[78-L] banjo player id wanted

[David Lennick]

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Ruby_Brooks

dl

On 2/2/2011 6:43 PM, DanKj wrote:
> Ruben Brooks - real person, yep.  Dead in 1906.  Good thing this Banjo book was cheap; it was in a clearance bin at Strand.
> Unless the Columbia book is wrong, that is.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 6:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] banjo player id wanted
>
>
>> Well, that's interesting since the Columbia Books show Ruby Brooks on Columbia
>> matrices 254, 255, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294 and 295. Brooks is also
>> listed as composer on some of these pieces so I presume he/she/it was a real
>> person. Ossman seems to have done the later takes where both artists are listed
>> for titles like Hunky Dory.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 2/2/2011 6:23 PM, DanKj wrote:
>>> "The Banjo on Record" says it was Ossman&   unknown pianist, recorded "ca. June 1901" . Same book shows no Columbia
>>> records
>>> by Brooks.
>>>
>>> Vess Ossman definitely (his name is anounced) recorded Salome for Victor around that time - maybe you can compare the
>>> two&
>>> recognize his style.
>>>
>>> Here it is:     http://www.box.net/shared/4a1cv6e67s
>>>
>>> (Imperial Marimba Band recorded Salome on Edison Diamond Disc, much later ... a favorite record of mine)
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Bud Black"<banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
>>> To:<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 4:59 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] banjo player id wanted
>>>
>>>
>>>> Oly Oakley maybe?
>>>>
>>>> Bud
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------Original Message-------
>>>>
>>>> From: David Lennick
>>>> Date: 02/02/11 16:27:34
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] banjo player id wanted
>>>>
>>>> The reason I say "not Vess Ossman" is because there were several selections
>>>> recorded around these numbers, and presumably some were remakes by different
>>>> artists. Ossman did a couple of them but isn't listed for 294. And these
>>>> numbers definitely fall in the 1901-1902 period. A best seller could have
>>>> acquired a Grand Prize label after 1904. Rust lists Ossman as recording
>>>> Hunky
>>>> Dory" on Columbia 290 around June 1901. Ossman's next Columbia in Rust is
>>>> 461,
>>>> around November 1901. Anyone know who Ruby Brooks is?
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>> On 2/2/2011 4:19 PM, zimrec at juno.com wrote:
>>>>> I'm a little confused.  It seems you are saying that the identity of the
>>>> performer on Columbia 294 is not known but is definitely no Vess Ossman and
>>>> that it was recorded ca. 1901-02.  However, the label mentions Grand Prize
>>>> St. Louis 1904, so I was assuming that the recording dated from around that
>>>> period.  Does the recording date from as early as 1901-02? Art - - - - - - -
>>>> - - - - - - - Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 18:27:48 -0500
>>>>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] banjo player id wanted
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>>>>> Ruby Brooks on Climax 294, unknown on Columbia and Manhattan 294. Not Vess
>>>>> Ossman, per the Columbia books. This is from that period when dates are
>>>> only
>>>>> being guessed at..likely 1901-2.
>>>>>
>>>>> dl
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/1/2011 6:19 PM, zimrec at juno.com wrote:
>>>>>> Does anyone know identity of banjo player on Columbia 294 - Salome
>>>> Intermezzo.  I'm
>>>>> curious also about the recording date, prob. ca. 1906-07. Art
>>>