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Tag Archives: Wellman Braud
Portrait of Wellman Braud (Podcast #23-010)
“Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Wellman Braud were like Jelly [Roll Morton]; they’d talk as long as anyone would listen and hung around outside the Band Box. After Braud got written up in Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” column, he was … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barney Bigard, Bubber Miley, Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, New Orleans, Otto Hardwicke, Wellman Braud
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Portrait of Bubber Miley (Podcast #19-008)
“Bubber Miley was from the body and soul of Soulville. He was raised on soul and saturated and marinated in soul. Every note he played was soul filled with the pulse of compulsion….. Bubber was born in South Carolina, but … Continue reading →
Portrait of Barney Bigard (Podcast #17-012)
New Orleanian Barney Bigard joined the Ellington band in December 1927 and left in 1942 after tiring of life on the road. Continue reading →
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Tagged Barney Bigard, Cat Anderson, clarinet, Clarinet Lament, Duke Ellington, Geoff Winstead, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Mark Sowlakis, Mood Indigo, New Orleans, Piano, podcast, Tenor Sax, Wellman Braud
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