High Sierra Jazz Band “I Am Pecan Pete” 8-07 STJS

In an excerpt on pg. 174 of “Turk Murphy: Just for the Record” by Jim Goggin (San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation, 1982), there’s a dialogue between Turk Murphy and Jim Goggin about the origin of Turk’s song title “I Am Pecan Pete.” Excerpt: JIM: …That was a dream? TURK: Yes, it…I’d been married before… and Grace (she was a lovely person who used to read in bed) and I had the unhappy... [Read More...]

Sidney Bechet, “AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL” (1949)

“At the Jazz Band Ball” Sidney Bechet’s Bluenote Jazzmen Recorded 1949 for Bluenote 561 First introduced by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1918, written by Larry Shields and Nick LaRocca. Sidney Bechet was born in New Orleans in 1897 and was a child prodigy on the clarient and soon surpassed his teachers and even as a child, he was playing with some of the top bands in New Orleans. At the age of 20, he arrived in Chicago and... [Read More...]

Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival – Galvanized Jazz Band

The 2010 Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival will be bringing traditional jazz and dixieland for it’s 24th year. www.greatctjazz.org The 2010 Great CT Jazz Festival will be July 30 – August 1 at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, located at 275 Research Parkway in Meriden, just a few miles north of Mountain Ridge. There will be several indoor and outdoor venues. Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Original Dixieland Jazz Band – Tiger Rag (1917)

Here comes my best favorite acoustic Jazz record! The Legendry Original Dixieland Jazz Band performs the famous “Tiger Rag” for Victor in 1917. Played on my Victrola with Mica soundbox. The result is much better than Orthophonic/Electric playbacks or even better than the modern transfers. Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

“Canal Street Blues” ~ Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band

www.uptownlowdownjazz.com Another Hot tune entitled, “Canal Street Blues” performed by The Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band at the NEW – FIRST ANNUAL Wine & Hot Jazz Bash that happened in Prosser, Washington. It was a delightful Traditional Jazz & Dixieland Jazz Music Festival on the weekend of April 20th, 2007. Personnel on this song are as follows Bert Barr (cornet), Tom Jacobus (trombone), John Goodrich (clarinet and bass sax),... [Read More...]