Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Lonnie Johnson. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Lonnie Johnson. Mostrar todas las entradas

2009-08-15

Stomping off with Chris Albertson

At this point you may have read it elsewhere, but anyway it's worth mentioning that jazz scholar, producer and critic Chris Albertson has started a new blog called Stomp Off, Let's Go... where he will share some of his multiple and invaluable jazz experiences. Just to make a slight idea of his contributions to jazz, check this website.




For me, he will always be the author of the definitive biography of Bessie Smith, Bessie (don't forget to get the revised and expanded edition published by Yale University Press in 2003) and the producer of many Prestige and Riverside recordings rescuing old jazz and blues masters such as Lonnie Johnson, Elmer Snowden or Cliff Jackson, but, above all, a honest and hearty man and a source of jazz knowledge. Let's stomp off, Chris!

2009-07-01

I got the best Jelly Roll - Black Swan/OKeh ads

While doing some research through the Afro American archives (Baltimore edition), I came across these three ads from the OKeh (1930) and Black Swan Labels (1921). Small rounded treasures for 75 or 85 cents apiece!



The Afro American (June 14, 1930)



The Afro American (July 22, 1921)



The Afro American (September 30, 1921)