[78-L] Isham Jones 10-3-33

[Taylor Bowie]

These are about as hot as Jones got on Victor,  along with Georgia 
Jubilee...worth tracking down if you can.

Taylor

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From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
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Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Isham Jones 10-3-33


> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> There are a lot of great  Isham Jones records and many productive 
>> recording
>> sessions.  Two of his hottest but not-so-famous sides come from the 
>> October
>> 3,  1933 session for Victor:    "That Dallas Man"  and the stunning 
>> "Doin'
>> the Uptown Lowdown."
>>
>> Anybody have any concrete information or good guess on the trumpet on 
>> these
>> sides...muted solo in a split chorus wtih Jack Jenney on the latter,  and
>> open horn behind the Joe Martin vocal on the former.  General opinion 
>> seems
>> to be Johnny Carlson for the trumpet,  but George Thow was also in the
>> section and he's very capable as well.
>>
>> Actually the trombone sounds more like Sonny Lee than it does Jenney, 
>> but
>> Rust says Red Ballard had replaced Lee.   But I rarely trust Rust's
>> personnel on records of this type.
>>
>> Any info,  observations,  educated guesses,  etc.  all welcome.
>>
>> These two sides are so great...playing Doin' the Uptown Lowdown just now
>> was such a pleasure it actually gave me a slight case of giggles...like I
>> was enjoying myself too much while I listened!
>>
>>
>> Taylor
> ==============
> I've never pursued Jones that vigorously--most of the ones that I've
> heard haven't been that interesting from a "hot" point of view. Perhaps
> I've been unlucky.
>
>      Julian Vein
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