[Dixielandjazz] All Star Put Down

[Bill Haesler]

Marek Boym wrote:
> ...one of the greatest trumpeters of the 1920's, Jabbo Smith.  Jabbo Smith continued playing in the post-WWII era, but, unfortunately, was not recorded (if there were some obscure recordings, I have not heard of them)...
> By the time Jabbo Smith had been rediscovered, he was past his prime; when I heard him in The HAgue, he could hardly play!

Dear Marek,
Try 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_S_UgYaUnc
from 1982. 
There are other YouTube videos from this period.
He is on records by Charles LaVere and Claude Hopkins in the mid-late 30s.
Which you may know about, then nothing more until a recent Lonehill Jazz CD I have, 'The Hidden Treasure Sessions' featuring Jabbo in 1961.
His 1976 Breda performances with the Hot Dogs and South Jazz Band are on record.
He recorded with the New Orleans Joymakers, and Jens Lingren, both in 1978.
Then a cast album of the stage show "One Mo' Time" in 1980.
And records with the Hot Antic band in 1982.
Nothing to rival the 1920s Jabbo records, but not all that bad either.
OK, obscure, but there to be found if you are lucky.
Kind regards,
Bill.