[78-L] Gennett Question

[David Lennick]

Sure, Chicago's just minutes away.

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dl

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> more -
> It seems that all the below references are to Starr's piano outlet which 
> was on South Wabash. Anyone having access to the Chicago Public Library 
> should be able to come up with an address. You're closer to Chicago than 
> I am, Dave! I'd check the phone directories first. Begin in 1922 and 
> work backward and forward from there.
> Mal
> 
> *******
> 
> Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> Kennedy mentions:
>>
>> p 162 - 1927 - temporary studio at Starr piano's Chicago store
>> p 164 - 1927 - Chicago studio - no location  mentioned
>> p 181 - 1927 - Gennett's portable studio on South Wabash in Chicago
>> p 188 - 1927-31 -  Chicago studio mentioned but nothing else
>>
>> I doubt that Gennett's portable recording truck had anything to do with 
>> any Chicago location recordings, though. I'll ask Rick himself next we 
>> speak if anything more solid has come to light since he published "Jelly 
>> Roll, Bix and Hoagie" (1994).
>> Mal
>>
>> *******
>>
>> David Lennick wrote:
>>   
>>> I thought they had semi-permanent locations in Chicago. Where's the Rick 
>>> Kennedy book?
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> Good question.
>>>> I suspect Gennett used a portable unit sometimes
>>>> but they did have a tie-in with Marsh labs.
>>>> Mal
>>>>
>>>> *******
>>>>
>>>> Bill Knowlton wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>> Did Starr-Gennett operate a permanent recording studio in Chicago or was it "portable?"
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>  
>>>>>       
>>>>>