[Dixielandjazz] All Star put downs????

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

One of my favourite books! I read it some time ago so my memory isn't
perfect on it, which really means I should check it out of our local
library again :) another very good book more specific to Ontario and the
swing era dancehall days is "they loved to play" by Murray Ginsberg.
On Feb 24, 2013 3:07 PM, "Glen Page" <glenpage at telus.net> wrote:

> Hello Gary,
> I am recommending to you a wonderful book "Such A Melodious Racket"  the
> lost history of jazz in Canada. Author Mark Miller, Publisher  Mercury
> Press. About a couple of years ago after I had just read the book I
> submitted a review of it to DJML and you can probably locate it if you
> search for my name in the Archives. The reason for the recommendation will
> be clear if you read on.
>
> Chapter 1 starts off with these words "The history of jazz in Canada begins
> in Winnipeg on a Monday afternoon in1914". Now I have your interest!
>
> "Sometime after 2.30pm on September 21st, 6 black musicians took to the
> stage of the Pantages Theatre...........reviewed in the Winnipeg Tribune
> the
> following day." The band was not one trying to establish itself as it was
> no
> less than the New Orleans Creole Ragtime Band, better known as the Original
> Creole Orchestra and led by Freddy Keppard and included Edward Vincent,
> tbn.
> George Baquet, clt .Bill Johnson ,bs. Dink Johnson dms. Jimmy Palao vln.
> And Norwood Williams gtr.
>
> The Winnipeg Jazz Babies were born in the Spring of 1919 and made their
> initial appearances in MAY 1919 at the Strand and Orpheum theatres and then
> began to play for dances at the Alhambra and Manitoba Halls. I could go on
> for a long time quoting the story of early jazz in Canada but you must
> really obtain the book. It was originally recommended to me when I was
> trying to find out more about Morton's time in Vancouver and I'm sure that
> you would get many hours of pleasure reading about the early days, 1914 to
> 1949, in Canada.
>
> Cheers, Glen Page, Surrey, B.C.
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