hot jazz post 1940 etc

Buddy Bolden Blues (Ferdinand "Jelly Roll' Morton)

Baby Dodds Trio, New York, January 6, 1946

Baby Dodds drums, Don Ewell piano,

Albert Nicholas ...

Albert's blues (Albert Nicholas)

Baby Dodds Trio, New York, January 6, 1946

Albert Nicholas, clarinet - Don Ewell, piano

Baby Dodds, drums

And so we conclude our superb New Orleans jazz odyssey into the complete 3 record 78rpm album set "Sidney Bechet and his Blue Note Jazz Men" with s...

CBS television doc. from 1957 with Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk among others.

(some hiccups included)

12/8/57 CBS-TV, "SOUND OF JAZZ" - HENRY ALLEN (t,v ) & HIS ALL STARS: Rex Stewart (c) Vic Dickenson (tb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Coleman Hawkin (ts) N...

Mezz clarinet, Bechet saxo soprano, Fits Meston piano, Pop Foster bass, Kaiser Marshal drums.

Mezz clarinet, Bechet saxo soprano, Fits Meston piano, Pop Foster bass, Kaiser Marshal drums.

Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers playing James Scott's "Climax Rag"

SWEET SUBSTITUTE by Jelly Roll Morton Seven released on a GENERAL label 78 rpm record. Pretty sure this is a 1940s re-issue of a 1930s recording. ...

This 1940 recording was made shortly before Morton's death and it's amazing that he was quite ill when this recording was made. He gathered togeth...

Mezzrow clarinet, Bechet soprano, Papa Snow White trumpet, Jimmy Blythe Jr. piano, Dani Barquer guitar,Pops Foster bass, Sidney Carlett drums.

Mezz Mezzrow with Sidney Bechet, Fitz Weston, Hot Lips Page and Others.

House Party, recorded 1945

Enjoy!

Dick Wellstood live at the Cookery in New York City, 1975. The first is indeed a Wellstood composition, but the second, I am not sure. Enjoy!

More great jazz by the Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet, recorded in 1945 and released here on KING JAZZ label 78 rpm record. Enjoy!

"Mezz" Mezzrow and Sidney Bechet in jazz quintet playing Bowin' The Blues. Gotta be something special. Issued on KING JAZZ label 78 rpm record. ...

New Orleans legend Lizzie Miles sings "Salty Dog" and "Lizzie's Blues," recorded in the 1950's with Sharkey Bonano.

*Watch in High Def to be able to read the font*

... Same name, different blues

I'm still unsure of the personel in the WRK recording so any clar...

Sidney Bechet - Egyptian Fantasy. Recoded January 8, 1941, New York. Sidney Bechet (cl); Henry 'Red' Allen (tp); J.C. Higginbotham (tb); James Toll...

MUSKRAT RAMBLE by Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazz Men recorded in 1944 and released on a 12 inch Blue Note 78 rpm record. Features Sidney De Paris ...

Panama deParis Wilbur 1958

Wilbur deParis and his New New Orleans Jazz

In a set of four from a TV broadcast in 1958 here is number three, a ofte...

Another "blast from the past" kindly provided by Mike Casimir. This track and the photographs are welcome additions to my little "archive of the N....

DO WHAT ORY SAY by Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band, recorded in 1945. Kid Ory was instrumental in the revival of New Orleans Jazz after WWII and this...

ROYAL GARDEN BLUES by George Brunis and his Jazz Band, recorded in 1943. Enjoy!

Video Homenaje a la Banda Sonora Original del film "The Cotton Club", compuesta por John Barry en 1984.

My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Louis Armstrong and the All Stars recorded on April 26-27, 1950, New York, NY and issued under New Orleans Days or w...

The first time I heard this song was in 1977 when Obi-Wan Kenobe and Luke Skywalker went into the bar on Tatooine to meet Han Solo and Chewbacca. ...

78rpm disc George Brunis & His Jazz Band, Commodore Classics In Swing label. (B-side: "That Da Da Strain")

King Of The Zulus - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars recorded on January 28, 1957 in New York, NY during the preparation for the mamoth undertakin...

Dippermouth Blues - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars recorded on January 25, 1957 in New York, NY during the preparation for the mamoth undertaki...

Reckless Blues - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars recorded on January 28, 1957 in New York, NY during the preparation for the mamoth undertaking...

Snag It - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars recorded on January 28, 1957 in New York, NY during the preparation for the mamoth undertaking for the ...

Save It, Pretty Mama - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars May 17 1947 the Great New York Town Hall Concert This is from the famous pilot run for the...

Flee As A Bird To The Mountain / Oh Didn't he ramble ! - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars - Satchmo the Great recorded on May 24, 1956, Accra, Gh...

EDDIE LANG

Back O'Town Blues (Live) - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars May 17 1947 the Great New York Town Hall Concert This is from the famous pilot run for...

Muskrat Ramble (Live) Louis Armstrong and the All Stars May 17 1947 the Great New York Town Hall Concert This is from the famous pilot run for the ...

The American Music Records label was founded in 1944 by William Russell and featured music by New Orleans jazz musicians. I've never seen this lab...

Blues is C Captain John Handy 1965

Captain John Handy ( 1900-1970) is one of the most exciting and important musicians playing in the New Orleans...

The Martinique

Second Line Jazzband Askersund Jazzfestival 2011

Anders Wasèn banjo Per Bach bas Niklas Karlsson trom. Jesper Albrektsson tr. Olof ...

Sidney originally played the clarinet but, is best remembered as a master of the Soprano Saxaphone and for the way he could create a "cry" sound fr...

The Grand Dominion Jazz Band plays "Bogalusa Strut" on February 6, 2010 at the Fresno Mardi Gras in Fresno, CA.

Musicians are: leader Bob Pelland,...

Trumpeter Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band, circa 1950. The young lady pictured is Claire Austin.