St Louis Blues - Lu Waters Yerba Buena Jazz Band 1940's 78 RPM - 1959 Magnavox Imperial

St Louis blues by Lu Waters and his Yerba Buena Jazz band recorded from the original Mercury 78 rpm record and played on a 1959 Magnavox Imperial stereo. ...........Lu (Lucius) Watters was born in 1919 in Santa Cruz, California. He picked up the horn at 11 and began his professional music career playing on a cruise ship band. During the 1930s he played with the Carol Lofner Orchestra (Phil Harris was on drums) and led his own "big band" at Sweet's Ballroom in Oakland, California. In 1939, he formed the Yerba Buena Jazz Band. This ensemble rejected "modern" jazz and embraced the older New Orleans sound, focusing on great artists such as King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. The group also added a good deal of local San Francisco flavor to its music, creating a unique, influential and memorable style.

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[75capriceconvertible]

Good idea... not stacking 78s or letting them drop. Would you believe I let mine drop? Don't know if I'm crazy or brave, haha. What a boppy cover of St Louis Blues! Love it!!

[nameofthepen]

That was pure gold. :-)

[umajunkcollector]

My Maggie (70s) has a bad amp, so I used a more modern receiver. The speakers sound nice, but they cannot handle the high power if I turn it up too loud. I just got a Zenith console that has a very nive cabinet. It tends to put out too much bass. (see my vid) I have an end table Maggie that i like a lot. It doesn't have the original TT though, someday I hope to find one for it. I will post a vid of it too.I like the hifi quality of your maggie.

[SpeakerFreak95]

that is amazing!