[Dixielandjazz] Jabbo and the Hot Antic Jazz Band

[Marek Boym]

Jabbo's playing on the videos leaves a lot to be desired, but the band is great!
When I first attended th Edinburgh Jazz Festival (1984), people told
me to go and hear the Hot Antics, and practically shoved me into the
venue.  That venue was a huge and noisy place, and I could not hear
all that much.  Later, howevr, I caught them in another venue, and
they sounded great!  A few years later they disbanded, as a key
member, Jean-Francois Bonnel, quit, to reorganize a few years later.
In 1992, the exuberance of youth was gone, and replaced by maturity,
but the band still sounded great!  As it did in 2004 or 2005 in Breda.
 A wonderful band, well worth hearing.  A few CDs have been issued on
Stomp Off, and are definitely worth the investment (speaking from
experience - I have).
Cheers

On 26 February 2013 00:15, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Marek Boym
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 1:29 PM
> To: Bob Ringwald
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] All Star Put Down
>
> Dear Bill,
> I heard Jabbo in Th HAgue in 1982, and he could hardly play.  He was
> with an American band, not all that great, which seemed to have played
> down to him!  He might have taken one trumpet solo all evening, and
> the band was very excited when the leader announced "he's ready to
> sing now!"
> I know that he played for a jazz musical and I've read he was still
> great, but I am not a fan of musicals;  I love the theatre and  jazz,
> but separately, please!!!
> Cheers
>
> 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.
>>
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