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Earliest extant Ellington broadcast-1932


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Fascinating indeed and meriting a serious "tangible" release - but ....

Lewis Porter (THE Lewis Porter who isn't just anybody in the field of jazz history) writing, in all earnest (talking about "Sleepy Time"): "The Rene brothers appear to have been musicians ..."

"Appear"? Really? Can he be serious? What kind of blind spot is this? Leon Rene had a VERY long and many-faceted career in the music business. Is it that hard to put the bits together e.g. from Leon's pic (taken in his early days) with the Buddy Petit band in the "Pictorial History of Jazz" (first published when Leon Rene was still active) to the Excelsior and Exclusive labels that he and his brother Otis ran post-war (and these labels were not just "any" indie label either) and Class Records later on.

Nitpicking? Maybe, and nobody knows everything, but still this sort of unevenness in historical awareness is rather amazing to come from a seasoned pro.

 

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15 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

Fascinating indeed and meriting a serious "tangible" release - but ....

Lewis Porter (THE Lewis Porter who isn't just anybody in the field of jazz history) writing, in all earnest (talking about "Sleepy Time"): "The Rene brothers appear to have been musicians ..."

"Appear"? Really? Can he be serious? What kind of blind spot is this? Leon Rene had a VERY long and many-faceted career in the music business. Is it that hard to put the bits together e.g. from Leon's pic (taken in his early days) with the Buddy Petit band in the "Pictorial History of Jazz" (first published when Leon Rene was still active) to the Excelsior and Exclusive labels that he and his brother Otis ran post-war (and these labels were not just "any" indie label either) and Class Records later on.

Nitpicking? Maybe, and nobody knows everything, but still this sort of unevenness in historical awareness is rather amazing to come from a seasoned pro.

 

Not nitpicking at all.  This frequently happens when an "expert" in one area is clueless about all other areas.  Thanks for pointing that out.  The guy on the internet should have done his homework. 

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