[Dixielandjazz] The Mills Brothers

[Ulf Jagfors]

Sorry for you in US that you do not have access to Spotify, as far as I
know. You should have it in Australia. I checked the available number of
free MP3 Mills Brothers recordings for download. It was a couple of hundred
tunes. Diga-Diga Do was there both with Ellington and also with Armstrong.
Great recordings. But hopefully the recording industry in US stop blocking
Spotify in near future. There are thousands of great early jazz recordings
available on Spotify in a very user friendly way. For me it is one of the
best and quickest sources for jazz tunes on the net together with the more
complete Redhotjazz archive. Unfortunately the Redhotjazz archive use the
Real audio format and have a lousy tune search engine, if any, which makes
it more difficult to find and download tunes and convert to MP3.

Ulf Jaegfors
Stockholm

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[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] För Harry Callaghan
Skickat: den 17 mars 2011 18:42
Till: Ulf Jagfors
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Ämne: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The Mills Brothers

As luck might have it, that very number (from 1928) is downloadable in MP3
format at Amazon.

However, the last time I downloaded something from there (to send it to  Bob
Ringwald) it got lost.  I'm sure it's floating around somewhere in my PC,
but I haven't the slightest idea where.

HC
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Harry Callaghan <meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com
> wrote:

> off list
>
> Better be careful there, Stan... Barbone might think that he has the
> exclusive on IMHOs........although it's really hard to picture him as ever
> being humble. I guess maybe he just limits himself to IMOs
>
> That number with the Mills Brothers and Ellington really sounds
> interesting. I guess I'll have to keep an ear out for it.
>
> HC.
>
>   On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Stan Brager
<sbrager at verizon.net>wrote:
>
>> One of my favorites from this early period (the best, IMHO), is their
1932
>> recording of "Digga Digga Do" with Duke Ellington's orchestra. The
amazing
>> part of this recording was how the Mills Brothers came in when the
>> Ellington
>> band stopped playing and, later, the Ellington band returned when the
>> Mills
>> Brothers stopped singing.
>>
>> Stan
>> Stan Brager
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Harry Callaghan [mailto:meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:00 AM
>> > To: Robert Ringwald
>> > Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
>> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The Mills Brothers
>> >
>> > I am of course in complete agreement with Carroll as to the need for
>> > important re-issues such as this.
>> >
>> > But, if I may borrow a phrase from the late Mr. Jolson, "you ain't
>> > heard
>> > nuthin' yet".......until you hear some of the earliest Mills Brothers
>> > recordings (1930-1932) where only a guitar was heard and the brothers
>> > imitated other musical instruments.
>> >
>> > And, it was DEFINITELY a guitar, not a F****** lute.
>> >
>> > Tides
>> > HC
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > >From another email List.  Might be of interest to some members of
>> > DJML.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > This is a wonderful and welcome release on Jasmine by the great Mills
>> > > Brothers.
>> > > >From the late fifties to the late sixties, The Mills Brothers
>> > recorded
>> > > about 20 albums
>> > > for the Dot label. Almost all are excellent. Very few of them have
>> > been
>> > > available
>> > > on CD. What a shame for they are in their mature vocal prime. This
>> > new 2-CD
>> > > set contains
>> > > the Dot albums Great Hits, Great Barbershop Hits and The Mills
>> > Brother
>> > > Sing.
>> > > All date from about 1958 to 1960. The sound is astonishingly fresh as
>> > > though recorded
>> > > recently. The individual voices of Herbert, Harry and Donald (I don't
>> > know
>> > > which
>> > > voice is which) are sheer perfection and dazzle me. Their awesome
>> > blend and
>> > > musicianship
>> > > should be required listening for today's young aspiring groups. They
>> > need
>> > > to know
>> > > what glorious music preceded them. The arrangements are terrific and
>> > this
>> > > is a set
>> > > that should not be overlooked. I can't stop listening to it. And I
>> > wish
>> > > more attention
>> > > would be given to important reissues like this.
>> > > Carroll
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --Bob Ringwald
>> > > www.ringwald.com
>> > > Fulton Street Jazz Band
>> > > 530/ 642-9551 Office
>> > > 916/ 806-9551 Cell
>> > > Amateur (Ham) Radio K6YBV
>> > >
>> > > An Irish Man is sitting in the pub with his wife and he says, "I love
>> > you."
>> > > She asks, "Is that you or the beer talking?"
>> > > He replies, "It's me talking to the beer."
>> > >
>> > >
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