tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post1257660756212511276..comments2024-01-30T02:41:03.503-05:00Comments on RADIOLA!: "Kings and Pretenders" January 7, 2011Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785340216295503346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post-69195202807593614612011-03-25T02:27:52.816-04:002011-03-25T02:27:52.816-04:00Thank for the Meyer Davis recording. He is one of ...Thank for the Meyer Davis recording. He is one of my favorites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post-22233371094320904922011-01-08T12:42:33.573-05:002011-01-08T12:42:33.573-05:00Nick,
Thanks! I'm glad you liked this.
The T...Nick,<br /><br />Thanks! I'm glad you liked this.<br /><br />The Tempo King enigma is fascinating. One of my esteemed correspondents who heard Darcy on "Christopher Columbus" and one of the vocals from the Timeless set (and who has some real familiarity with Arcesi's work) said there is "no question" that Tempo King is Darcy/Arcesi.<br /><br />I won't offer so definite a pronouncement but the similarity is worth noting. Darcy/Arcesi was a real mystery man. Even the late and much lamented Brian Rust listed him as "Dan Darcy" on the Garcia sides in his invaluable Jazz discography. Liner notes on the Hep CD missed the Darcy/Arcesi connection entirely, and perpetuated the "Dan Darcy" error.<br /><br />I will mention Brian Rust on the next show. He did more than any one person to make it possible for me to do this show other than in a complete haze of conjecture and ignorance. Rust collected all this data and collated it--and all before computers. It was a superhuman (if not Sisyphean) labor. Anyone who collects records owes him a HUGE debt of gratitude.<br /><br />Many thanks,<br />AndyAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785340216295503346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13428765.post-59891422342773068242011-01-08T04:36:20.492-05:002011-01-08T04:36:20.492-05:00Andy -
A Happy New Year To You & Yours.....
...Andy -<br /><br />A Happy New Year To You & Yours.....<br /><br />Just listened to this very fine program, with particular interest to the Tempo King sides..when Timeless Records put out a delightful CD as part of their Chris Barber Collection, I featured it on my old program - and heard several theories about exactly who Tempo King actually was from my listeners....<br /><br /><br />So...keep up the detective work!<br /><br />Sad news to pass on - I just heard that the distinguished jazz historian & discographer Brian Rust has passed away in his sleep 1/5/2011 at the age of 88.<br /><br />I've read hundreds of his columns,<br />Own several of his discographies, and have heard dozens of episodes of his Capital Radio 1970's-80's series "Mardi Gras - A Carnival Of Vintage Popular Music & All The Jazz" - a delightful program.<br /><br />His "Mardi Gras" theme song was a raucous version of "Tiger Rag" - NOT performed by his idols, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band - but by Charles Dornberger & His Orchestra, from 1927 {Victor}.<br /><br />Brian Rust was a giant of a documenter and historian of classic jazz and vintage popular music, and his discographies were frequently used as the basis for other's works - not always with attribution. He shall be missed by all who truly love our kind of music.Nick Dragoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429083897917789140noreply@blogger.com