[Dixielandjazz] Capt'n John Handy
Marek Boym
marekboym at gmail.com
Wed Nov 17 06:42:19 PST 2010
Hi,
I have a lot of the Thomas material on GHB, and other labels (on LP).
Also some with Handy, and some handy on 77.
But at least one of the RCAs was different, not made with a group of
either New Orleans oldtimers nor New Orleans revivalists, but rather
with a group of seaoned swing pros.
Cheers
On 17/11/2010, Glen Page <gpage at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Marek,
>
> George Buck's BCD 42 is a session mate to BCD41. The same band can be heard
> on BCD 197 and 198 but under the title of "The December Band", all good
> stuff.
>
> If you are fortunate you may be able to locate a very good DVD entitled "Kid
> Thomas & his December Band recorded Dec 12th 1965.This was recorded on
> behalf of Bill Bissonnette who loaned a copy to a "friend" in Germany who
> never returned it.Somehow it got into the hands of a person that I refused
> to name but who Bill subsequently called "The Snake" and claimed credit for
> the venture.
>
> If you can find a Kid Thomas discography you will see other sessions with
> Handy.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Glen
>
>
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