[Dixielandjazz] Edison Records - was - Record Company Screw-ups

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

Historical note: most of the Ca. Ramblers records use published "stock
charts", doctored variously. Many were good enough to make for good
listening and dancing, whether played by CR or Vince Giordano's
Nighthawks...

--Sheik

Steve Barbone wrote:
>
> I listened to some of the Edison recordings by the California Ramblers
> on Red Hot Jazz site. In my ears, most of them were more on the side
> of "jazzy dance music" rather than jazz. Just a few song renditions
> that I would say are jazz. Maybe parsing words, but that's how I hear
> it. Songs like Ain't Misbehavin' and Button Up Your Overcoat are
> mostly arranged ensemble passages. Very little solo work, no ensemble
> improvisation. To me, that is not jazz.