Brad Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Last night before I went to bed I heard on WBGO the host playing apparently a radio transmission of a concert/session at the Empire Ballroom in 1949. They were apparently playing an extended version of Take the A Train and C-Jam Blues, plus Passsion Flower. Take the A Train had extended solos from Ray Nance, Al Killian and Jimmy Hamilton, and others and each solo was annnounced in advance by an announcer whose last name I think was Smith. Well, I had to go to bed so I never got to hear the end of this. Does anyone know what cd or cd collection this may be from. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Brad: if you´re refering to Hollywood Empire club in LA and not to London Empire Ballroom, this may be that disc: DE at the Hollywood Empire 1949 - Storyville Records Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 In spite of Storyville's claim, most of this material was issued on Raretone lp #5004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Eke, that's the one, after looking at Storyville's website. Thanks. It looks like it was just reissued this year. Chuck, it sounds like there's some of dispute there. Could you share some light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Storyville's site claims this is the first time this music has been issued. I'm just saying Raretone issued 12 titles on lp. Joyce issued 6 of them too. More may have been elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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