[78-L] The Ramblers in Brussels ( 1945 - 1948)

[David Lennick]

Hey, who reads prefaces? And the 1948 version of Delaunay is the only one I 
ever encounter. $12 (or probably traded records for it) at the Jazz & Blues 
Centre in the mid 70s..those were the days.

dl

Han Enderman wrote:
> No no !
> Delaunay 1936 has a Reinhardt chapter starting the section "Some European recordings" (p.247).
> Of course not too much at that time (1934-36). Also Warlop.
> Also some (1934-38) in the Commodore 1943 reprint (p.343), poss. from 1938 ed., which is not at hand.
> 
> But the French 1943 ed. has a real section "Europe", p.445-513 !
> In the 1948 ed. preface (p.XI) Dalaunay says that selected European recordings will be listed in the first
> supplement, for reasons of space.
> But in the multivolume H.D.Encyclopedique (c.1951-52) most European recs are absent;
> for ex. Eddie Brunner with Bill Coleman (listed in 1943 ed.; but in later eds. not under Brunner or Coleman).
> However, Carter's English recs are included.
> 
> Rust - in general - lists US & British jazz, but only a very small part of other jazz recordings.
> 
> Han Enderman
> ===
> David Lennick comments regarding Brian Rust's musical likes: "Rust 
> wasn't alone in letting his opinions run rampant. Delaunay never listed
> Django Reinhardt except as a sideman. No listings as a leader, no 
> listings for the Quintette. Ditto Grappelly."
> 
> True enough, Delaunay does not have a listing section in "Hot 
> Discography" devoted to Reinhardt or Grappelly, but he did produce a 
> separate Reinhardt discography. It has always puzzled me why he did not 
> include sections on Reinhardt and Grappelly in any edition of his "Hot 
> Discography." In some respects, Rust is as unbending on musical 
> preferences as Panassié.
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