[Dixielandjazz] ODJB Columbias (was Happy Anniversary)

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Sun Feb 24 14:53:24 PST 2013


Strange that Rust should have been influenced by Brunn, but you must
be right: my 1948 Delauney indeed gives 31 May as the date of the
Columbias.
My copy of Rust is second edition, copyright 1961, 1962, and gives the
January date.
Best wishes

On 25 February 2013 00:34, Jack Mitchell <fjmitch at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Marek wrote
> "The January date is given in the booklet accompanying the Jazz Odyssey
> set, and, indeed, in my copy of Rust."
>
>
> Quite so, but to be fair to Rust - in the November 1944 issue of Jazz Notes
> (published in Melbourne) Brian had a ODJB discography in which he dated the
> Columbia session as May, 1917. Presumably he later changed it to the January
> date because of the erroneous story as written in Brunn's book on the ODJB.
>
> Best wishes
> Jack Mitchell



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