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BERT RALTON AND HIS HAVANA BAND by Jack Mitchell and Nick Dellow
Articles Archive
Over the years we have published many articles in VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart, and several have appeared on the website. These have now been archived to a separate section - the earlier articles are in html format but more recent ones are saved as downloadable pdf files. Click on the title to go to the link (newest at foot of page).
GOUGES, VAMPS, ZULUS & SCRONCHES
VIC MEYERS - FROM DANCE HALL TO CITY HALL
DUKE ELLINGTON IN HOLLAND - 1939
JOHN R.T. DAVIES - THE ULTIMATE PRESERVATIONIST
SIG HELLER- TINKLE THE DANCE TUNES
DISCOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONS ON THE MEMPHIS JAZZERS/LEVEE SYNCOPATORS
RED HOT JAZZ - SIZZLING! ROASTING! SCORCHING! (MARKETING JAZZ RECORDS IN THE 1920s)
(P)REDATING PARAMOUNT'S L-SERIES GRAFTON MATRICES
VOLTAIRE DE FAUT - CHICAGO CLARINETTIST
THE MORTON-MELROSE 'STOCK' ARRANGEMENTS
BRIAN RUST - JAZZ DISCOGRAPHER, PART 1
BRIAN RUST - JAZZ DISCOGRAPHER, PART 2
LEIDERKRANZ HALL - THE WORLD'S BEST RECORDING STUDIO?
WHAT MADE THAT GREAT OKEH SOUND?
THE DUOPHONE D-4000 SERIES: AMERICAN DANCE MUSIC FOR THE BRITISH MARKET
LE MYSTERIEUX MONSIEUR GOLDKETTE
JELLY ROLL MORTON - PLAGIARIST?
ALFRED SCHULTZ - PARAMOUNT'S PRESSING FOREMAN
IN THE GROOVE - A LAYMAN'S GUIDE TO STYLI FOR PLAYING 78s
WHAT PRICE RECORDS? THE U.S. RECORD INDUSTRY AND THE RETAIL PRICE OF POPULAR RECORDS, 1925-50
LOREN McMURRAY - FORGOTTEN PIONEER OF THE JAZZ SAXOPHONE
WILLIAM H.HUFF - PHARMACIST, LAWYER, POET - PARAMOUNT SONGWRITER!
THE UNITED STATES ARMY AMBULANCE SERVICE JAZZ BAND - ITALY 1918/19
OKEH 'TRUETONE' ELECTRICAL RECORDING
OUT OF ANONYMITY - BUD SHIFFMAN, 80 YEARS ON THE ROAD
EARL HINES - IN CONVERSATION WITH ANTHONY BALDWIN
ALETHA DICKERSON - PARAMOUNT'S RELUCTANT RECORDING MANAGER
ALBERT BRUNIES & THE HALFWAY HOUSE ORCHESTRA
BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT DISCOGRAPHY
KATHERINE HENDERSON - PHANTOM VOCALIST?
ARTHUR FIELDS' SONG SHOP, 1922-23
VICTOR'S CHURCH STUDIO, CAMDEN, 1918-1935
TOMMY CHRISTIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
JEAN GOLDKETTE'S POST-BIX RECORDINGS PART ONE
JEAN GOLDKETTE'S POST-BIX RECORDINGS PART TWO
ROBERT JOHNSON'S DIME STORE ISSUES
THE FIRST JAZZ BAND AT THE WHITE HOUSE
ERNEST COYCAULT - CREOLE TRUMPET ODDYSSEY
A ST. LOUIS MYSTERY RECORD - OKEH? Click Here to hear the record!
JELLY ROLL MORTON AND THE MELROSE BROTHERS
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