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mousethief wrote:Or off the KC album comp.

Kalman

This one?


I've read online they also played under the names The Original Memphis Five and Ladd's Black Aces if that helps.

I have some, I'll check when I get home.

If anything I'm glad they de-cluttered the front page a bit.

Their albums are available to buy online from HepCat store: http://www.hepcat.se/product_info.php?products_id=525 http://www.hepcat.se/product_info.php?products_id=526 This looks like an English site to me. I find it interesting that a band consisting of four musicians (Michel Renault double bass, ...

I couldn't find this anywhere else, though maybe it's in the MP3 thread: You Asked For It, You Got It! For The First Time Ever, Verve Music Group Opens The Vaults To Digitally Release Out Of Print Albums! Every month we are bringing back more and more titles to be available in digital download forma...

Oh, that sucks - he was a great bassist. He was on Basie & Friends , among many others . The song "N.H.Ø.P." was named after him. http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f656/f65693jl30e.jpg Biography by Scott Yanow A virtuoso who mostly has played in bop-oriented settings, Niel...

Album Description During World War II the big band music of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Glenn Miller and others was the soundtrack of life on the home-front. This music also reached the battlefront through recordings and broadcasts—where familiar tunes and bands became a metaphor for the way of lif...

"King Porter Stomp" is my current favorite version. I also really like the bigger group cut of "(Back Home Again in) Indiana." I also like that throughout the album you can hear the musicians and the crowd/set extras shouting and whooping it up. By the way, they finally released ...

I played two songs from it at DCLX. Better than the first soundtrack, I think.

I couldn't find a more general Fats Waller thread, so I'm reviving this one. I came across a page with some great Fats photos and stuff: http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ijs/fw/fatsmain.htm It's a little tough to navigate but the content is worth it. I haven't seen many of the photos before. http://newa...

Plus MP3's don't look cool on your shelf.

Hahaha! Jinx!

How could one go about purchasing this CD? CD Information Please order CDs from: Hal Smith 3236 Caminito Eastbluff #83 La Jolla, CA 92037-2846 Price: $15.00 + $2.00 Shipping and Handling = $17.00 Total (Price in USD. Email for information on non-USA orders) Please make checks payable to Hal Smith E...

there is also a great cd called "the real kansas city of the 20's 30's and 40's" on sony. it's great to hear the progesssion of music, but also to get an idea of how the kc bands feel different than other bands at the same time. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002ACU ste...

GuruReuben wrote:

Swifty wrote:Do you ever get tired of the same line?

No.

I guess it was more of a rhetorical question.