Getting back to my series on old record advertisements from vintage jazz magazines, here's a new installment. Clef magazine (April to July 1946) is the source and labels are West Coast Recordings, Excelsior and Cadet.
JAM SESSION COAST-TO-COAST (Part One): DENNIS LICHTMAN, JON-ERIK KELLSO,
RAY SKJELBRED, MATT MUNISTERI, MATT WEINER, HAL SMITH (Redwood Coast Music
Festival, October 6, 2024)
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My title harks back to a fabled Columbia record featuring Eddie Condon’s
band (plus guests) on one side and the Rampart Street Paraders on the
other: New Y...
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From Donald Clarke:
ResponderEliminar"Interesting. Mingus had 78s on Excelsior too, I think."
Yes, Donald. The Mingus Sextet (1945) and Mingus & his Orchestra (1946) sessions, both included in the Uptown CD "Charles Baron Mingus - West Coast 1945-1949".
ResponderEliminarFrom Donald Clarke:
ResponderEliminar"That Uptown release was very exciting; I remember Chuck Nessa showing me the booklet before the CD came out. We were at the Chicago Jazz Festival, must have been 2000. I thought the booklet alone was almost worth the price!"