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

[Han Enderman]

The preface tells you what you will not get though you did expect it.

But I was really surprised that real European jazz recordings by Allier & Brunner were lacking
in the multivolume edition (incomplete in 3 volumes, of which I have the first 2), since here they
could have been included (as far as known).
With Blackstone's Index (partly not beyond 1945) and Carey's Jazz Directory incomplete, 
Delaunay produced the only "complete" general discography (though very selective), 
which was still reprinted in the 60s, but ended in 1948.
Bruyninckx made the first complete discography, even including blues and some related black
non-jazz music, but then everyone (Rust, Dixon, Jepsen, Leadbitter) was angry again !
However, Bruyninckx was the first discographer who listed microgrooves for ALL prewar jazz/blues.

Han Enderman
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>>> 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
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> 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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