Bud Freeman - LIFE archives

As a follow-up to my previous post, here's a selection of Bud Freeman photographs from the LIFE magazine archives.

First six were taken at Eddie Condon's nightclub by photographer Gjon Mili on December 20, 1945. Apart from Bud Freeman and Eddie Condon, you have Joe Marsala on clarinet, Brad Gowans on trombone, Wild Bill Davison on cornet, Gene Schroeder on piano, Bob Casey on bass and Dave Tough on bass.

Last two were also taken by Gjon Mili, this time in 1946 at Eddie Condon's apartment. One shows Singer Bing Crosby holding a pipe in his mouth & sheet music in his hand, rehearsing with Bud Freeman and the other one also includes Condon, who is holding his toddler daughter.

© Gjon Mili / LIFE

© Gjon Mili / LIFE

© Gjon Mili / LIFE

© Gjon Mili / LIFE

© Gjon Mili / LIFE

© Gjon Mili / LIFE

© Gjon Mili / LIFE

© Gjon Mili / LIFE

Old jazz magazines - record ads [1]

Old magazines are always an invaluable source for any kind of jazz research. Club listings, reviews, interviews, articles, ads, listings of new releases... You can obtain that precious piece of information you've been looking for years in any of those worn pages.

But they can also be highly regarded treasures by themselves, kind of a mysterious jewel you can enjoy in your nightly jazz temple at home...

I have always been fascinated by those old black and white records ads, with their somehow naive hyperboles ("get the sensational new Henry Red Allen record on RCA Victor", "the best in hot jazz", "the real New Orleans Music"...). Here's a good sample, extracted from several issues of the H.R.S. Society Rag (1938-1941).

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Las revistas antiguas de jazz son siempre una valiosa fuente de información en cualquier investigación jazzística. Listados de clubs y conciertos, reseñas, entrevistas, artículos de fondo, anuncios, listados de nuevas ediciones... Puede que tengas suerte y encuentres esa preciada información que llevas años buscando ahí mismo, en cualquiera de esas arrugadas páginas.

Pero esas revistas también pueden constituir un valioso tesoro en sí mismas, una especie de misteriosa joya que disfrutas en tu templo nocturno de jazz en casa...

Siempre me han encantado esos viejos anuncios que acompañaban las ediciones de discos de jazz, con sus ingenuas hipérboles ("compre el sensacional nuevo disco de Henry Red Allen en RCA Victor", "lo mejor en el hot jazz", "la auténtica música de Nueva Orleans"). Esta una selección de esos anuncios, que fueron publicados en la revista H.R.S. Society Rag entre 1938 y 1941.