[Dixielandjazz] All Star Put Down

[Marek Boym]

Dear Bill,
Watched three of the videos only reinforces waht I've written: much
too late.   And One Mo' Time was the musical I meant; not sure it's
really my cup of tea (strong, black, no milk, no sugar, please).
I must check the earlier recordings on Lonehill - I've heard that in
the 1950's Smith was still at the height of his powers.
But the point is that New Orleans musicians have been recorded even if
they were far from great stars (and even that is an uderstatment),
while some wonderful players were overlooked just because they were
born and played in the wrong place!
Cheers (no, after nearly a pint of 10%abv N'Ice Chouffe I'll probably
not drink anymore tonight)


On 25 February 2013 22:36, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> 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.
>