Hello Lola

[Brownian Motion]

This 1929 recording sums up the 1920s and hot jazz in about three minutes. Great Pee Wee Russell, Coleman Hawkins, Red McKenzie on comb and tissue paper, and--of all people--Glenn Miller on trombone. I've been listening to "Lola" for 45 years, and I've never gotten tired of it. The flip side, "One Hour", is almost as good.

[Harold_Z]

Yeah..."Lola" is a gas!

These guys were in prime form when they recorded this. It's probably been "anthologized" a lot and shouldn't be too hard to come across. It's almost always on discs dedicated to early Condon or early Bean.

Also..be on the lookout for further incarnations of this. I'm not checking my self on this but I think it's "Life Spears a Jitterbug" on Commodore that is the same changes and has Eddie Condon and Pee Wee on board. There is at least one more tune which title escapes my memory at the moment. Another Condon thing, probably another Commodore recording.

Edited February 12, 2007 by Harold_Z

[Chuck Nessa]

Great recording and I prefer the other side.

[brownie]

Oooooh That Lola

Robert Hilbert in his biography of Pee Wee Russell suggests that Lola was probably present at the recording session. She was Pee Wee's companion at the time. There are some evocative anecdotes about Lola in the book. She was really wild!

[Stereojack]

A marvelous side - one of my all time favorites as well!