"A rather unhealthy fixation." Does this apply to some of us here?
The Daily Pennsylvanian, Volume LVII, Number 46, 20 November 1941
New Hot Records DISCA DATA Bill Pressman '42
Practically nothing was released in hot records during the past week. So it’s a good chance to catch up on one of the fine Hot Jazz Albums put out by Columbia since last June. Space permits mention of only the more outstanding records in this album. Hot Trumpets—Album No, 12, Set C-66 (Columbia), 4 records. This album is highly recommended, not only for its inclusion of practically every hot trumpet style, but also for an amazingly compact panorama of Jazz since its inception in New Orleans. All records are re-issues. Highlights: “Echoes of Harlem,” Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, featuring Cootie Williams on trumpet. A great record, from the great band that was Duke Ellington’s at the peak of his creative period. Cootie, who invariably uses a small metal mute, demonstrates savage trumpet style at its best. The record begins with the Coot warming up against Duke’s interesting piano pattern. “I’m Coming Virginia,” Frankie Trumbauer’s outfit, featuring Bix Beiderbecke. To those just becoming interested in the background of hot music, Bix is ideal material. He didn’t make more than a few dozen records [NB more than 200}, and he died from pneumonia at thirty.[NB 28] As this record illustrates, Bix blew some of the sweetest and most unearthly notes that ever came out of a trumpet. However, his demi-god quality so warps some people’s imagination that they don’t think that any other trumpet player ever lived. This is a rather unhealthy fixation, as the length and breadth of this hot trumpet album shows. “One and Two Blues,” Bessie Smith, with Joe Smith on trumpet. Bessie is the Queen of the Blues, and this record is so good, that it’s funny it wasn’t included in a Bessie Smith Album. But it is also fortunate that Joe Smith’s sensitive performance is highlighted. He contributes in a large measure to the effectiveness of Bessie’s records.
"A rather unhealthy fixation." Does this apply to some of us here? No! For me it is a passion. From age 18 (1949) to age 70 (2001) my passion was chemistry research. My specialty was Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, in particular electron transfer reactions. When I retired I switched my passion to jazz/dance bands of the 1920s in particular the music of Bix Beiderbecke.
The Daily Pennsylvanian, Volume LVII, Number 46, 20 November 1941
New Hot Records DISCA DATA Bill Pressman '42
Practically nothing was released in hot records during the past week. So it’s a good chance to catch up on one of the fine Hot Jazz Albums put out by Columbia since last June. Space permits mention of only the more outstanding records in this album. Hot Trumpets—Album No, 12, Set C-66 (Columbia), 4 records. This album is highly recommended, not only for its inclusion of practically every hot trumpet style, but also for an amazingly compact panorama of Jazz since its inception in New Orleans. All records are re-issues. Highlights: “Echoes of Harlem,” Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, featuring Cootie Williams on trumpet. A great record, from the great band that was Duke Ellington’s at the peak of his creative period. Cootie, who invariably uses a small metal mute, demonstrates savage trumpet style at its best. The record begins with the Coot warming up against Duke’s interesting piano pattern. “I’m Coming Virginia,” Frankie Trumbauer’s outfit, featuring Bix Beiderbecke. To those just becoming interested in the background of hot music, Bix is ideal material. He didn’t make more than a few dozen records [NB more than 200}, and he died from pneumonia at thirty.[NB 28] As this record illustrates, Bix blew some of the sweetest and most unearthly notes that ever came out of a trumpet. However, his demi-god quality so warps some people’s imagination that they don’t think that any other trumpet player ever lived. This is a rather unhealthy fixation, as the length and breadth of this hot trumpet album shows. “One and Two Blues,” Bessie Smith, with Joe Smith on trumpet. Bessie is the Queen of the Blues, and this record is so good, that it’s funny it wasn’t included in a Bessie Smith Album. But it is also fortunate that Joe Smith’s sensitive performance is highlighted. He contributes in a large measure to the effectiveness of Bessie’s records.
"A rather unhealthy fixation." Does this apply to some of us here? No! For me it is a passion. From age 18 (1949) to age 70 (2001) my passion was chemistry research. My specialty was Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, in particular electron transfer reactions. When I retired I switched my passion to jazz/dance bands of the 1920s in particular the music of Bix Beiderbecke.
