[Dixielandjazz] Emmet Ray, amazon and mp3

[Marek Boym]

Hello Robert,


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> I came back from a holiday in New York long ago with the CD in my luggage
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> and Air France showed the film during the sleepless night back across the Atlantic.

The film was worth watching (I saw it on the telly), and I have the CD
as well - very enjoyable indeed.
>
> , the most remarkable and frustrating is Emmett Matthews the great soprano saxophonist   -- who recorded eight titles in the 1930s and merely sang on the other four,. though it feels more like he played on fewer and sang on more.  He plays the terrific rideout on the Waller Big Band Hank Duncan duet piano recording,

What numbers have you got in mind?  I have two - I Got Rhythm and The
Girl I Left behind Me - and Matthews is not listed.  Nor is his
playing with Waller mentioned in his All Music biography.


 Rust lists an Emmet Matthews on trumpet with Wilson's TOBA band.

>and there is a terrific St. James Infirmary worth downloading from amazon for the man himself and Cass Simpson on Hinesian Piano -- there is another track with Laura Rucker.

Delauney lists Matthews only as a singeron St. James Infirmary.
Rust lists an Emmet Matthews on trumpet with Wilson's TOBA band.

Cheers