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First commercially available brushes?
510, yes I was aware of the vid. Well done for finding it, though. As I said about the Louis Armstrong clip I linked to, it's not the earliest film...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
To be taken with a pinch of salt (looks like a great read, though, such a character): 'Orleans musicians were always looking for novelty effects to a...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
From 510...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
For those that aren't that keen on early jazz, here's an album that features Dodds playing with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee: [ame=http://www.amazo...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
The Dodds book came through this morning. Two things are clear: he wasn't the first drummer to ever use brushes and he didn't much care for them. T...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
This is the original recording of Rhapsody in Blue: http://www.archive.org/details/rhapblue11924 1:10 mark, unless my ears are deceiving me, feature...
15 years agoVDF Members in England
Possible places to contact: http://www.vintagedrumyard.co.uk/archvdetail.asp?product=Vintage%20Drums&style=Drum%20Kit&manuf=Ludwig&ref=L26111316TH1...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
More info for the timeline: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for piano and jazz band (Jan 25, 1924) includes "fly swatter" amongst the list of orchestrati...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
Patrick, excellent input. Thank you. Coincidentally, the Dodds book should be arriving through my letterbox tomorrow morning so I'll check to see if...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
These are the earliest recordings I can find to date that feature brushes: Wolverine Blues (Benjamin Spikes / John Spikes / Jelly Roll Morton) Jelly...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
David, so long as time isn't a priority, then I can help with some of the above. Give me a few more days to explore some new leads and I'll get back...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
Cool yootoob clip: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THc9nhOo5kQ[/ame] I don't know about you, but I recognised some of those moves!
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
"Soft-Shoe Dancing Soft refers to the pliable leather soles of the shoes worn in this dance. The soft shoe was a fluid dance, a series of brushing a...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
From 510...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
510, I glanced through my copy of New Orleans Jazz and Second Line Drumming and Herlin Riley mentions the 'whisk brooms' theory (as well as the fly-sw...
15 years ago