to try to  ignore the saxophones, piano and banjo etc.
              In the meantime list members might like to look at and  
listen to the work I have been doing here with the Buddy Bolden  
Revival Orchestra since late 2004.
            We have made a serious attempt to apply what is known  
about Elemental Jazz in concert performances with authentic  
instrumentation, repertoire and performance practices. Its not like  
what you might  expect to hear. Audiences are always surpised by the  
leading role of the violin.
            Recently there have been a CD and DVD released, drawn  
from concert recordings. The story of the formation of the group and  
the basis of our research was summarised in The Birth of Jazz:  
Reviving the Music of the Bolden Era
             Information about the experiment and the recordings is  
available at:
                                http://members.ozemail.com.au/ 
~darnhard/Bolden-orchestra.html

best wishes
Dan Hardie
http://tinyurl.com/nqaup

On 07/06/2009, at 7:36 PM, Anton Crouch wrote:

> Hello Bill, Dan and Jack
>
> Me ole Aussie mates are both fast and accurate - a thousand thanks.  
> I'd
> say that the existence of recordings by Bolden and Keppard is still
> problematic and that the Sweatman cylinder(s) probably were made  
> but are
> now lost.
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> Jack gave us the correct quote for the "Columbia telegram" and it now
> seems that the story could be apocryphal. Brunn's story came from Nick
> LaRocca and no supporting evidence is given. Lawrence Gushee doubts  
> it -
> see Tim Brooks, "Lost sounds", University of Illinois Press, 2004,  
> page
> 562, note 15.
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> All the best,
> Anton
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